Originally Posted by Latosha Washington

The seed is going to take some work - rack it in with good dirt, water
often, and fertilize. I use the Greensense 6-2-4 natural lawn and garden
fertilizer (you can get this at Casa Verde Nursery I think and also AAFES
usually). Also, the seeds need the day temps to be in the 80s to germinate
properly, and not tool cold at night so you might want to wait a few weeks.
Make sure you treat for fungus if you water often, and don't forget to treat
for grubs around May.

The baby seedlings will die in the sun if not watered often (like every day
for several weeks).




"revert" wrote in message
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Thanks for the reply's, i'm in El Paso. We alread have some seed, given
to us. Pennington Bermuda, Sahara. It's my wife that really wants a
lawn and i'm not going to argue with her. I figured with the Bermuda i
might get away with watering twice a week and i may only seed part of
the back yard.

I guess what i need to know is whether or not i should hire a tiller
and start fresh, there's patches of grass as you can see in the
pictures. I'm also guessing it's a little early to be seeding right
now?

Thanks again.

Jim Marrs Wrote:
As a native born West Texan, I strongly suggest you plant a good
Bermuda. Bermuda is very drought tolerant, uses less water than most
grasses
(like St Augustine). The cons: some times hard to control from
invading
flower beds and goes dormant and looks dead in the winter. Some (
myself
included) do not mind a dead looking winter lawn.

Good Luck and have fun

JEM
"revert" wrote in message
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Looking for some advice about my lawn has i have little experience.
We
moved into this house recently and would like to have a nice lawn. We
live in west texas, so it's hot and dry. The garden receives very
little shade as we're south facing.

I'm attaching an image to show it's current condition. Apparantly the
soil is pretty decent for this area. All i've really done so far is
kill off most of the weeds. Should we be starting anew, tilling etc?
Thanks.


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