Timeline for Can my lawn be saved or is it time to dig it up and re-sod?
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| Sep 14, 2011 at 5:14 | vote | accept | Michael Moussa | ||
| Sep 13, 2011 at 20:34 | answer | added | Mike Perry | timeline score: 31 | |
| Sep 13, 2011 at 16:30 | comment | added | Michael Moussa | Another thing is that if I switch my backyard to something else like Bermuda, I'll want to switch the side yard and front as well. All the other lawns in the neighborhood are healthy St. Augustine and I don't want to be the odd one out. :) | |
| Sep 13, 2011 at 16:28 | history | edited | Michael Moussa | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 13, 2011 at 16:27 | comment | added | Michael Moussa | Sorry, the measurements in my original question were incorrect. Surviving grass is actually closer to 300-350 sq ft, so let's say the square footage we're dealing with is 1,500-1,750 with 1,000-1,250 of it in need of repair. I don't mind a hard day's work and I have a friend willing to help out. As for grass type, I'm reluctant to move to a different grass type because I've heard that St. Augustine is generally the easiest to maintain and does very well in very hot, very humid climates. This is the backyard so there isn't much foot traffic aside from doggy paws once or twice a day. | |
| Sep 13, 2011 at 16:04 | comment | added | Mike Perry | So your total lawn area is about 1000ft²? Small enough that you could do the work by hand? Does the lawn receive a lot of foot traffic? If yes, you would probably be best served using a different warm-season lawn type. Also from my reading about grass types used in Florida lawns I believe you would be better off selecting a different warm-season grass type. Would you be willing to move to a different grass type? If yes, I will base my answer on that. If no, you wish to stick with St Augustine I will base my answer on that... | |
| Sep 13, 2011 at 13:18 | comment | added | Michael Moussa | I'd say about 15-20% of the backyard remains as a solid, thick, attractive, green carpet-like area of grass. A little bit of the brown area has a little shade of green in it, but the overwhelming, vast majority of the brown area looks, to my untrained eye, like it's totally had it. Some of it has even deteriorated to the point where I can see dirt. | |
| Sep 13, 2011 at 2:37 | comment | added | Mike Perry | What percentage (approximately) of your lawn remains? Within the brown/dead grass areas is there any green (grass shoots, sign of life) at soil level? Depending on your answers to those couple of questions, will determine the best course of action you can take... | |
| Sep 12, 2011 at 19:32 | history | edited | Tea Drinker |
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| Sep 12, 2011 at 18:53 | history | edited | Lorem Ipsum | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 12, 2011 at 18:21 | history | asked | Michael Moussa | CC BY-SA 3.0 |