Moss will vanish from lawns by following ITV gardener's simple tip

Gardeners can rid their lawns of moss if they follow a top-tip that ITV gardener David Domoney swears by. Many gardeners often want to remove moss from their plots in order to get a fine turf, with some viewing it as a weed. Moss can give your lawn an uneven colour and surface while making it feel spongy underfoot.

It often grows after an exceptionally wet winter, especially in sparse, weak or patchy grass. According to the RHS moss can also grow when a lawn has experienced drought stress, is shaded, or has been mowed too low. It also thrives in areas where children regularly play or where the grass is regularly walked on.



Many mosses also grow in areas where the soil is too acidic, preferring a lower pH level. According to David, who regularly presents a gardening segment on This Morning , gardeners who want to remove moss from their lawn need to focus on drainage. Although the 62-year-old says not everyone wants it gone.

Speaking from The Ideal Home Show, David said: “The key thing with moss is that, first of all, not everybody wants to get rid of it. It's quite soft at the foot, to be honest. “I mean, the secret to success with moss is drainage, drainage of the lawn, looking where the lawn lies down to get patches of moss where it's particularly damp it's addressing the drainage is the best way.

” There are over 700 different species of moss found in the UK. The RHS says climate change and loss of habitat has meant that some are currently at risk. According to Gardeners’ World , it can provide a good habitat for small creatures, which in turn provide food for birds, amphibians and mammals such as hedgehogs.

It however says moss can become a problem when it out-performs the grass. It says gardeners wanting to remove moss should focus on the underlying causes. To help the drainage, it says gardeners can use a fork to “spike” parts of the garden to make holes, these can be filled with sharp sand to create “drainage channels”.

David meanwhile says the key to a luscious lawn is feeding. He says there are two types of feed, one for autumn that focuses on boosting the roots of a law, and one for spring that helps the garden to grow. He added: “Feeding lawns is incredibly important.

So applying a lawn food, following the instructions that's on there, will help nourish the lawn. The other thing is not cutting it too short. “You want to leave it on the lawn as well.

Don't scout the lawn by any stretch of the imagination. And then that makes the lawn easier to control. But at this time of year, it's the patches you need to work on, where you stand to do the barbecue, where the penalty spot is when you kick the football with the kids in the garden, if you've got a lady dog, it's obviously where it goes to the toilet.

And you can find little packages, which are a mixture of compost and seed to rejuvenate those patches and get a good looking lawn.”.