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  • 12-04-2010 8:36pm
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    whitelightrider
    Registered Users Posts: 3,100 ✭✭✭


    Hey folks,

    I sowed my garden seeds back in September. Now the grass is growing, but is very patchy. Im just wondering if I should fertilise it? There's also some weeds in it too so Id want to kill them off and cover the patches.


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    johno2
    Registered Users Posts: 234 ✭✭johno2


    I only ever put down lawn seed in April, May, June or July. Preferably April or May. It can't handle frost at all when it's young. If it's put down later in the summer other plants/weeds can out compete it and it won't have grown enough to survive a winter. I think you should spray the weediest patches with something like Grazon to kill them off and re-sow more grass seed a week later. If you sprinkle some grass clippings over the seed it makes it harder for the birds to find it and eat it all before it sprouts.

    johno


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    whitelightrider
    Registered Users Posts: 3,100 ✭✭✭whitelightrider


    So best bet would be to put lawn seed on the patches that dont seem to have growth yet?

    There are products out there that fertilise and kill weeds at the same time. Are they worth trying?


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