Problem with brown lawn patches

Lime? I first have to stab slits with the spade. :-( When the ground is thawed

If you still have to dig up anyway, first test the soil's pH value with the Neudorff test strip and, if necessary, mix the sack of lime in right away. 10 kg for 100-200 sqm depending on the pH value. Loosens the soil, promotes earthworm habitation, prevents moss. k.

Thank you It is good arable soil and the grass has taken well Unfortunately, the water does not seep away Under the arable soil is earth that has not seen light for 80 years or more. Earthworms are completely missing Cousin suggests making slits (this is also done on football fields) Then I can also lime at the same time

It was also conventionally farmed arable land before, alternating between wheat and rapeseed. Good soil, but quite compacted due to the large tractors, low in earthworms, but that changes surprisingly quickly with the right gardening approach. It is already teeming well under our lawn. However, lawn is a nitrogen eater times ten, so working with a bit of MNSP fertilizer is only beneficial. But not before May! - Before we sowed the grass, I worked the land once with a Rheinische field hoe, which is real exercise, but it brings a lot of air into the soil. So it lay fallow the first winter. In spring 18, it was hoed again, then rototilled, and then sown, only lightly raked in, not rolled. Keep it nicely moist, great lawn, it reached rolled lawn standard. K.

We sowed in October and did not roll. The soil was loosened beforehand. The problem is that it is too compacted underneath. It was also loosened before being filled, but the clay content has probably compacted again. The soil is still frozen, only the top 4-5 cm have thawed. Can't do anything anyway. Hopefully earthworms will settle soon.

This evening, already light until half past five, milky sun, a hint of spring is in the air, I already twitched, but she braked and said if I started that thing now, they would come to get me... so I have to wait a little longer. But the bag of lime was delivered today, it's going to be a nice weekend.

Although it is already nicely warm here at the moment, we still can’t think about things like spreading lime or even mowing the lawn for a long time. Between 50cm and 1m of snow still has to melt first. So we continue to use the time for skiing, cross-country skiing, or snowshoe hiking.