Garden agronomy.

[Exfarmer]

its not annual meadow grass.
Its not Cocksfoot (because that would tolerate constant tight mowing) either its Common Bent.

Cocksfoot will tolerate any mowing regime , thanks to its prone habit

 

[wanton dwarf]

Plough it up?

I thought the answer was always to DD something ... leaving the trash on the surface ... minimum disturbance, might involve a garden seat, shade and a pint IMHO.

 

[Bury the Trash]

Cocksfoot will tolerate any mowing regime , thanks to its prone habit

could be, definitely taint amg tho.
i reckon best thing he could do is spray it off rotavate deep a few times and put some spuds in , bit late but water them well through the season , few blight sprays and bobs yer tatty merchant , saving wear and tear on the robot mower plus home grown chips ideal.

 

[Farmer Roy]

my lawn was looking wonderful last year but seems yo be full of patches of this wide leaf grass ? any ideas what it is, where its sud cone from and what i can do about it ?
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not sure why it’s suddenly appeared ?

guess the only way to get rid is reseed ?

If it's green what's the problem

if its green & soft, whats the problem ?
Just keep mowing it . . .

where I live now, we bought in Dec 2019 ( for those of you who arent aware, that was near the end of 4 / 5 years of extremely low rainfall & higher than ever recorded temperatures. I personally hadnt planted / harvested a crop for 3 years & was nearly at the point of having to sell my farm ) & the house yard was basically bare raw red gravelly clay.
this is what it looks like now

once the seasons turned around & we also started watering, my theory was just to let whatever wanted to grow, grow - as long as it didnt have burs or prickles on it. We now have "lawn" where we want it, but a variety of grasses depending on what wants to grow. In the better areas, we have strong kikuya ( a common lawn grass here ), in more sun exposed / shallower soil areas then couch is the dominant grass, although the kike is starting to grow through it with better moisture conditions & in some more shaded / damper areas on the southern side of the house, we have healthy ryegrass. In other shaded areas with no grass, then the kidney weed ( dichondra ) has established & is a green, soft prostate groundcover . . .

it all depends on your priorities I suppose, but after years of devastation & dust storms & smoke haze from fires, mine for around the house was something green, soft & easily maintained, I didnt care what species it was

easier to let things grow that want to grow, than trying to manipulate nature to do something it doesnt want to

a bit like farming really . . .

 

[Farmer Roy]

its took hold since we got the robot which cuts very low

what height is that cut at ?
should really cut at 2 - 2.5 inches . . .

 

[milkloss]

its took hold since we got the robot which cuts very low

Best bet might be to rake it up so it’s standing tall and let the mower do it’s thing. If it’s the type of grass I think it is it tends to lay flat and smother the nice grasses so use a finger rake to pull it upright twice a week and Chuck some nitrogen on.

 

[Kam]

my lawn was looking wonderful last year but seems yo be full of patches of this wide leaf grass ? any ideas what it is, where its sud cone from and what i can do about it ?
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That looks like Couch grass to me, I have it in my lawn too which was freshly reseeded 2 years ago

 

[Clive]

pics from last year and there is hardly any

im blaming the robot mower - it seems to have turned a good lawn into a poor one in 18 months

 

[bobk]

pics from last year and there is hardly any

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im blaming the robot mower - it seems to have turned a good lawn into a poor one in 18 months

Clearly ,

 

[Netherfield]

 

[Exfarmer]

Time for the Cylinder to come out.

 

[Exfarmer]

To be honest, I really don't think a cylinder will make any difference, except it look a better Finnish , but it will not tackle cocksfoot and a few other aggressive grasses.
I think Allett do a mower with a rotary rake on the front for sports fields which is supposed to sort the issue but it is really only suited to large areas and no bushes trees etc.

 

[Bury the Trash]

Mowing the lawn has got to be the most resource wasting for nothing thing ever.

..... only prob with long grass beside your house is rats and mice like it

 

[bobk]

Mowing the lawn has got to be the most resource wasting for nothing thing ever.

..... only prob with long grass beside your house is rats and mice like it

I love mowing lawns

 

[primmiemoo]

Second photo looks like Celandine

Eat the celandine roots (they need to be baked in a fire). Prehistoric source of starchy carbs, they are.

 

[primmiemoo]

Any ideas how to get rid of leather jackets in my lawn?

Rooks. They luvvem.

 

[Nearly]

Mowing the lawn has got to be the most resource wasting for nothing thing ever.

..... only prob with long grass beside your house is rats and mice like it

Zero graze it into loadall bucket.

Moss in lawn here.

 

[primmiemoo]

Mowing the lawn has got to be the most resource wasting for nothing thing ever.

..... only prob with long grass beside your house is rats and mice like it

Buy owls

 

[primmiemoo]

Zero graze it into loadall bucket.

Moss in lawn here.

Moss lawns are v v v v trendy!

 

[Bury the Trash]

Buy owls

no need got ohwls already ,i love them btw they are the cutest ever. well apart from baby elephants that is