"Andrew Gabriel" wrote in message
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Andy Hall writes:
On 11 Sep 2005 15:15:28 GMT, (Andrew
Gabriel) wrote:

Council appear to have sprayed a jet of some weed and grass killer
across my lawn when killing the weeds on the footpath. I don't suppose
there's any antidote, particularly now it shows up quite clearly?
Probably happened a couple of weeks ago -- I noticed an area last
week which wasn't very green and watered it. By this week, it's
very clear from the pattern of the dead area exactly what's happened,
a dead spray shaped area with a sharp cutoff caused by the gate post.
Also, it's dying at the same rate as the weeds on the pavement.


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For patching after I raked out the moss last year, I used B&Q's
fine (no course/rye) grass seed, which blended in OK. It's really
too late in the year to seed grass now,[...]

Dunno about that. I was either listening to GQT or watching GW a week or so
ago & they said it was the perfect time to sow grass seed or patch up lawns
with it.

I found a bag of grass seed whilst I was clearing up the shed about a week
and a half ago and liberally sprinkled it over the bare patch of "lawn" in
"the dead corner" and it's all coming up nicely now. The rain that we
apparently had whilst I was away helped...

[...] and in any case, based on
my past experience, it won't grow in that area for a year.
Turf might have the same problem unless some depth of topsoil is
replaced first.


Something a bit odd there if it was glyphosate - it only kills stuff on
contact & the point is that the area can be resown very quickly afterwards.
Rake the affected area out very thoroughly though to remove any dead matter.

They could have sprayed with something else, but I'd have thought that the
low toxicity of glyphosate based products would have made them a prime
contender for spraying in public areas.

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Richard Sampson

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