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Old 17-06-2003, 06:20 PM
Yorgle
 
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Default New and Existing Lawn Questions

Over the last three years I've been spending a lot of time reviving my
lawn. With all of the rain that we're having in the Northeast
(Connecticut, United States) this spring, everything is green and
lush. While my work has been paying off, I've got a few questions.

1) Two days ago, I reseeded about 700 sq ft. The area had become
overgrown with moss over the last three years, and seemed to require
the reseeding. I tested the PH level, and it was neutral, so I didn't
put any lime down. What would be the ideal watering schedule? Someone
is home most of the day, so we could water it a number of time a day,
as opposed to one big watering. Basically, I'm wondering how wet I
should keep the newly seeded area. I put down a little Scotts Starter
Fertilizer the day I seeded. Was that ok to do? Is it usually
necessary?

2) As I mentioned above, we're getting loads of rain this spring. I
can't remember a spring that rained so much. I'm assuming as a result
of all of this rain, the lawn has developed spots of Red Thread
fungus. I'm seeing this fungus on a lot of lawns around my area. Will
the Fungus die out on it's own, once things start to dry out a little?
If so, does it take very dry weather to die out, or will it do so once
it's not raining every other day. I had some fungicide, so I spread it
in the area that had a lot of spots. Is it a good idea to use
fungicide? If so, should I apply it on just the spots (about 8-12
inches in diameter), or the whole area? Once the Read Thread dies out,
or becomes dormant, will these spots disappear, or will I need to
reseed them?

3. Are there any good books or websites on lawns? Anything in general
I should be doing to the lawn? I fertilize about 5 times from early
spring to early winter. I apply pre-emergent crabgrass in early
spring, and a weed killer around mid to late spring.

Any help you can give me would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance.
 
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