For lawn-fixing and repair questions
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How to reseed my lawn?
A friend of mine told me I should spread seed and then put a half inch of soil over it. I have about half an acre of lawn so this would be a LOT of soil. Is there any way to just spread seed and still ...
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How do I repair my lawn this late in the year?
It's mid-November and we just had our driveway expanded. Now the lawn in the region is absolutely thrashed. Re-reading my contract with the driveway crew, they were very clear that the landscaping ...
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Is throwing grass seed without dirt enough?
I have seen some people throw seed without using dirt. Is it less or more efficient ?
Here is this video here that shows what I am talking about
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How do I fix the worst lawn on the street?
I inherited this Picasso last year when my wife and I bought our first home. Now, there is plenty of potential, but first and foremost I want to remove all the vegetation I don't want, which ...
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How do I quickly remove crabgrass without too much manual labour?
My backyard is being overtaken with crabgrass again. It started later this year than last. In the early spring, I rented a de-thatcher/powerrake and cleaned up the year of alot of dead material (to ...
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What type of lawn damage is this, and what do I do about it?
I would like to give my front lawn a little TLC this year.
I don’t really know a lot about lawn care, (other than mowing it) so I am looking for some general advice. Does this look like a seeding ...
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How can I fix a lawn which has become patchy?
My backyard lawn has always been slightly "patchy." My yard keeper attributes this to my two female dogs. I've been willing to believe him as the front yard grass has not had this problem and the ...
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Dandelions taking over the lawn
My lawn was overrun with dandelions so I've used some Ortho Weed-B-Gon Max and that seems to be killing the dandelions very well. The problem is now my lawn is very sparse with grass. There just ...
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What are the different ways you can level a yard? [duplicate]
Our new house has a backyard that's very pretty "bumpy" and not very level. What are our options for leveling it?
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Can I replace my lawn mower's blade with any brand blade?
I have a Murray lawn mower (Model 20223X12A). The Tecumseh engine model number is TVS 90 4354K. I measured the blade diagonally and it is about 19.5 inches long. It is just a regular blade.
I wanted ...
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How do I fill in dead patches in my lawn?
When my sod was about a month old, we (accidentally) didn't water it for about it a month, causing it to go dormant. Over several months, most of the grass came back, but now it has several large bald ...
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How do I recover from an over fertilized yard
Last summer I decifded to create a lawn and brought in top soil and planted grass seed. After six weeks, I spread fertilizer and then my grass turned yellow. I didn't water as much as I think I should ...
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Laying down Fescue sod in North Carolina in Late October. good idea?
I just scheduled a pallet of Fescue sod to delivered to my home for Wednesday. The salesman said that Fescue sod is only sod that will grow/root throughout the winter if laid down now. Is this ...
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Making a yard that's settled more level?
My yard was installed when the prior owners built our house a dozen years ago. They did a decent job with the landscaping and yard. The problem is that some areas of the yard have settled and I'd like ...
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How to level an uneven lawn (due to moles)
I'm working against 5 years+ of no upkeep. The moles had been left unchecked and ruined the lawn. There are lots of high and low spots (a few inch difference in the worst spots) spread out over the ...
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How do I make my dead & weedy lawn suck less?
The severe drought in the midwest has killed my yard. The Fescue I planted in the spring (which took nicely) has completely died and is being replaced with crabgrass and native grasses. Other parts ...
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Seeding patches in the lawn
I moved into a house a month ago, and am trying to recover the lawn. There are several patches (roughly a square foot each) with no grass at all, just tough soil. There are two large maple trees, so ...
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Why are holes and divots typically filled with a sand mix?
I was taking a lunch time walk at work and noticed some council workers filling in a sizable patch (about 1m square) with soil. I've noticed this done on golf courses and also on sports grounds and I ...
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Fall seeding a lawn in Northern Ontario
I live in Northern Ontario, where evenings below freezing start in October, and snow begins as early as November. I'm looking to aerate and seed my lawn. I've read that Spring and Fall are the best ...
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Over 1 month, lawn hasn't come out of (what I assume is) dormancy. Is it dead?
About a month ago I asked this question about my lawn. To summarize, I just had this house built, so the grass was only put in a few months ago and the sprinklers did not turn on for 1 week last ...
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Terribly overgrown lawn - which grasses to keep / harvest
I have moved to a property where the lawn has not been cut for (according to neighbours) 2 years, and the grasses are now about 2 feet high with seeds. I would like some advice about which ones to ...
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My lawn got no water for a week. Is there hope?
We turned our sprinkler system off last weekend so that we could mow the lawn in the morning without the grass being wet. Unfortunately, I forgot to turn the sprinkler system back on and the grass has ...
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How do I encourage lawn seeds to germinate successfully?
I'm trying to repair some patches in my lawn with grass seeds, but I can't seem to get the seeds to germinate. Is there anything that can be done to encourage germination?
In addition, the weather ...
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Chinaberry stump
I had a 30 ft chinaberry removed that the previous owner left for me, four months ago.
It had multiple split trunks at the bottom that made every arborist that looked at it concerned, and it was ...
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How is a lumpy lawn flattened out?
My lawn has both peaks and troughs. I guess that I can just fill the troughs with lawn soil or compost, right?
