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By Kew

Surrey, United Kingdom Gb

Should I remove moss growing in the flower beds? Just had a wander around the garden and noticed a fair amount of moss growing in the shadier areas. Should I remove it? , will it prevent seedlings and shoots coming up? It's in an area where lots of salvia and verbena tends to self seed.




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Moss will prevent seedlings coming up and also stop the rain getting into the soil as easily. I would remove it but do it gently. If you can manage to just scrape it off the surface, so much the better.

7 Feb, 2013

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Kew
 

Thanks. I'll have go.a bit of snow in Surrey so might be in a day or 2!

7 Feb, 2013

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