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Fescue in Mid-South GA?
My lot is shaded pretty well. Not 100% but I'd say on average it gets
50% sunlight with some at the edges getting less. Previous grass was Bermuda, but it's almost all gone. It did very poorly in the shade. My choices for new grass are something like Fescue, Zoysia, Carpetgrass, and St. Augustine. St. Augustine has no seeds and is not really an "attractive" grass. I want a lawn that is low maintenance but most importantly thick and soft. The grass on the side of the road looks better than what I have. I'd plant that, I think it's called "carpetgrass" but I can't find any in the stores. I only have about 2,000 sq feet (most of my .9 acres is woods...different story), and am looking to plant from seed. Watering is no problem with such a small lot, neither is fertilizer. I plan to kill the whole lawn (most of which is weeds), then roto-till it under, mix in about 10 yards of topsoil, and some "loam" or something, then rake it flat and plant seeds. I'll put down fertilizer with a 1-1-1 ratio before hand. Does this sound plausible? I plan to plant fescue...I've heard it's good in the shade. My only issue is that it gets to be 95 and humid with nighttime lows of 70-72 degrees for a week at a time in the summer. Not Florida humidity but dew points of upper 60s (as opposed to Florida of mid 70s). Is that too hot for fescue? On the other hand my lot is in the country, high on a hill, and reasonably well shaded, so it's a little cooler. If I water it alot in the summer will this keep fescue alive? Or will "burn" it out faster? Thanks for any advice whatsoever. |
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