Lawn advice

**007** · 10-10-2007, 04:20 PM

Do we have any lawn experts on here? I have been fighting my yard for 2 years to get grass growing and am having ZERO results. I even paid a lawn company this year for fertilizing and insect/weed control. The weeds were down but the lawn itself looks even worse than it did this time last year.

I have so many bare areas I can't even keep seed around because mother nature always pulls his practical joke on me by sending a downpour the day after I seed and washing it all away.

I don't want a perfect lawn just a decent lawn.

KCFalcon59 · 10-10-2007, 04:25 PM

Have you gotten your soil tested. Might needs some nutrients. Maybe it has too much. Maybe a new layer of topsoil. Or you could try this:

chiefscraze · 10-10-2007, 04:29 PM

Check the PH of the soil, then adjust accordingly. Also, if you have really poor soil you will need to use a lot more fertilizer than what you would normally want to apply because it may leach out of the soil faster.

**Bugeater** · 10-10-2007, 04:40 PM

Asphalt.

FalseStart · 10-10-2007, 04:48 PM

Extra Point · 10-10-2007, 04:57 PM

Besides asphalt, Throw down 10 lbs lime per 5,000 sq ft. Rent an aerator, and do it to it. Put down grub killer, wait until week. Put down winterizer fertilizer, keeping the lawn semi-damp for at least 10 days. (Will be too cold, too soon, to plant seed, so don't even think about it.)

Seed the first weekend in April, with fertilizer that's does NOT have weed killer. Wait six weeks, throw down weed and feed. Throw down greening fertilizer the last weekend in July.

Reseed on Labor Day, and put down seeding fertilizer with the seed. Keep the lawn wet for 7 days.

Make damned sure you don't put down too much fertilizer, and make sure God or you throw 1/2" water on it at least once a week, unless otherwise specified!

If you don't want to put in the work, then live with a crummy lawn!

FalseStart · 10-10-2007, 04:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Extra Point

Besides asphalt, Throw down 10 lbs lime per 5,000 sq ft. Rent an aerator, and do it to it. Put down grub killer, wait until week. Put down winterizer fertilizer, keeping the lawn semi-damp for at least 10 days. (Will be too cold, too soon, to plant seed, so don't even think about it.)

Seed the first weekend in April, with fertilizer that's does NOT have weed killer. Wait six weeks, throw down weed and feed. Throw down greening fertilizer the last weekend in July.

Reseed on Labor Day, and put down seeding fertilizer with the seed. Keep the lawn wet for 7 days.

Make damned sure you don't put down too much fertilizer, and make sure God or you throw 1/2" water on it at least once a week, unless otherwise specified!

If you don't want to put in the work, then live with a crummy lawn!

asphalt sounds easier

**007** · 10-10-2007, 05:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Extra Point

Besides asphalt, Throw down 10 lbs lime per 5,000 sq ft. Rent an aerator, and do it to it. Put down grub killer, wait until week. Put down winterizer fertilizer, keeping the lawn semi-damp for at least 10 days. (Will be too cold, too soon, to plant seed, so don't even think about it.)

Seed the first weekend in April, with fertilizer that's does NOT have weed killer. Wait six weeks, throw down weed and feed. Throw down greening fertilizer the last weekend in July.

Reseed on Labor Day, and put down seeding fertilizer with the seed. Keep the lawn wet for 7 days.

Make damned sure you don't put down too much fertilizer, and make sure God or you throw 1/2" water on it at least once a week, unless otherwise specified!

If you don't want to put in the work, then live with a crummy lawn!

I don't mind the work if it works. I hate putting out all the work to have it look like the same POS every year.

You are the first person to ever spell out a plan to me. Appreciate that and REP.

Also, seed on labor day? Isn't it still a little too hot then?

**007** · 10-10-2007, 05:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Bugeater

Asphalt.

The thought has crossed my mind in the past. Actually, pea gravel, but still.

**Skip Towne** · 10-10-2007, 05:19 PM

Stay off of mine.

**007** · 10-10-2007, 05:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Skip Towne

Stay off of mine.

Is it as bare as your head?

JBucc · 10-10-2007, 05:24 PM

Field Turf

Logical · 10-10-2007, 05:26 PM

Actually moving into my present house I hired a gardener who put a lawn in for me for only about $200 plus the cost of lawn fertilizer and looking after if every day for the first 4 weeks. Only took him a few minutes each day after the initial work, total price about $400, money well spent.

He now comes out once a week cuts it and adds fertilizer in the spring for $120 a month, also prunes the other vegetation on the lawn. Money also well spent.

Extra Point · 10-10-2007, 05:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Guru

Also, seed on labor day? Isn't it still a little too hot then?

Yeah, and keep it wet, as indicated. Thanks.

DenverChief · 10-10-2007, 05:40 PM

https://www.patchperfect.com/ver19/i...efcode=patch19

I used it this summer and it works like a charm ...took about 2 weeks for it to grow

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007 Shaken. Not stirred. Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: London Casino cash: $12100126 VARSITY	Lawn advice Do we have any lawn experts on here? I have been fighting my yard for 2 years to get grass growing and am having ZERO results. I even paid a lawn company this year for fertilizing and insect/weed control. The weeds were down but the lawn itself looks even worse than it did this time last year. I have so many bare areas I can't even keep seed around because mother nature always pulls his practical joke on me by sending a downpour the day after I seed and washing it all away. I don't want a perfect lawn just a decent lawn.
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KCFalcon59 MVP Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Topeka, Kansas Casino cash: $-530000	Have you gotten your soil tested. Might needs some nutrients. Maybe it has too much. Maybe a new layer of topsoil. Or you could try this: Attached Images
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10-10-2007, 04:29 PM	#3
chiefscraze Rookie Join Date: Oct 2004 Casino cash: $8284900	Check the PH of the soil, then adjust accordingly. Also, if you have really poor soil you will need to use a lot more fertilizer than what you would normally want to apply because it may leach out of the soil faster.
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10-10-2007, 04:40 PM	#4
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Extra Point MVP Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Prairie Village, KS Casino cash: $10004900	Besides asphalt, Throw down 10 lbs lime per 5,000 sq ft. Rent an aerator, and do it to it. Put down grub killer, wait until week. Put down winterizer fertilizer, keeping the lawn semi-damp for at least 10 days. (Will be too cold, too soon, to plant seed, so don't even think about it.) Seed the first weekend in April, with fertilizer that's does NOT have weed killer. Wait six weeks, throw down weed and feed. Throw down greening fertilizer the last weekend in July. Reseed on Labor Day, and put down seeding fertilizer with the seed. Keep the lawn wet for 7 days. Make damned sure you don't put down too much fertilizer, and make sure God or you throw 1/2" water on it at least once a week, unless otherwise specified! If you don't want to put in the work, then live with a crummy lawn! __________________ "Sometimes I sits and thinks, and sometimes I just sits." --Satchel Paige
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10-10-2007, 05:19 PM	#10
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10-10-2007, 05:26 PM	#13
Logical Screw U if U can't take a joke Join Date: Aug 2000 Casino cash: $10004900	Actually moving into my present house I hired a gardener who put a lawn in for me for only about $200 plus the cost of lawn fertilizer and looking after if every day for the first 4 weeks. Only took him a few minutes each day after the initial work, total price about $400, money well spent. He now comes out once a week cuts it and adds fertilizer in the spring for $120 a month, also prunes the other vegetation on the lawn. Money also well spent.
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10-10-2007, 05:40 PM	#15
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