Lawn care
Last post 26-03-2009 10:34 PM by James1664. 9 replies.
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23/06/2006 10:47 PM
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- myoview
- 23 Jun 2006
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We hve tow dogs which however careful we are still urinate on our new lawn. Any ideas on treatment and how to stop them would be appreciated.
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24/06/2006 11:33 AM
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- Digger
- Northern UK
- 18 Jul 2005
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Hi myoview, Perhaps if you post this question on the general gardening thread you will probably get more "hits". However i have dogs and they all try to take a whizz on the lawn i am told that bitch urine is more damaging than dog urine, not sure why but the only reall effective way to stop the dogs from taking a whizz on the lawn is to keep them out of the garden if the dogs are still young you can train them to use a different area. good luck my friend.
digger 
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25/06/2006 09:17 PM
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- sue1002
- Ipswich, Suffolk
- 06 Sep 2005
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Digger is right about bitches urine being stronger than a dog's, also if the dogs haven't been neutered it is also stronger than one which hasn't been 'done'. We trellised off the garden area so the dog doesn't kill the grass, but whenever she is allowed onto the area she heads straight for the greenest part. I did try at one time to water it down with a bucket of water and still ended up with brown patches in the middle surrounded by lush green grass on the outside. I've given up now trying to rectify the situation, it always comes back up green again the following spring after the winter rains.
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26/06/2006 05:49 PM
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Some suggestion that tomato sauce in the food works
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Ow! My most of me!
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27/06/2006 08:24 PM
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- sue1002
- Ipswich, Suffolk
- 06 Sep 2005
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I have just been to put my bin out ready for tomorrow and stopped to admire the weeds dying in the grass in the front garden which I had sprayed with 'roundup' (and yes I know it will kill part of the grass too but there are more weeds than grass there anyway so it will need reseeding) when Sasha bopped down to water it and I suddenly had a thought - if I could train her to pee in a bucket would it work as a free weedkiller?
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27/06/2006 10:48 PM
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- Digger
- Northern UK
- 18 Jul 2005
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Hi sue1002, you probably could get the weedkiller but i bet it only kills the plants that you want to grow and lets the dandelions etc live. another tip i have discovered this evening is when you put up a hanging basket and then your OH brings the horse along move the hanging basket to where the horse can't reach it or it will end up in a half eaten heap on the floor!!!
digger
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24/03/2009 03:17 PM
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Hi there,
1. It is usually the first visit of the day that is the most damaging from dog/*** urine as the concentration levels of urea are at their highest. Try and take the dog/*** for an early walk to avoid this. Urea is used as the source of nitrogen in fertilizer for lawns and this is why at the edge of the dog patch you have beautiful lush grass as it is more diluted and in lower doses. By watering the patch you will definitely help but you will need to do it immediately. Other techniques are to take the dog over to a tree each time when the weather is nicer, they will gradually accept this as the place to visit even when you are not there. I have also had some good reports back from a number of people regarding some new dietary supplements available from pet shops, however I am still a bit of a sceptic and haven't tried it myself.
2. As for using Round-up on the lawn, please make sure you turn over the soil before sowing the new seed as the residue will last for 6 months meaning you will get very poor results from the seeding.
3. If you tried to use dog urine as weed-killer, due to the generally stronger root systems of things like dandelions, daisy, selfheal you would actually just be feeding them and encouraging new growth, the complete opposite of your desired result !
Any more advice, just ask.
Lawn Guy
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24/03/2009 05:27 PM
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- James1664
- UK
- 28 Aug 2008
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Hi Lawn Guy, Can I make a point about your Roundup advice? It's totally incorrect! This product becomes inactive when it touches the soil, and if you are using it to re-instate a lawn, you leave for 7 days and then work the old lawn into the ground and you can safely re-sow seeds after this time. Perhaps you were thinking about the residual effects of weedkillers which do stay in the soil for up to 6 months? James
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26/03/2009 01:21 PM
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Hi James,
I work with 5500 lawns and my advice is given from personal experience where customers have attempted the above that you are suggesting and have failed. I have also never seen new growth appear from an area that has been sprayed with this before the approximate time of 6 months. If you have had results from your method I congratulate you though. Thanks for your comment.
Lawn Guy
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26/03/2009 10:34 PM
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- James1664
- UK
- 28 Aug 2008
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LawnGuy,
Yup, I did it a couple of months ago on our lawn at home. Sprayed the weed off, waited 7 days, re-sowed grass seed - germinated with no problems at all. Residual weedkiller I sprayed on our lawn, as a test, keeps the grass back for about 6 months with no sign of re-growth.
Having worked with these garden chemicals for the last 17 years (and the people that use the garden products daily) I can assure you that if you are using Roundup (glyphosate) in this way, you do not need to wait 6 months before you can re-sow.
James
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