Nightmare lawn mistake allows moss and weeds to 'kill your grass', expert warns

01 August 2023 , 14:33

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Easy and common mistakes you could be doing that easily kills your lawn (Image: Getty Images/Mint Images RF)

Throughout the summer, people tend to give a lot of care and attention to their garden lawn, weeding, watering and cutting becomes a high priority, resulting in lush green blades.

But for those who feel it's a pain to keep on top of, looking out for this one common mistake might help you have an effortlessly healthy lawn, as an expert has warned it can kill your grass.

Pol Bishop, a gardening and landscaping expert at Fantastic Services, has shared with The Express a few lawn mistakes to avoid that will ultimately allow moss and weeds to "kill your grass".

"Moss and weeds are one of the most common lawn problems that homeowners face and it's often due to improper lawn care, which encourages their growth and spreading," he explains, and there is one common mistake in particular that could be leading them to taking over.

You might assume that watering our lawn would be something it always needed, but it turns out overwatering is something "moss typically likes and thrives in," Pol explains. The pro recommends watering lawns thoroughly but infrequently, as well as avoiding watering when it's high humidity.

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Cutting out overwatering could be the key to banishing moss from your grass to give you that perfected green lawn like we've recently been seeing at Wimbledon.

As well as it becoming the perfect criteria for moss to thrive, overwatering can also suffocate the grass and stunt the growth. A common sign grass is being overwatered is when you start to notice yellow patches on your lawn.

This is because there isn't enough oxygen and h20 getting to the roots, and easily solved by watering infrequently rather than religiously every day and experts say just once a week is enough to give your grass time to look luscious.

Another common mistake Pol highlights is improper mowing, as people can be inclined to cut their grass too short which in turn results in "weakening it, which makes it easier for weeds to take over and leads to damage to the growth crown."

The expert advises that to keep it at a healthy height you should avoid removing more than one-third of the grass blade at a time.

Niamh Kirk