Questions tagged [lawn-repair]
For lawn-fixing and repair questions
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Do I use grass seed or just weed and feed for dead lawn spot?
So I sprayed some weed killer and now my lawn has yellow dead spots all over. Maybe I made a mistake
If I know it looks like this, I wouldn't even try.
So how do I fix this now?
Option A:
Rake ...
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How to seed grasses correctly if the area has moss and lack of sun
I just bought a bag of seeds from Costco: Pennington Smart Blend
https://www.pennington.com/all-products/grass-seed/pennington-smart-blend
My lawn has many dead grass spots due to some plants being ...
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help - stripes appeared in artificial grass lawn!
I just left a rented house with artificial grass lawn. The landlord's gardener came a week after we left and claims that we damaged the lawn and made stripes in it! of course we didn't, and we never ...
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Fresh Bermuda sod, completely filled with crabgrass — is this normal for the first year?
We just moved into a new home which had fresh Bermuda sod just laid a few months ago. Now that growing season has kicked in, it appears our "sod" was filled with more weeds than grass.
Is this normal ...
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Turning my existing lawn into something more presentable. Will tilling kill everything so I can start from scratch or do I need herbicide?
I'm in Eastern PA and as it's just the start of April - I would like to turn my poor excuse for a lawn into a nice, level, uniform grassy green lawn. It's currently very uneven with high spots, low ...
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Best way to rescue overgrown lawn that sat all winter?
The Problem:
Lawn grew very long last year, perhaps 8 inches (broken mower)
Lawn has wintered in New England, only mild snow, but is brown and pressed down
What is the best strategy to get it back to ...
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Keeping healthy grass in play area
My kids play in my backyard a lot (4 kids aged 2-11). We've been in the house for about 6 months and when we moved in there was grass in the back yard. When we moved in the grass wasn't in amazing ...
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Is there any harm in burying a cable 6-10 inches under the lawn?
I would like to dig a very narrow trench, nor more than an inch wide, by slicing the ground with a spade to form a line across my lawn. I will then bury the cable, and fill it back in with dirt and ...
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What is this type of grass (weed)?
Every year I am getting more of this type of grass. From a distance it looks like regular grass, is dense, grows in patches, spreads and is a bit lighter than my normal grass. And is there a fix? I ...
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what is this coarse spreading weed from my lawn
Located in Edmonton, Alberta Canada. Canada's most northern major city. The summer here started out very hot and dry with many days above 30C and stretches of no rain for weeks. The grass did not take ...
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how to kill weeds without chemicals in front yard and garden bed?
St Augustine grass in my front yard is healthy, Luscious and thick. However there is one patch where weeds have taken over and keep expanding outward in 360 degrees. I've tried smothering it with ...
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How can I encourage rhizome growth in my lawn?
My kentucky bluegrass lawn came out of last winter in poor shape. I don't know why. However it seems to be flourishing now and repairing itself with what I believe is rhizome growth.
Even though it ...
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Is this lawn fungus?
I'm having trouble with my lawn.
I know the picture is hard to see, but in the circles are yellow-ish grass. This was green two weeks ago. Close up it looks like yellow dead grass.
A month ago I ...
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Lawn repair - Heavy moss, damp.
Location: UK
I have recently purchased a house (Last November) with a large lawn to the rear. I am very new to gardening but have realised I'm going to have to learn quick if I want to make the most ...
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How to overseed new sod on clay?
I have a new place on a quarter-acre lot. The sod has been out for a few months and still doesn't look like it has taken--even with regular watering.
After reading a bunch of stuff online, I went out ...
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Can I use a 3-in-1 mix with an overseed machine?
This lawncare product is a 3-in-1 solution containing seed, fertilizer, and soil improver. Can I use an overseed machine with the fertilizer and soil improver mixed in or will that harm the machine ...
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Help! Fighting builders re: new build garden
I bought a new build in October 2016. When I moved in I noticed there were cracks between rows of turf.
With rain/bad weather it has just turned into a mud mess. It has been regularly maintained ...
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Spring lawn revival in SE Pennsylvania
I have a relatively small area of lawn that surrounds my property and I'd like to take some steps to try to revive it this spring. I don't know the exact size, but generally machinery like gas-powered ...
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Ideal way to fill in a large hole (from a goldfish pond)
The house we just bought had a goldfish pond in the back yard, which has been removed, leaving a hole roughly 1.5 meters squared, by 1 meter deep. I wish to fill in the hole, and plant a flower/...
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Putting mushroom manure on top of clay lawn
I want to add 3 inches of mushroom manure to the top of a small lawn with cardboard as a mulch underneath and a layer of leaves from the fall. There are other soils available that say that they are ...
