Can't deal with moss

[normanwisdom]

Didn't notice any subtleties! But I was replying to the OP I thought. cheers Jacob

[normanwisdom]

Don't they have sticks/crutches etc?

cheers Norm

[Malcolm Race]

That would be Ferrous chloride, if you can get it. Ferrous sulphate is readily available and effective at about ioz in a can of water on the lawn. Add the same amount of sulphate of ammonia to encourage the grass to grow. This tratment turns the moss black.

Malcolm

[Andrew Mawson]

standard

For the shingles Copper wire and let rain wash over it and slowly dose the moss with copper sulphate produced as the slightly acid rain reacts with the copper

AWEM

[Tim S]

Yes you're right - silly me, it's years since I used it - effective nonetheless.

Tim

[Mary Fisher]

Which is very pretty.

[Mary Fisher]

If you don't like English flora you shouldn't have moved here. Moss is a small price to pay for all the benefits.

Not that I can see a problem with moss - I wish I could grow it :-(

I can't grow daises and coltsfoot either.

Mary

[Chris Bacon]

Hey! "ckeely"!!! You could stuff the moss into your ears, and keep out useless wittering!!! Know what I mean?

If it's in your garden, you could try to improve light and drainage which might affect it... uk.rec.gardening may be useful (and is not, AFAIK, so much useless wittering).

[The Natural Philosopher]

The experince of age is largely one of accumulating enough physical problems to cause death.

[The Natural Philosopher]

Copper carbonate actually.

Unless it rains battery acid in your part of the world..

[marvelous]

It probably does from the sulphates coming out of coal burning power stations.

[marvelous]

I've never heard this from anyone who's had experience of it working, its alway somebody who knows somebody who thinks its a good idea.

Complete bollox of course!

[The Natural Philosopher]

Of course it is. That's why you will never see moss on a copper clad roof, and the phrase 'copper bottomed' originally used to describe anti-fouling plating applied to first rate ships, has passed into the language as an indicator of quality.

Anyway, moss is nice. Apart from Kate of course.