I have just replanted a 15X20 area and it worked wonderful,here are the
steps that I did.
1. Sprayed the area with Roundup to eliminate everything.
2. Waited 2 weeks so the Roundup was leached out.
3.Tilled the soil with a cultivator that I use for flower beds and vegetable
garden.
4.Raked the dead grass and weeds out, added some top soil because of so much
sand and not enough
soil and tilled again.
5. Raked the area so that all spots were level.
6. Spread the seed (over seeded).
7. Placed straw over the area.
8. Watered every day to keep the soil moist for seed germination.
9. Three weeks later I raked the straw off.
10.Spots where the grass was thin I scratched the soil with rake reseeded
replaced the straw on these spots.
The results were wonderful, there is no easy way of doing it if you
want good results


"Dave K." wrote in message
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We have a lawn in Minnesota that has large areas of weeds. We want to pull
the weeds and plant grass seed. What's the easiest way to prepare the soil
so grass seed will take root? We don't really want to rent a tiller if we
don't have to, and when I tried to hand till it with shovels and a spade,
that was a ton of work that we'd like to avoid if possible.

I've heard of many people, especially "country folk" with big lawns, who
say
they thicken up their lawns just by mowing weeds down real short and
throwing grass seed onto the soil. Does this work? When I've thrown grass
seed on regular hard soil, hardly any of it takes root.

Anyone have tricks for planting grass seed EASILY, so it takes root? What
if
we watered down the soil real good till it was muddy, threw some grass
seed
on, then raked it into the ground? Would this work? Any tips would be
appreciated!!!

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