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fixing a lawn
Hi,
Last year (in the spring) we put grass sods (fescue) in our partially shaded backyard. The soil as in most places around here is clay, so we used a tiller to loosen it and before putting down the sods I put cow manure on the soil. The lawn looked reasonable for a while, but developed some brown areas. We sprinkled regularly, so I don't think that's related to lack of water. Anyway, now the grass is trying to grow back in some places, but many spots are still brown. Other places have been walked on a lot and I can see the mesh from the sods. Any suggestions how to improve my lawn? Reseed? Fertilize (which)? I am not looking for a perfect manicured golf course, but the grass should be comfortable enough for my kids to play on. thanks, - Koen. |
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the only way to fix it right now is more sod.
fescue lawns are seeded in the fall, the summers here are too hot and the grass will quickly die. so plan again for a fall restore, good luck tomatolord "Koen" wrote in message m... Hi, Last year (in the spring) we put grass sods (fescue) in our partially shaded backyard. The soil as in most places around here is clay, so we used a tiller to loosen it and before putting down the sods I put cow manure on the soil. The lawn looked reasonable for a while, but developed some brown areas. We sprinkled regularly, so I don't think that's related to lack of water. Anyway, now the grass is trying to grow back in some places, but many spots are still brown. Other places have been walked on a lot and I can see the mesh from the sods. Any suggestions how to improve my lawn? Reseed? Fertilize (which)? I am not looking for a perfect manicured golf course, but the grass should be comfortable enough for my kids to play on. thanks, - Koen. |
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In article , Koen wrote:
Hi, Last year (in the spring) we put grass sods (fescue) in our partially shaded backyard. The soil as in most places around here is clay, so we used a tiller to loosen it and before putting down the sods I put cow manure on the soil. The lawn looked reasonable for a while, but developed some brown areas. We sprinkled regularly, so I don't think that's related to lack of water. Anyway, now the grass is trying to Define sprinkled regularly please. If you watered every day but shallowly then you may have contributed to disease or you may have just not had enought water there and the roots never went deep. In clay you need to get an inch or so per week, but it has to be done slowly since it penetrates clay so slowly. grow back in some places, but many spots are still brown. Other places have been walked on a lot and I can see the mesh from the sods. Any suggestions how to improve my lawn? Reseed? Fertilize (which)? I am not looking for a perfect manicured golf course, but the grass should be comfortable enough for my kids to play on. thanks, - Koen. -- Wes Dukes (wdukes.pobox@com) Swap the . and the @ to email me please. spam@www.spam.com is a garbage address. |
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wrote: the only way to fix it right now is more sod. fescue lawns are seeded in the fall, the summers here are too hot and the grass will quickly die. so plan again for a fall restore, What grasses would be better to seed in the spring that do well around here? thanks, - Koen. |
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This site may answer most of your questions:
http://www.turffiles.ncsu.edu/ It looks like they just redid the site. FWIW, I'm spring seeding parts of my lawn because I don't want to look at mud all summer. The people at Southern States recommended seeding with Falcon III. I've also used Southern Gold in the past and had good results. Robert "Koen" wrote in message ... In article , wrote: Define sprinkled regularly please. If you watered every day but shallowly then you may have contributed to disease or you may have just not had enought water there and the roots never went deep. In clay you need to get an inch or so per week, but it has to be done slowly since it penetrates clay so slowly. Well, we had quite some rain last season, so only if it was dry for a week or so we would sprinkle. I didn't keep a diary, though Would it be useful to use an aerator (sp?) to improve the soil and water penetration? - Koen. |
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Concerning seed selection, a blend, all cool season in this case, will
usually be a better choice. I believe the Southern Gold has a few varieties of turf type fescue. If you stick to one, such as Falcon, you may be more susceptable to a certain pest. About 20 years ago when Rebel, the first of the continuing saga, came out, I seeded a new lawn using only Rebel which the client requested and a lawn directly across the street with a blend of turf type fescues and 2 types of bluegrass. During the following summer brown patch decimated the Rebel lawn but barely touched the neighbors blend. -- Baine "Robert" wrote in message ink.net... This site may answer most of your questions: http://www.turffiles.ncsu.edu/ It looks like they just redid the site. FWIW, I'm spring seeding parts of my lawn because I don't want to look at mud all summer. The people at Southern States recommended seeding with Falcon III. I've also used Southern Gold in the past and had good results. Robert "Koen" wrote in message ... In article , wrote: Define sprinkled regularly please. If you watered every day but shallowly then you may have contributed to disease or you may have just not had enought water there and the roots never went deep. In clay you need to get an inch or so per week, but it has to be done slowly since it penetrates clay so slowly. Well, we had quite some rain last season, so only if it was dry for a week or so we would sprinkle. I didn't keep a diary, though Would it be useful to use an aerator (sp?) to improve the soil and water penetration? - Koen. |
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In article , Koen wrote:
In article , wrote: Define sprinkled regularly please. If you watered every day but shallowly then you may have contributed to disease or you may have just not had enought water there and the roots never went deep. In clay you need to get an inch or so per week, but it has to be done slowly since it penetrates clay so slowly. Well, we had quite some rain last season, so only if it was dry for a week or so we would sprinkle. I didn't keep a diary, though When you did water, I assume you put down at least an inch of water? Seems like it got dryer in July and August. Did you lose the grass before or after July 1 or was it gradual? My experience is I lose it soon after planting or in July/August. Would it be useful to use an aerator (sp?) to improve the soil and water penetration? These core producing areators work well when reseeding if you just need to thicken the grass. For thick grass it gets more air to the roots in the spring. With lots of clay I understand that a good application of gypsum will make clay more permiable but it is slow acting. - Koen. -- Wes Dukes (wdukes.pobox@com) Swap the . and the @ to email me please. spam@www.spam.com is a garbage address. |
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In article , Koen wrote:
In article , wrote: the only way to fix it right now is more sod. fescue lawns are seeded in the fall, the summers here are too hot and the grass will quickly die. so plan again for a fall restore, What grasses would be better to seed in the spring that do well around here? Based on Baine's earlier post choose a blend, water like crazy in July and August and plan on reseeding with the blend in the fall. thanks, - Koen. -- Wes Dukes (wdukes.pobox@com) Swap the . and the @ to email me please. spam@www.spam.com is a garbage address. |
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wrote in message . .. In article , Koen wrote: Hi, developed some brown areas. We sprinkled regularly, so I don't think that's related to lack of water. Anyway, now the grass is trying to Define sprinkled regularly please. If you watered every day but shallowly then you may have contributed to disease or you may have just not had enought water there and the roots never went deep. In clay you need to get an inch or so per week, but it has to be done slowly since it penetrates clay so slowly. Here a page with some good info on watering lawns in summer. http://garden-guide.net/html/summer_lawn_care.html |
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