It spreads to form a lush, grass-like cover, but don’t kick off your sandals yet - it’s really too lumpy to walk across. If you like the look of grass, this is a great alternative. LilyturfĪlso called liriope, this evergreen ground cover features dark green strappy leaves and grows about a foot tall. It’s happy in shade but doesn’t stand up to heavy foot traffic the way traditional turf grass does. These lawns are typically a mix of fine fescue grasses, a smaller species of grass that grow slowly with narrow blades and have a tendency to lay down nearly flat by mid-summer. Once the moss has turned black and died – normally a week or two after treatment – you can rake it out and concentrate on mowing and other regular lawn care that helps grass grow healthily.No-mow lawns are the product of seeds designed to require little or no water or mowing once established. No-mow turf can be mowed once or twice a year, or not at all. Mo Bacter Instant is a plant-based moss treatment that works in just 24 hours. It helps with all of these treatments if you can mow the lawn fairly short beforehand, so the product can reach the moss more easily. Maxicrop’s Moss Killer and Lawn Tonic gives grass a seaweed-based nutrient boost at the same time that it gets to work on moss when it is watered on. A liquid treatment can often be more effective than a granular one. Once those jobs have been done, it’s time to treat any moss that remains.

Aeration lets air in to the roots to encourage healthier, thicker growth from the grass, while scarifying helps to remove some of the moss that has built up, and also triggers the grass to grow more thickly. The first course of action is to aerate and then scarify the lawn. Moss gives lawns an uneven colour, and a spongy feel to walk on.

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