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LERAVA

Seed and iron, by the square metre

LERAVA appears on two of the treatment shelves here.

The grass seed is an overseeding mixture sold with a coverage figure. On that shelf the coverage on the front is only true at the rate on the back, and the two rates — new lawn and overseeding — differ by roughly a factor of two. This site prints the rate rather than the area claim, because the rate is the number that transfers to your lawn.

The moss product is iron sulphate, which is worth naming rather than describing. It blackens moss within days, it is also an iron feed, and it stains: paving, a path edge, a pair of boots. The marks are rust and they go into a porous surface rather than sitting on it. Sweeping hard surfaces before watering in is the whole of the precaution and it takes two minutes.

What any particular product requires by way of dose, protective equipment and permitted use is on its label, which is a legal document. This site prints what the maker states about coverage and points at the label for the rest.

Every LERAVA reference written up here, a page each

  • Bag of fast-germinating lawn seed for 30 square metres

    LERAVA EXPRESS 0.75 kg

    The only seed on this shelf that publishes its species mix — and it explains everything the mix claims.

    Weight
    0.75 kg
    Coverage
    30 m² from 0.75 kg
    Species
    90 % perennial ryegrass, 10 % smooth-stalked meadow grass — pure seed, no soil or fertiliser added
    Germination
    Stated as a few days
    Use
    25 g/m², from the published weight and area · window: March to June, and September to October
    Certification
    None cited
    Amazon reference
    B0D9WJ2V4Z (one reference across 5 Amazon marketplaces)
    EAN
    4260771322534
    • The only species mix published on this shelf, which is the one fact that matters
    • States that it is pure seed with no soil or fertiliser bulking it out
    • About 15.87 € per kilo — the dearest seed here by a factor of 3.6

    Best for: Patching worn paths and bare spots, where speed matters more than fineness

    Check price on Amazon
  • Iron sulphate lawn fertiliser and moss treatment

    LERAVA 2-5

    An iron fertiliser for grass — the only product here with no weight published, and the dearest square metre.

    Weight
    Not published
    Coverage
    20 m². No weight is published, so no application rate can be worked out.
    Active
    Iron sulphate, with potassium and magnesium; no percentages published
    Form
    Granular iron sulphate, evenly spreadable
    Waiting time
    Stated as usable all year round
    Approval
    On lawns, all lawn types
    Amazon reference
    B0D3QRCZ1Y (one reference across 5 Amazon marketplaces)
    EAN
    4260771321995
    • A plainly named active — iron sulphate — which two of the three lawn products here do not give
    • Names potassium and magnesium alongside the iron
    • No weight published, so the application rate cannot be established

    Best for: A small mossy patch, applied carefully and well away from paving

    Check price on Amazon

The live figure beside a product went and asked the shop for it the moment this page opened; any amount written into the text has not moved since the sentence was drafted, and it is the first of the two that counts.