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vfr400boy

  • Joined Jan 2013
  • one life live it
Moss
« on: November 07, 2021, 10:56:47 am »
On one of my paddocks I have quite a bit of moss growing you can see some blades of grass in it but mainly moss , is it best to harrow it and put more seed down ? I don't want to use chemicals, 

SallyintNorth

  • Joined Feb 2011
  • Cornwall
  • Rarely short of an opinion but I mean well
    • Trelay Cohousing Community
Re: Moss
« Reply #1 on: November 07, 2021, 04:28:52 pm »
Keep the grass a bit longer and it will go away.
Don't listen to the money men - they know the price of everything and the value of nothing

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vfr400boy

  • Joined Jan 2013
  • one life live it
Re: Moss
« Reply #2 on: November 08, 2021, 06:18:25 am »
Unfortunately its not been grazed for a year or so ,

Penninehillbilly

  • Joined Sep 2011
  • West Yorks
Re: Moss
« Reply #3 on: November 08, 2021, 08:48:32 am »
Try liming?
Scratch it about a bit in spring, birds will take it for nests.

Perris

  • Joined Mar 2017
  • Gower
Re: Moss
« Reply #4 on: November 08, 2021, 09:10:00 am »
chickens will scarify it for you, and fertilize it while they're there.

vfr400boy

  • Joined Jan 2013
  • one life live it
Re: Moss
« Reply #5 on: November 08, 2021, 12:23:11 pm »
Its a strange one under the trees there is grass and in the open there is moss , I will give it a good harrow in spring and some grass seed on it

Penninehillbilly

  • Joined Sep 2011
  • West Yorks
Re: Moss
« Reply #6 on: November 15, 2021, 01:59:25 pm »
Not sure if this helps, probably expensive, but local radio gardening man was recommending a bacteria that eats moss. It sounds fairly new, he said search 'moss' and 'bacteria' .
But he was also saying moss thrives on acidic soil.

 

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