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A grass question
We moved into a new house in March; and I bought my lawn implements in
what, in retrospect, was the wrong order. Should have gotten a rake and let the grass grow long; instead, my overwhelming leaf pile from the gigantic oaks seems to have smothered all the grass. So I'm trying to plan again for next year. Everything seems to be dead now (not even brown stuff above-ground anymore). But I'm having a hard time figuring out what the old grass was, for several reasons: 1. When we bought the place, everything was insanely green and long in the back (the trees weren't blocking the sun out). I first assumed this was just ryegrass that the previous owner threw down. 2. My next-door neighbor, however, still has living grass in his backyard (even with the 90% shade conditions that I share); and it looks kind of like my grass used to look like when I had some. It was my impression that rye couldn't take the heat; so I assume my neighbor's must be buffalo (it's not one of the bunchier grasses like bermuda or st. aug). But if it was buffalo, maybe mine was too? On the other hand, I thought buffalo couldn't grow well in the shade; but his grass is doing at least mediocre in conditions in which I would figure it would not get enough sun. Yes, I could just ask him; but also I'd like to learn more about what would work in this environment. Basically gets mostly sun in the winter; and hardly any sun from late spring to early fall. Typical 90-year-old central Austin property. Any suggestions on a grass I could drop in in the fall (if something would work then) would be greatly appreciated. --- Mike Dahmus m dah mus @ at @ io.com |
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