jerry wrote:
I live in southern Pennsylvania. Grubs destroyed most of my back lawn,
leaving about 3,000 sq ft in need of replacement. I got started on the
restoration myself, removing the dead turf and killing the nasty varmints
... but the job is too big for me to finish.

A contractor is proposing to do the following:

-- till the (now bare) damaged areas
-- grade
-- dethatch/rake the surrounding balance of the back lawn
-- seed the regraded section
-- overseed the dethatched area
-- return in spring to apply an early-season course of Merit to prevent a
recurrence of the grubs.

Cost quoted for all of the above is $600, and he'd do it next week. He says
there's no need to wait for spring, plenty of good grass-growing weather
this fall.

Is this a 1) a reasonable plan, and 2) a reasonable cost?

I've had no luck in getting additional contractors to quote on the job ...
they're all too busy.



I am a bit further north than you and the prime seeding season is past,
and I see they are predicting temps in the 60's for the next week but
your night temps are in the 30's and 40's, I'd say you are cutting it
real close. You will probably have to reseed in the spring because the
turf won't have a good chance to establish. Unless your ground freezes
in your area within the next month, you may have a chance. All in all, I
wouldn't flush $600.00. I'd wait for spring.

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