MOSS ON LAWNS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 4 August 1938, Page 4

MOSS ON LAWNS

HOW TO ERADICATE IT. There is a widespread idea that the presence of moss in a lawn is a sure indication of a “sour” soil that is, that the soil is acid and requires lime. Sometimes this is true, but more often excess acidity is not the cause. Where moss is found, almost invariably you will find an impoverished soil, and this condition, combined with a lack of drainage and too much shade, is an ideal situation for the growth of moss.’Even where the soil has so little plant food that it will not support weeds, moss will flourish. The best method of ridding your lawn of moss is, first improve the drainage if it is defective. Then improve the fertility through a program of regular feeding with a complete balanced plant food. Rake the lawn thoroughly, and apply plant food at the rate of four pounds per 100 square feet. Keep, barren spots reseeded with a good grade of grass seed; if the area is shaded, use a seed mixture especially adapted to shade. Where moss is. prevalent, an application of plant, food should be made every six weeks, until the soil has attained a high 1 state of fertility and all trace of moss has disappeared.