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Even
after following a strict
maintenance
programme you may find your lawn occasionally requires repairs. For a guide
to how to repair Bald Patches,
Broken Edges or Peaks
and Hollows, see below. You can also visit our
Lawn Problems section for
solutions to Thatch,
Compaction,
Weeds and
Moss.
Some
bald patches on the lawn are due to constant use by regular heavy foot traffic,
if this is the case you would be better off putting in a proper path. Some
patches may be because the grass isn't growing very well, and
spiking and
feeding may be all it needs. Other patches may simply be
'scalped' bumps; that
happens when the mower skims off the top of higher areas of lawn. Levelling the lawn will correct this. If there
are bald patches where large rosette weeds have been removed, or because the
lawn in poor condition, the quickest way to deal with them is to
reseed.
Broken lawn edges look untidy, make mowing difficult and edging almost
impossible. Take a sharp spade and cut out a square of turf that has the broken
edge along one side. Turn it around and fit it back into the gap, so that the
straight edge is around the outside of the lawn and the broken piece is on the
inside. This leaves a hole in the lawn. Fill the hole with
topsoil and firm it
down then reseed it as if it were a bald patch.
To
flatten peaks strip the turf off the peak, remove some of the soil beneath and
level the spot before putting the turf back. Hollows are treated in the same
way, but in reverse. Remove the turf, add
topsoil until the hollow is level and
put the grass back.
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