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Tue, May 3, 11 at 0:08
| I basically live in the woods in RI ... there are significant areas of my lawn that get little sun. I have a lot of oak and some cedar and pine trees in and around my lawn. These spots are either completely overgrown with moss, or the grass doesn't seem to "hold" into the soil (the grass comes up if I walk across these areas ... racking creates a major disaster). Looking for ideas ... removal of trees isn't an option. Thanks |
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| Moss likes three things: shade, moisture, and acidic soil. Grass likes sun, moisture, and slightly acidic soil. I live in coastal CT, so our weather and soils are probably similar. My soil was terribly acidic when I did soil tests, and was lacking the proper balance of nutrients. You should do a soil test to see what is going on and what you should do to correct it. If you want to kill the moss I have had good success with Moss Out, available at Home Depot. It kills it very quickly with a non toxic iron solution, and you can rake it up quite easily once it's dead. If you want to grow grass in this shady site you will need to use very shade tolerant grasses. Don't think you are going to grow beautiful dark green Kentucky bluegrass, or perennial rye, or even tall fescue. You need to stick with either fine fescues, or something more specialized like supina bluegrass, or improved poa trivialis or a mix of the two. |
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