stone said: Well, you haven't answered whether there was standing water... Definitely a kill condition.
firm soil... Not meaningful without context.
Usually after the rains have begun softening the soil, and some hay or something strewn about to hold moisture... you can't really prevent the turf from germination.
Hi thanks, yes there was standing water, and it did puddle when it rained, I tried to get it as even as possible, but there was a natural slope, yes the soil I riddled was really fine and soft, but it did have clay, in it to begin with, so even though I got it really fine I imagine there is still clay content in the soil, I'm trying to give you all the information best I can, I just want this project to have a decent outcome.
I put alot of hard work and effort into this, when you look along the lawn in the pic, the area I seeded, runs up the highest part of the fence, then stops, as the lower fence begins, this area was all weeds not good, I decided to remove the weeds, when I stuck the weed tool into the turf I hit something hard, I then realised the whole area had bricks underneath, I think it was foundations for two old coal boxes, so I removed a tonne of bricks dug down 6 inches riddled all the soil, lay it back down, fertiliser, waited a few days then seeded, and here I am.
And it's really no better than when I started, only upside is there's no weeds yet, the odd clover, but nothing too bad, was my grass mixture a good mix, or is that bloody fence always going to be the issue, stone what is bracken? could I source that kind of grass you mentioned in the UK, something that will even grow in the shade of a big bloody fence, I do think my timing has been off as well, and there's no excuse that's down to me, but I'd like to make this work if I can, Thanks.
