A GARDENING whizz has shared a 39p hack for banishing moss from your lawn this summer. Moss can be a real problem as it competes with grass, blocking out sunlight and stealing viral nutrients. This not only inhibits growth and encourages disease, it looks pretty unattractive as well.
Moss can reach your lawn through spores in the air, which, when settled can grow extremely fast. However, there is a cheap and simple way to fix this. Sharing her moss-related conundrum on the Gardening Hints and Tips Facebook page, one person said: “My grass has a lot of moss coming through.
“Anything I can use without damaging lawn. "Also, any recommended fertilisers to boost its health ?” The post was littered with helpful responses, from avid gardeners who have faced similar problems. One person said: "Iron sulphate is used to green and toughen up grass as well as to kill off moss.
“No need to bother with fancy moss killers, this works like magic. "In two to three days the moss has died. “Then you can scrape the blackened moss out and enjoy your green green grass.
"You just need to dilute the iron sulphate correctly and not overdo it - too much is no good.” Adding to this, another person said: "Sulphate of iron will kill it off overnight. Use a watering can to put it on the lawn.
“It will go brown but the moss can then be raked off the lawn. Sulphate of iron will also make the grass greener and thicker.” The Sun's Gardening Editor Veronica Lorraine, has shared the tasks you ne.
