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grass problem, please help
Hi all,
I have a big problem with my backyard. I am in Washington, DC area.Last few years we seeed and reseed at least a four -five times. Grass covering very patchy. For a last two weeks we have a lot of rain. Last week TrueGreen ChemLawn applied fertilizer and weed control. Now my grass very easy to pull, just simple cleaning with rake left a lot of free ground. Any idea or comments? Please. |
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"Eduard Nemirovsky" wrote:
Hi all, I have a big problem with my backyard. I am in Washington, DC area.Last few years we seeed and reseed at least a four -five times. Grass covering very patchy. For a last two weeks we have a lot of rain. Last week TrueGreen ChemLawn applied fertilizer and weed control. Now my grass very easy to pull, just simple cleaning with rake left a lot of free ground. Any idea or comments? Please. It sounds like grubs, here's a link that describes them. http://tinyurl.com/d9ia -- GO# 40 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- http://NewsReader.Com/ 50 GB/Month |
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On Mon, 02 Jun 2003 08:55:31 -0400, Eduard Nemirovsky wrote:
Hi all, I have a big problem with my backyard. I am in Washington, DC area.Last few years we seeed and reseed at least a four -five times. Grass covering very patchy. For a last two weeks we have a lot of rain. Last week TrueGreen ChemLawn applied fertilizer and weed control. Now my grass very easy to pull, just simple cleaning with rake left a lot of free ground. Any idea or comments? Please. With out seeing a photo of the lawn, I would have to say that chemlawn is/has killed your lawn. Excessive amounts of nitrogen causing large amounts of top growth with very little rooting. If this is combined with regular, shallow watering then the roots won't reach deep enough into the soil to securly anchor the grass. Also if chemlawn has been consistanly over fertilizing and over applying weed control, these chemicals could be building up and posioning the soil to the point that the soil cannot sustain the lawn. The lawn may be being affected by some type of turf disease. Again this is hard to tell with out photos. What I would do... 1 demand a list of the chemicals that have been applied to your property. 2 demand a list of the amounts of chemicals applied to your lawn. 3 demand to see the pesticide applicator's certification when they arrive to do service.(they must carry their certification with them here in washington state, unsure how it works in d.c) 4 take samples of your lawn's soil and have them tested for chemical overload. 30 to 50 bucks is worth the cost if you need to go to court to have chemlawn replace your lawn. 5 FIRE THEM Just short of going on a rant, the next time you replace your carpet, take some bits of it and have it analized. You will be totally shocked by the ammount of chemicals that have been tracted into your house over the years. Chemicals that no vaccum can remove. Chemicals tracked into your home from your lawn. Good luck with the chemlawn......... -- http://yard-works.netfirms.com Bellingham, Washington Georgia straits area Zone 8a usda |
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You didn't indicate when you last seeded. If you are seeding, your
service needs to take that into account. For example, if you seeded this spring, they should not have used regular pre-emergent crab grass control, which they normally would do. If they did, it will prevent your grass from germinating too. These services typically have a tank trunk full of whatever they are applying and want to just do all the lawns with it. What has your watering practice been? Seeded areas need to be kept constantly wet, preferably topped lightly with weed free straw or peat moss. Once established a lawn in good soil needs about 1" of water applied about once a week. In poorer, faster draining soil, 3/4 inch maybe every 4 days in hot weather may be needed. You don't want to water shallow and frequently as that promotes shallow roots and disease. A bad grub problem will also result in grass that pulls up like carpet. I'd have your soil tested for PH, nitrogen, nutrients, etc. Here in NJ you can get it done for about $12. It's too late to seed now. I'd plan to do it right in early sept. "Timothy" wrote in message om... On Mon, 02 Jun 2003 08:55:31 -0400, Eduard Nemirovsky wrote: Hi all, I have a big problem with my backyard. I am in Washington, DC area.Last few years we seeed and reseed at least a four -five times. Grass covering very patchy. For a last two weeks we have a lot of rain. Last week TrueGreen ChemLawn applied fertilizer and weed control. Now my grass very easy to pull, just simple cleaning with rake left a lot of free ground. Any idea or comments? Please. With out seeing a photo of the lawn, I would have to say that chemlawn is/has killed your lawn. Excessive amounts of nitrogen causing large amounts of top growth with very little rooting. If this is combined with regular, shallow watering then the roots won't reach deep enough into the soil to securly anchor the grass. Also if chemlawn has been consistanly over fertilizing and over applying weed control, these chemicals could be building up and posioning the soil to the point that the soil cannot sustain the lawn. The lawn may be being affected by some type of turf disease. Again this is hard to tell with out photos. What I would do... 1 demand a list of the chemicals that have been applied to your property. 2 demand a list of the amounts of chemicals applied to your lawn. 3 demand to see the pesticide applicator's certification when they arrive to do service.(they must carry their certification with them here in washington state, unsure how it works in d.c) 4 take samples of your lawn's soil and have them tested for chemical overload. 30 to 50 bucks is worth the cost if you need to go to court to have chemlawn replace your lawn. 5 FIRE THEM Just short of going on a rant, the next time you replace your carpet, take some bits of it and have it analized. You will be totally shocked by the ammount of chemicals that have been tracted into your house over the years. Chemicals that no vaccum can remove. Chemicals tracked into your home from your lawn. Good luck with the chemlawn......... |
