How to Get Rid of Lawn Moss

Mosses exist worldwide and can be extremely beautiful in the right place. In Japan, whole gardens are based upon the beauty of different types of mosses. Moss can also be both functional and attractive in certain places. Mosses are planted between flagstones or paving stones on walkways for the purpose of excluding weeds, and mosses growing on ancient, elegant arches and over quaint stone garden fences for visual enhancement are encouraged.
As a digression, if you WANT moss to grow, spray or paint the surface with milk and sprinkle crumbled, dried moss on it and keep it damp. Mission accomplished, it IS that easy to grow moss.

To get rid of moss is substantially more difficult.

Mosses can be very unattractive at times. Growing as an ever-expanding, grass-killing eyesore on a magnificent, finely cut lawn is one of them.

Mosses are not villains in natural surroundings, but rather humble servants. They are highly adaptable, specialized plants that serve specific functions. They establish natural ground cover and provide rudimentary conversion of inorganic mineral , even rock in time, to organic matter, which may be their most important purpose; that slow, primal soil-building is a natural, healthy process in spite of the fact that it also ruins a lawn

How do you know if you have moss?

The general appearance of your lawn may be drab, dull and uneven, even freshly cut. Grass may look thin and unhealthy. Look carefully at the soil surface among the grass roots; if you see a diminutive, fine, variable-coloured plant hiding there, it is most likely a variety of moss. To help identify it, remember that blades of grass have "veins", whereas mosses do not. Similarly, moss "roots" do not look like roots that are typical of grasses. Variable-sized, deep green, light green, yellow, orange, brown, or gray patchy areas lacking any visible grasses may exist. If so, you have moss.

Most lawns do have tiny amounts of individual mosses, but they are not generally noticeable until the grass thins or begins to die off. Mosses also change colour when they go dormant in hot, dry weather.
In cool-season, humid areas, they are most prevalent, but mosses are found almost everywhere except in extremely hot,dry climates. Mosses are invasive and opportunistic, thriving magnificently in conditions that are ultimately identified as POOR conditions for the survival of healthy grass populations.

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• next page >>

---

Add your voice

Know something about How to get rid of lawn moss?
We want to hear your view. Write now!