Me here wrote:
> "Mike Lyle" <mike_lyle_uk [at] yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:1147209428.408066.207910 [at] v46g2000cwv.googlegroups.com...
> >
> > Me here wrote:
> >> "alan06" <alan06.27ipk1 [at] gardenbanter.co.uk> wrote in message
> >> news:alan06.27ipk1 [at] gardenbanter.co.uk...
> >> >
> >> > Put moss killer on and raked the lawn. It has left quite a few
> >> > straw/dead grass patches. Will this grass grow back or will I need to
> >> > do something else with them?
> >>
> >> Carefully dig out the area that's bare. Mix what you have dug out with
> >> some
> >> sharp sand 50-50 mix
> >> Add a good quality of quality seed and put it back into the hole. Any
> >> left
> >> over will do for sowing in other bare areas.
> >> Water well, don't walk on it until the new shoots are well established.
> >
> > Not much point burying grass seed like that. Yes, certainly make a nice
> > tilth in the bare patches if they're big enough; but then just lightly
> > rake in the seed in the normal way.
>
> Who mentioned burying?
My mistake: sorry. I thought you said add the seed to the new soil
before putting it back. Well, you did, actually, but I'm glad you
didn't mean it quite as I visualised it. It's a fair technique for
shallow patches, but where my mental image of "digging out" and "holes"
are involved it would be a waste.
>
> If you just rake it over ad sprinkle in the seed all you'll achieve is an
> easier feeding table for the local birds.
Well, gently raking in the seed is all I've ever done. Bought-in seed
does generally have a bird-repellent: I've no idea how well that works
in percentage terms, but in real-life terms it always seems to beat the
feathered friends. Pegging down a bit of fine netting is an insurance,
but I've only ever bothered when it was convenient -- and it doesn't
really seem to have made any difference.
--
Mike.