But how do I flatten the peaks?
I’ve read that a water filled roller does nothing.
Has ...
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What is the proper method for repairing the holes left behind after pulling dandelions? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What can I plant in dandelion graves?
I've been very active this year religiously pulling dandelions with a dedicated weed removal tool and my lawn is virtually free of ...
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How much topsoil can I put over grass before needing to re-seed?
My lawn is very uneven - it seems that between trees & settling fill there are places where there are dips of up to 8".
I'm going to get a load of topsoil, but I'm wondering how much dirt I can ...
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How to replace zoysia when it's also in my neighbor's yard?
The previous owner of my house planted a zoysia lawn, which is awful as I live in a cool climate. It's brown for most of the year. After digging up the entire yard for foundation repairs I tried to ...
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How do I flatten out the four inch high bumps in my lawn? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How is a lumpy lawn flattened out?
My lawn is full of bumps, there's no stretch of flat ground anywhere. They're little mounds about 4 inches high or so, and this is not ...
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How can I remediate a lawn that has been attacked by moss?
I am in a rental unit that had an elderly couple as tenants for many years. The outside has been utterly neglected. We have already discovered that the property managers are worse than useless for ...
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When is the best/acceptable time to perform a fall core aeration and seeding on a lawn?
I live in Southern NJ, USA (Mid Atlantic/Northeast region). I recently contracted with a (well known, national) lawn care company to perform some maintenance on my lawn (aeration, fertilizers, ...
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How is crabgrass removed from lawns?
I have some crabgrass in various patches in my lawn that I would like to remove. At the same time, I would like to fill in some patches (and the crabgrass locations) with new grass seed. I can buy ...
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How do I restore my lawn without having to re-sod the property?
We've been in our home for roughly three years. The previous owners did a less than stellar job at maintaing the lawn, so I've spent quite a bit of time trying to get it back into fair condition ...
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Can my lawn be saved or is it time to dig it up and re-sod?
The majority of the grass in my backyard has turned brown and/or died after what we believe was a chinch bug onslaught that went untreated for way too long. It is St. Augustine grass in South ...
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How can I tell if my lawn needs to be dethatched?
I understand that a lawn may need to be dethatched periodically so the roots of the grass can reach into the soil (instead of into the thatch layer). How do I tell if my thatch layer is getting too ...
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Family pool on lawn all summer - what can I do to help the grass underneath recover?
Like many families with children we have a large (15 foot) inflatable paddling pool taking up part of the lawn for the entire summer period (roughly May to Oct).
When we pack away the pool, there's ...
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How do I prepare and sow a lawn organically?
Sowing a lawn organically seems to have 2 problems that need solving:
Killing the weeds prior to sowing
Avoiding weed growth after sowing
Once the soil is levelled, I'm considering trying the ...
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Is early November too late in the season to overseed, repair a cool-season lawn?
I'm wondering if it would be too late in the season to overseed, repair a cool-season lawn in preparation for the coming Spring.
I live in Atlantic Canada.
I've been fighting with our lawn since we ...
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Will leveling uneven lawns with extra sand kill future lawns?
I just removed my old front stoop: it was a wall of field stone, filled with a layer of pea stone and 2x8x8 cubic feet of sand, and finally covered by slate. I want to level my very uneven lawn with ...
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Should turf be laid above, below or flush with existing ground level?
When patching a section of an existing lawn, should the turf be laid
a) very slightly above existing ground level (to allow for settling)
b) very slightly below existing ground level (to give it ...
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How do I remove Bermuda grass without destroying my cool-season lawn?
I am having trouble controlling Bermuda grass through my cool-season lawn (grass type Fescue).
I live in Lancaster, PA USDA Zone 6.
Is there an effective method of removing it without effecting the ...
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How long do you water after planting grass?
I have just planted some grass seed to replace some grass lost after the dry summer. I have been watering it daily for 3-4 days. How long should I keep this up?
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What is a good strategy to fix up a lawn in winter?
I have an issue with my lawn.
There is a huge patch of dead grass just below a covered area. The area gets plenty of sun, but I guess it just does not get enough water.
What is a good strategy ...
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What is the right watering schedule for the different areas of my front lawn?
I recently bought a house, and would like to keep my lawn looking as nice as everyone else's in my neighborhood. Right now I water every zone 5-8 minutes, every other day. This is just something I ...
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How do I get rid of the large cracks in my lawn due to the lack of rain?
I live in Dallas, Texas and we've been having some pretty crazy heat this year.
I try to water my lawn 3 to 4 times a week so my grass doesn't all die. My lawn is doing pretty well considering how ...
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I reseeded my lawn but the results are patchy. Do I apply further seed, or start again?
I had a tree taken down and the stump ground up. I cleared a majority of the tree mulch and laid top soil, seeded, and put some hay on top. It's been a couple of weeks and the grass is growing in ...
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How to fill low spots over existing grass in my yard?
I read this question and it made me think of what I need to do this weekend. But I have these questions:
If I've got a few holes - maybe a place where a bush was dug out and the ground eventually ...
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How do I know when and how much to aerate my lawn?
I have a section of my lawn which seems prone to standing water, grass that doesn't grow very quickly, and seems very hard-packed. I think it's probably in desperate need of aeration.
What is the ...
