Lawn Returf?

[Give it to Ron]

Can anyone recommend a good gardening company near Romsey?

My lawn laid 3 years ago didn't like the weed/feed I put down and is patchy.

Now it just seems a lawn of moss.

Relaid or get a company in to repair? Not Lawncare company who tried to rip me off just sprayed water and left after 30 seconds who thought no one was in watching.

 

 

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[fanimal]

Go to the turf fields between North Baddesley and Chilworth on the A27, forget the trading name sorry, but the guys have their numbers there by the gate, they will help you I am sure.

[TwoPints]

Can anyone recommend a good gardening company near Romsey?

My lawn laid 3 years ago didn't like the weed/feed I put down and is patchy.

Now it just seems a lawn of moss.

Relaid or get a company in to repair? Not Lawncare company who tried to rip me off just sprayed water and left after 30 seconds who thought no one was in watching.

 

 

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I used Green Thumb a few years ago,. They come round, take a good look at your lawn, quote a price and then get on with it. Seemed to know their stuff. My lawn was covered in moss and weeds so they scarify it (amazing how many bags of moss I ended up with), put some seeds down, then they come back every quarter to give the lawn different treatments depending on the season. I must say, my lawn was beautiful while we used them. I stopped after I was made redundant and the lawns gone downhill again in the past few years. Will definitely get them back in one day.

[Jonnyboy]

Another shout for Green Thumb. They do overseeding too.

[hypochondriac]

Another shout for Green Thumb. They do overseeding too.

 

How much do they typically charge?

[TwoPints]

How much do they typically charge?

Depends on the size of your garden. I've got a good size garden (not large but big enough) and I think they charged something like £30 per quarter {but that was a few years ago now).

[sandwichsaint]

Depends on the size of your garden. I've got a good size garden (not large but big enough) and I think they charged something like £30 per quarter {but that was a few years ago now).

 

That'll be £120 for the whole garden then?

[Saint-scooby]

No one can save my lawn.....no one !

[TwoPints]

That'll be £120 for the whole garden then?

It was about £30 per quarter. If you only have them come once (no point as your lawn will look like a ploughed field when they've scarified it), if you have them for a year it would have cost £120, if you keep them for ten years, it'll cost you £1200.

[TwoPints]

That'll be £120 for the whole garden then?

Doh! Just read your post again! That one went right over my head (I think) ?

[sandwichsaint]

Doh indeed!

[Lord Duckhunter]

Another green thumb fan . My snap dragon signed them up and I wasn't happy about it as I thought it was a rip off . However , the garden never looked better . I'm sure with a bit of research you coukd buy the product and could do exactly what they do , as they didn't seem to do a lot, bloke used to come round occasionally and sprinkle stuff , but the lawn was green and lush .

[buctootim]

An electric lawn rake / scarifier and Evergreen 4 in 1 worked a treat for mine.

[Goatboy]

http://www.scottbeckpaving.co.uk

[Give it to Ron]

An electric lawn rake / scarifier and Evergreen 4 in 1 worked a treat for mine.

 

It was Evergreen 4 in 1 that killed mine probably heavy handed

 

 

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[spyinthesky]

I use a guy who trades under the banner of Fine Lawn

 

Used to be a Greenkeeper at several Golf Clubs and has done consultancy work for a few football clubs

 

He certainly seems to know his stuff and has made a big difference to my, relatively large, lawn.

 

He prefers not to use chemical products if at all possible

 

He is a Sunderland fan but I guess we can forgive him this

 

Charges about £40/50 per visit dependent on what is required

[Give it to Ron]

I used Green Thumb a few years ago,. They come round, take a good look at your lawn, quote a price and then get on with it. Seemed to know their stuff. My lawn was covered in moss and weeds so they scarify it (amazing how many bags of moss I ended up with), put some seeds down, then they come back every quarter to give the lawn different treatments depending on the season. I must say, my lawn was beautiful while we used them. I stopped after I was made redundant and the lawns gone downhill again in the past few years. Will definitely get them back in one day.

 

Thanks for the tip I have a great lawn now. These guys certainly know their stuff told me straight away had an infestation of leather jackets! Dug a bit of turf and found some -the scarifying and reseed looks bad but bloody hell it now looks better than when returfed.

It's not cheap at £20 a month but they really are good and helpful.

 

 

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Edited 16 August, 2016 by Give it to Ron

[saint boggy]

A number of my customers use Green Thumb and they really do a great job.... would highly recommend them. Scarifying and reseeding is a good idea if you want to do it on the cheap .... but you've GOT to feed the lawn to get it to its best. I've used Aftercut on my front lawn and it does the job . Moss went black within a week and the grass actually had space to grow .... not bad for a tenner ( it's only a small front garden though , so didn't need much .

In the long run if I were you I'd get Green Thumb in to sort it out for a year and then feed and weed it yourself using Aftercut /evergreen.