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The invasion of moss in your lawn occurs when you try to grow grass in places that are too shady, too wet, or on very poor soil-conditions that do not support grass. To eliminate moss and prepare the soil for grass, you'll need to change your lawn's growing conditions.
Spread some lime over the area to get rid of the moss, or a cheaper method if you have a fireplace is to lightly spread some of the ashes over the area. If you wet it down, it sort of makes the gray disappear, but it gets rid of the moss.
Here are the questions asked by community members. Read on to see the answers provided by the ThriftyFun community.
How can I kill moss in the lawn?
By Rick S
There's no moss killer available where I live (Northern Calif) so I'm using a bow rake and raking it off each weekend. Comes up easy. Also aerated the lawn to make sure water goes where it needs to, and shortened watering to 2 min 3 times a week. We have clay soil.
We have an entire area by a large evergreen that does get sun, but the moss has taken over the grass. I don't want to use chemicals because we have dogs and the kids play out there. As pretty green as it is and the weeds don't grow in it, I would much rather have green grass.
By Lisa
I wish I had your Moss! I let it grow where ever it will. If moss is happy there grass probably won't be and you will wind up with dirt and roots. You can 'scrape' it with a flat edge shovel to remove and then spray with Round Up etc.
I've put weed killer on the garden and killed all the moss which is what my aim was. I'm not sure if I have to remove the dead moss or will it disintegrate by itself?
By Peter James from Ireland
Peel dead moss up from its bed and discard.
Good luck.
How do I get rid of moss in the grass close to my sidewalks?
Moss grows where it is shady and damp. You can kill it with a strong vinegar and water solution and or a bleach, but that will also kill the grass. You may need to trim trees or let the area get more fresh air and sunshine.
You can pour boiling water on them.
You can get zinc strips from Home Depot or Amazon. They will help prevent the moss, too.
Why is there moss in my garden?
Hardiness Zone: 6a
Damp/wet, shady, conditions will cause moss to grow.
I also have moss. Moss likes acidic soil, shade, and dampness. Be careful to check your roof as it can cause damage to your roof if it is growing there.
I am trying to cut dowm some trees and low growing branches to allow more sun into my yard as a remedy for this. For you, it may help to add lime to your soil.
You are right those conditions allows moss to grow but it is more than that. I have moss growing on hot boulders sitting in the sun.
We have lots of moss growing in the grass, how can we kill it?
I don't know much about moss. I have read that it prefers nutrient depleted soil. It may be that your lawn needs both fertilizer and lime.
How do I get rid of moss in a rock garden without damaging plants?
Thanks for your non-metalic solution. I am not in Seattle, but have moss in my back garden too. I applied it once. but it didn't kill my moss. At least it didn't kill grass as lawn sand or ferrous sulfate did to my lawn. I think I didn't apply enough. How big is the small area you mentioned about? If my lawn is about 250m2 (about 100sqft), how many gallons of the solution should I use?
Thanks.
By Quyen