Nifty
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Mar 22, 2023 10:50:18 GMT 1
Post by Nifty on Mar 22, 2023 10:50:18 GMT 1
Clover is good as it fixes nitrogen in the soil.
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Mar 22, 2023 11:19:55 GMT 1
Post by pcpa on Mar 22, 2023 11:19:55 GMT 1
As you have time to become obsessive about the lawn can we conclude that the previous damp problem has been resolved by the use of the VMC?
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Aardvark
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Living in soggy 22 and still wondering what's going on.
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Mar 22, 2023 11:34:06 GMT 1
Post by Aardvark on Mar 22, 2023 11:34:06 GMT 1
As far as lawns go as long as they look green that’s good enough for me. Lots of weeds in ours especially clover which attracts loads og bees in the summer. We did have thistles but they give up with regular cutting. +1 7000 square metres is far too much to expect even a half perfect lawn so I also leave the weeds to do their thing but I do immediately pounce on thistles and I'm pretty sure I now don't have any. Why? I often roam the space barefoot and thistles are a real hazard.
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Aardvark
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Mar 22, 2023 11:40:52 GMT 1
Post by Aardvark on Mar 22, 2023 11:40:52 GMT 1
exile: "if the lawn tends to get covered with dead leaves, remove them as often as possible."
That might explain why I have much more moss this year than before. I was unable to rake up the leaves this autumn. Increased moss and loss of a lot of grassy areas has been the result.
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JohnnyD
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Mar 22, 2023 13:18:21 GMT 1
Post by JohnnyD on Mar 22, 2023 13:18:21 GMT 1
As you have time to become obsessive about the lawn can we conclude that the previous damp problem has been resolved by the use of the VMC? I wish, I can't do any more 'testing' until the house is empty for a number of weeks, like I said, the dehumidifier only worked in fan mode for the last 3 weeks, as the water tank had reached its capacity of 6L, it was meant to pump into the sink via some tubing, but did not for reasons unknown currently. The house was not 'wet' as it was on the last visit, but that maybe a combination of VMC/Dehumifier/Fan etc, a lot more testing to be don, which is tricky as a test takes up to 8 weeks etc.......
While present in the house, the humidity is not an issue...........But while absent i managed to collect 6L of water, and it would have been more with a bigger tank/external drainage.
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Mar 22, 2023 13:56:59 GMT 1
Post by cernunnos on Mar 22, 2023 13:56:59 GMT 1
I would just fork it as suggested and then rake lightly some of the moss out, if you have some coarse sand backfill the holes (but not essential), I have used the iron sulphate and the black patches are worse than the moss. Ferrous sulfate is fairly non-toxic, with an acute oral LD50 at 132-881 mg Fe/kg (rat) and chronic oral NOAEL 57-65 mg Fe/kg/d (rat,90 days) (1). However, it may cause skin and eye irritation. If inhaled, it may also cause headaches, nausea, and respiratory irritations.
Single-dose toxicity testing indicates ferrous sulfate is low in toxicity to birds. However it is moderately toxic to mammals, fish, and other aquatic organisms.
so go out and kill !
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Nifty
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Mar 22, 2023 14:53:08 GMT 1
Post by Nifty on Mar 22, 2023 14:53:08 GMT 1
As far as lawns go as long as they look green that’s good enough for me. Lots of weeds in ours especially clover which attracts loads og bees in the summer. We did have thistles but they give up with regular cutting. Not that I am a fanatic but I used to administer death to any plant in our garden that used anemochory.
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Mar 22, 2023 15:33:12 GMT 1
Post by pcpa on Mar 22, 2023 15:33:12 GMT 1
As you have time to become obsessive about the lawn can we conclude that the previous damp problem has been resolved by the use of the VMC? I wish, I can't do any more 'testing' until the house is empty for a number of weeks, like I said, the dehumidifier only worked in fan mode for the last 3 weeks, as the water tank had reached its capacity of 6L, it was meant to pump into the sink via some tubing, but did not for reasons unknown currently. The house was not 'wet' as it was on the last visit, but that maybe a combination of VMC/Dehumifier/Fan etc, a lot more testing to be don, which is tricky as a test takes up to 8 weeks etc.......
While present in the house, the humidity is not an issue...........But while absent i managed to collect 6L of water, and it would have been more with a bigger tank/external drainage.
I am pleased to hear that it was improved but please try it at some stage without the dehumidifier with just the VMC on a low setting, the dehumidifier is using a lot of energy to simply draw some humidity from air that is passing through your house anyway, it might be satisfying to see water in the collection tank but and I understand your anxiousness to be doing something about the situation but I really dont think it will have made any difference other than to your electric bill.
Were the house to be hermetically sealed and have suffered a leaking roof which had been repaired leaving damp then a dehumidifier would have had a role to play.
I say this from 25 years or experience of storing classic cars in a single skin brick garage which was anything but sealed especially at the top of the roller door, a dehumidifier was working flat out and water constantly being evacuated from the drain but in reality it made not a bit of difference to the damp on the vehicles, my tools and machinery. Unlike your property that had a DPM in the floor.
A Carcoon outside exposed to all weather that had rain coming in through the fans and the seams leaving the vehicle standing in a puddle of water at the end of the winter was 100% effective through the airflow only, no dehumidification but critically no condensation, the freshly ground test piece of bare metal left on top of the scuttle was still bright bare metal, in the garage with the dehumidifier it would have looked like my machine tool beds or my stick of metal, rusty within weeks if not days.
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Mar 22, 2023 21:17:31 GMT 1
Post by houpla on Mar 22, 2023 21:17:31 GMT 1
I would just fork it as suggested and then rake lightly some of the moss out, if you have some coarse sand backfill the holes (but not essential), I have used the iron sulphate and the black patches are worse than the moss. They might look worse briefly, but I can assure you that if you rake live moss you're just spreading the problem around. Same principle as stirring up a swimming pool full of live algae instead of killing it off, then removing it.
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Post by annabellespapa on Mar 23, 2023 10:29:22 GMT 1
I would just fork it as suggested and then rake lightly some of the moss out, if you have some coarse sand backfill the holes (but not essential), I have used the iron sulphate and the black patches are worse than the moss. They might look worse briefly, but I can assure you that if you rake live moss you're just spreading the problem around. Same principle as stirring up a swimming pool full of live algae instead of killing it off, then removing it. I have to confess that I am no gardener, having tried to get rid of moss in the past has amused my French neighbours with the black patches, they say the moss is there for a reason and you can keep it under control if you want but don't destroy it, turns out that back in the late 1800's there was a natural pond in the centre of our garden, that must of been filled in, it explains why the grass grows quicker on one side of the 1 acre garden than the other.
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Nifty
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Mar 24, 2023 16:58:42 GMT 1
Post by Nifty on Mar 24, 2023 16:58:42 GMT 1
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