"Buzz" wrote in message
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I live in Upstate New York. It's spring time and my lawn is starting to
wake up. In general my lawn looks like it always does in spring... a
scruffy mix of green and brown. But I just noticed that a 4" band
along the edge of my asphalt driveway looks so much better than the
rest of the lawn. The grass is darker and has much less brown. This
is on both sides of the driveway, for the entire length.

I'm assuming that since it looks good it IS good. Maybe I can get the
rest of my lawn to be like this. So how is this grass different from
the rest. I have never used different seed... always a particular
blend of kentucky bluegrass. And it looks like the same grass, just
greener. So I guess that being adjacent to the driveway makes this
grass grow different.

I see similar phenomenon and assume it is asphalt getting hotter. In my
case, crabgrass germinates sooner next to driveway and is not suppressed as
much by premerg. Because of this, I put it on earlier this year.
Frank