On Tuesday, May 13, 2014 4:46:05 PM UTC-4, Larry wrote:
"sgreg7" wrote in message ...





Hi all,



I have been trying to fix bare patches on my lawn. My garden has 4 huge

pine trees. As it is quite wet and there are not too many needles at the

moment, I decided to use miracle gro patch magic, but it doesn't seem to

do te trick.



Does anyone have any miracle techniques grow grass under pine trees ?



Thank you

-Greg









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sgreg7

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Lots on Google

Look here http://lawncare.about.com/od/faq/f/grassunderpines.htm

or here

http://www.golflink.com/how_6591_pla...ine-trees.html



L

The first part of that advice is probably the best.
I have a pine tree and grass doesn't grow under it. I
just leave the needles there as a natural mulch and
spot treat any troublesome weeds, if needed. Very few
weeds even try to grow there.

The part of the advice where they say to put down lime
I think is questionable. I'm no expert on pines, but they
like acidic soil and I would think you run the risk of
killing the tree, while trying to make grass grow where
it's very difficult or impossible.