Elena Sofia wrote:

Srgnt Billko wrote:
Jim Ledford wrote:
Elena Sofia wrote:

My neighbour tells me that my lawn is struggling (in terms of colour
and strength), in spite of my best efforts, because when the house was
built, witnessed by him, there was "a lot of clay in the soil."

What can be done to a lawn that has a lot of clay? Is there a
particular treatment that would lessen whatever adverse effect is
caused by clay?

Thanks.

lime.

I think ya got the right idea - but don't you mean gypsum ?

Can it be applied anytime without interfering with the
fertilizing/week-killing schedule?

stop wasting money with fertilizing weed killing schedule.


Exactly what does lime do to the clay?

corrects the pH. soil with a correct pH of 7 for grass
will not need weed killers. the grass will become so
thick and lush the weeds will be choked out. also, most
weeds don't like a pH above 6.5, they can't thrive and
reproduce. lime takes lots of time to do it's magic.

a new customer tossed lots of money at their previous
lawn care bOY. bOY did lots of fertilizing and weed
killing, then reseeding. bOY was in a repeat cycle and
milking the customer for lots of money. at the same time
I had their neighbor's yard and it took a year to make it
work. they were willing to wait and make it right and
lasting. now I have the yard that is burned up with
fertilizing and weed killing and in about a year their
lawn will be just as beautiful as their neighbor's lawn.

the root of the problem was how the neighborhood was
constructed. all the top soil was scraped away, trees
knocked down and houses built. yards sodded or seeded
without any soil conditioning. lawns lasted long enough
to sell the houses and then died. sad, but that's what
most americans receive when they purchase in a newly built
neighborhood.



Thanks.