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Hi,
I just moved from MA to NC so obviously the plants and caring for them are going to be different. I wanted to find a site that could relate to my specific questions and I think I found it! We weren't able to start right away taking care of the lawn but I'm wondering what I could do to get it ready for the fall seeding. I was thinking about liming. Is this a good idea now or is there something better to do for it? Also, I was reading a post about seeing yellow in the grass. Mine is in a long line and the rest all around is healthy and green. It's only one line now. I thought maybe this is the start of grubs but I do have 3 dogs (2 females). How can I tell what is causing the problem? Thanks much, Christine |
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In article , CAK wrote:
Hi, I just moved from MA to NC so obviously the plants and caring for them are going to be different. I wanted to find a site that could relate to my specific questions and I think I found it! We weren't able to start right away taking care of the lawn but I'm wondering what I could do to get it ready for the fall seeding. I was thinking about liming. Is this a good idea now or is there something better to do for it? Lime is slow acting so it can't hurt. I would suggest a soil test if your are really serious about a lawn. I have never had one in 24 years here though. With all that clay, I always figured they would come back with an evaluation from the soil test that I needed soil. grin Just resist the temptation to seed now. Spring seeding seldom works well. Also, I was reading a post about seeing yellow in the grass. Mine is in a long line and the rest all around is healthy and green. It's only one line now. I thought maybe this is the start of grubs but I do have 3 dogs (2 females). How can I tell what is causing the problem? One long narrow yellow line might mean the drop spreader did not overlap on one pass and that area never got fertilizer. Just a guess. Thanks much, Christine -- Wes Dukes (wdukesNOatSPAMpoboxdotcom) |
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Christine,
One thing to keep in mind is that there are many more options for Southern lawns than we had up North, so the first thing you need to determine is what kind of grass you have now. Lawns mainly break down into two types of grass: warm-season & cool-season. Warm-season grass is dormant (& brown) in the winter, but greens up with warmer temperatures. Cool-season grasses are usually green in the winter, but may burn out in the heat of a Southern summer. Based on a recommendation from posters to this *most excellent* newsgroup, I bought "Month-by-Month Gardening in the South" by Don & Chris Hastings. It has proven very valuable to me, since gardening in NC is so different from what I did in NJ & VT. One of the hardest things for me to accept is that weeds *never* take a day off here in the South! No more taking things easy in the wintertime -- unless you want to literally watch the weeds taking over Anne Lurie NE Raleigh "CAK" wrote in message ... Hi, I just moved from MA to NC so obviously the plants and caring for them are going to be different. I wanted to find a site that could relate to my specific questions and I think I found it! We weren't able to start right away taking care of the lawn but I'm wondering what I could do to get it ready for the fall seeding. I was thinking about liming. Is this a good idea now or is there something better to do for it? Also, I was reading a post about seeing yellow in the grass. Mine is in a long line and the rest all around is healthy and green. It's only one line now. I thought maybe this is the start of grubs but I do have 3 dogs (2 females). How can I tell what is causing the problem? Thanks much, Christine |
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I was thinking about liming. Is this a good idea now or is there something
better to do for it? Now, is fine for lime. As a rule of thumb for clay soils, use 50 lbs p/1000 sq ft. Also, I was reading a post about seeing yellow in the grass. Mine is in a long line and the rest all around is healthy and green. A dog's urine tends to have a burn mark in the center with a much darker green band around the burn. (This is from the excess nitrogen. Too much nitrogen causes the burn mark, and the nitrogen becomes diluted on the edges and cause a green-up in the grass). Grubs tend to create circular marks, not streaks. Here is a link to the local Agricultural Division that tests soils. It is a free service. I would use them. The price is right. http://agronomy.agr.state.nc.us/ |
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