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Growing grass under trees

#1 · 9th August 2025, 10:09 pm

Hi everyone 👋 over a year ago I put turf down in my back garden and just as I thought the grass has dried up where there are trees along the end of the garden. We have a sawmill at the back and there is a row of conifers between the sawmill and the garden. Are there any suggestions how I can keep grass alive near the trees or any alternatives?

Thank you

#2 · 11th August 2025, 9:21 am

Hi @janel

Could you please upload some pictures for us to help? You can use https://compressjpeg.com/ to resize them if necessary as the site has a 3mb limit per image.

All the best

Lee

#3 · 11th August 2025, 1:41 pm

Hi Lee I have attached a photo of the grass and you can see how close the trees are. I don't think the warm weather we had in the summer helped. I did water the grass in the mornings and evenings but maybe it wasn't enough.

Sorry for the mess of pipes and buckets we are in the middle of a loft conversion!

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