Moss Alert

This is the time of year (especially with the wet weather) when dormant moss spores sitting in the lawn spring to life and establish themselves unnoticed. By the time you realise moss is there, its removal will leave an usightly mess - and a much much bigger mess if you ignore it until next spring, as encouraged.

Best be aware and nip it in the bud as soon as you see any sign at all (get down close and look carefully). If moss is found, I suggest spraying full lawn with ferrous sulphate as we did earlier. You'll be amazed at just how much moss is actually there (its now black colour makes it stand out). But by treating it this early in the season it can be raked out, if necessary, and the turf will have time to recover before the winter. And you will have that lovely rich green colour from the iron salts.

If you're lucky and you don't have much thatch or dead grass, you might not even need to rake, not yet anyhow. The grass should soon cover up the dead moss which will just rot down. Never mind about the spores; as stated elsewhere, normal mosskillers do not kill them; there's nothing you can do about it.