Grass with shallow roots has a lower chance of surviving and gives way to a wider moss infestation with its strong roots. However, to obtain the best results, use it wet which means using a sprayer a garden sprayer or watering can as explained earlier. Product needs to be kept very dry once open if intended to be kept for future use – the granules may stick together if damp.

The picture below shows a close up of a section of lawn before I applied Ferrogranul 20, full of moss. In a few weeks the grass will also greatly improve but it gives you an idea of how effective it is a killing moss. There was a lot of moss so I decided it was easier to remove the collection box and rake it up afterwards and then do a once over with a lawn mower to collect any leftover moss. If the garden is particularly suffering under the onslaught of weeds and moss, these granules may not have the power of some other products to really kill them off; however, by improving the general health of the lawn, future weeds and moss will be deterred from growing. This is one occasion when it’s a really good idea to heed the instructions (I know we all sometimes skip this step!If you want to feed the grass as well as kill moss or weeds, look further down for products that contain both or even all three. The aim here is to target the weeds you have and use the minimum amount of product needed to carry out the control. Mind-your-own-business ( Soleirolia soleirolii): Little response to lawn weedkillers – returf infested areas in late autumn or early spring. In terms of moss, within two weeks of applying the product, the moss will have died and be ready to rake. I also recommend in which situations to use each product because some are easier to use to help avoid burning your lawn, which is a common mistake people make when applying moss killers.

For mossy areas, they measured the moss coverage at the start, and how much was killed by the treatment. I like that it can be used in both dry and wet forms depending on how you prefer to spread your lawn treatment, personally, I always recommend using a sprayer or watering can. The drawbacks to a wet application are that you need to measure the solution carefully and add it to the right amount of water for the correct dilution; you need to spray the liquid evenly over the moss and lawn, and you have to be careful of the wind direction.However, we would rather you never encounter the problem of a mossy lawn so we end by offering some preventative measures to avoid this problem in your garden.