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"Timothy" wrote in message news On Mon, 02 Jun 2003 08:55:31 -0400, Eduard Nemirovsky wrote: Hi all, I have a big problem with my backyard. I am in Washington, DC area.Last few years we seeed and reseed at least a four -five times. Grass covering very patchy. For a last two weeks we have a lot of rain. Last week TrueGreen ChemLawn applied fertilizer and weed control. Now my grass very easy to pull, just simple cleaning with rake left a lot of free ground. Any idea or comments? Please. With out seeing a photo of the lawn, I would have to say that chemlawn is/has killed your lawn. Excessive amounts of nitrogen causing large amounts of top growth with very little rooting. If this is combined with regular, shallow watering then the roots won't reach deep enough into the soil to securly anchor the grass. Also if chemlawn has been consistanly over fertilizing and over applying weed control, these chemicals could be building up and posioning the soil to the point that the soil cannot sustain the lawn. The lawn may be being affected by some type of turf disease. Again this is hard to tell with out photos. What I would do... 1 demand a list of the chemicals that have been applied to your property. 2 demand a list of the amounts of chemicals applied to your lawn. 3 demand to see the pesticide applicator's certification when they arrive to do service.(they must carry their certification with them here in washington state, unsure how it works in d.c) 4 take samples of your lawn's soil and have them tested for chemical overload. 30 to 50 bucks is worth the cost if you need to go to court to have chemlawn replace your lawn. 5 FIRE THEM Just short of going on a rant, the next time you replace your carpet, take some bits of it and have it analized. You will be totally shocked by the ammount of chemicals that have been tracted into your house over the years. Chemicals that no vaccum can remove. Chemicals tracked into your home from your lawn. Good luck with the chemlawn......... -- http://yard-works.netfirms.com Bellingham, Washington Georgia straits area Zone 8a usda Hey Timothy. You should stick to posting only about things of which you have some knowledge. Ranting in ignorance makes you look very foolish in my opinion. Peter H |
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I second that
On Thu, 05 Jun 2003 21:17:14 GMT, "Peter H" wrote: "Timothy" wrote in message news On Mon, 02 Jun 2003 08:55:31 -0400, Eduard Nemirovsky wrote: Hi all, I have a big problem with my backyard. I am in Washington, DC area.Last few years we seeed and reseed at least a four -five times. Grass covering very patchy. For a last two weeks we have a lot of rain. Last week TrueGreen ChemLawn applied fertilizer and weed control. Now my grass very easy to pull, just simple cleaning with rake left a lot of free ground. Any idea or comments? Please. With out seeing a photo of the lawn, I would have to say that chemlawn is/has killed your lawn. Excessive amounts of nitrogen causing large amounts of top growth with very little rooting. If this is combined with regular, shallow watering then the roots won't reach deep enough into the soil to securly anchor the grass. Also if chemlawn has been consistanly over fertilizing and over applying weed control, these chemicals could be building up and posioning the soil to the point that the soil cannot sustain the lawn. The lawn may be being affected by some type of turf disease. Again this is hard to tell with out photos. What I would do... 1 demand a list of the chemicals that have been applied to your property. 2 demand a list of the amounts of chemicals applied to your lawn. 3 demand to see the pesticide applicator's certification when they arrive to do service.(they must carry their certification with them here in washington state, unsure how it works in d.c) 4 take samples of your lawn's soil and have them tested for chemical overload. 30 to 50 bucks is worth the cost if you need to go to court to have chemlawn replace your lawn. 5 FIRE THEM Just short of going on a rant, the next time you replace your carpet, take some bits of it and have it analized. You will be totally shocked by the ammount of chemicals that have been tracted into your house over the years. Chemicals that no vaccum can remove. Chemicals tracked into your home from your lawn. Good luck with the chemlawn......... -- http://yard-works.netfirms.com Bellingham, Washington Georgia straits area Zone 8a usda Hey Timothy. You should stick to posting only about things of which you have some knowledge. Ranting in ignorance makes you look very foolish in my opinion. Peter H |
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