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Old 06-23-2007, 04:59 PM
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Moss is an environmental weed, it will only grow where conditions are favorable. The only way to eradicate is change/manage the site conditions.

So, aearte to improve drainage and reduce compaction. Limb up and thin trees where possible to increase sunlight and air circulation. Do a soil test to check pH, adjust as indicated by soil test and check nutirents.

One problem with shady turf is that you don't want to fertilize at recommended rates, we generally cut by about half to prevent the lawn from thinning out. But then this means reducing the nutrients which leads to poor growing conditions. It's a double edged sword.
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