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Laying sod at different times
I am planning to redo my back lawn as the previous home owners just let it run wild and now it's a mess of random grasses and weeds. It will be very difficult for me to dedicate an entire day to ...
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Removing the sod and seeding new for an area 24'x48' (8mx16m) - advice needed
I have an area of 24'x48' (8mx16m) at the back at my garden which is uneven, has spots with no grass and also spots with bad looking grass.
I would like to remove it using a sod cutter and seed new ...
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How to avoid damaging waterlogged lawn in winter?
We have quite a long lawn with my woodworking workshop at the end. In winter the lawn —like the rest of the UK— becomes quite wet. I still need to get to the workshop. However it's slippery and ...
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Patching the lawn by adding seeds and then soil over the bald patches - when?
When is the best time to put seeds in your lawn to fill in the bald patches? Now (November) or in spring (March-April)?
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How can I fix these light spots in my lawn?
In the picture below, you can hopefully see some lighter spots on my lawn, marked by yellow lines. Does anyone know why I have these? Do I need to fertilize more often? Is this a fungal infection? How ...
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order of actions to revive and maintain (or re-purpose) abandoned orchard
[First question here on gardening and landscaping SE, please excuse my English and terminology. I would like to ask a 'few' questions (sorry for long post) but I'm mostly looking for some directions/...
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Take care of gap in lawn before winter or wait until spring?
I had a concrete walkway removed that separated my lawn into two sections. Now I need to fill the gap with soil. It is November already and sod is not available anymore. Should I do something now or ...
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Glyphosate accident on lawn, how to repair?
I thought Glyphosate was safe on grass so sprayed it liberally on the weeds in the beds and clearly have splashed the grass.
What are my options to repair? What do you recommend? Would I noticed the ...
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Caring tips for a new lawn
I live in El Dorado Hills, CA (northern CA). A new lawn (~150 sq ft) was laid ~5 month ago. I was told by the builder that they planted 90/10 fescue/bluegrass sod for grass.
I have been trying to ...
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Core aeration vs. liquid aeration
I was planning to rent a core aerator this fall to aerate my 10,000 sq ft lawn in Massachusetts but I stumbled upon a liquid aerator/dethatcher. Does the liquid version actually work or is it sub par ...
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Mysterious brown patch in our lawn
Over the course of 5 days I suddenly have this brown patch in my front lawn. There are no grubs when I dug up the grass and the roots seem strong. I haven't fertilized since the spring. The only other ...
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How do I have grass regrown on a lawn without restricting traffic?
Here goes a picture of some location in Eastern Europe. The plant with roundish leaves is Plantago and it totally belongs there.
So in the right upper corner is asphalt road. Left of the scene (not ...
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New construction with sloped subsoil yard, best way to go about growing grass?
I recently purchased a new construction home. The backyard came unfinished and the yard is sloping away from the house.
From what it looks like, the yard is subsoil, it looks like it's essentially ...
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Give up aesthetics for weed removal
What are my options if I have to give up the aesthetics of the garden(currently with a little sod and a loads of weed) to control kill weed.
One option I'm considering is the following:
Mow the area ...
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What is this killing my lawn? (picture)
What is this? it's killing my lawn fast. What can I do about it?
Background information: We applied Scotts Turfbuilder with Summerguard Fertilizer recently, don't know if that's related. The lawn is ...
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How can I get rid of the moss growth on my lawn, and improve its overall health?
I have a large-ish garden and I live in West Yorkshire, UK. I moved to this house in December of 2016, and it is only now that things have settled down and I am able to spend some time doing gardening....
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Is it cost effective to reseed my own lawn?
My lawn is in rough shape. I live in Colorado and I have no shade so over the years the sun has killed off the sod I planted. This fall I plan on reseeding with drought tolerant seed. I have been ...
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Lawn top dressing - how much and how long does the grass need to get through?
I have a very low spot near a pathway I just built and a pile of soil that resulted from the excavation of the soil. I want to put the soil over the grass that is there, but I would like to know the ...
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It it possible to soften hard soil without removing a lawn?
My lawn was done some 2 years ago but I had many problems: it wasn't level, and in some spots it was very hard (probably due to compaction and clayish soil). The people who did it told be it would ...
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What to do to the dry grass that is not allowing new grass to grow?
I live in cold climate and winter is very harsh, after the last winter there are several dead grass patches in the lawn and the lawn is a little fluffy when walking on it. One of the lawn guy ...
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How can I remove or disperse clay soil stuck in/on grass
I recently augured two holes in my yard for posts. I was not able to keep all the debris contained. I cleaned up what landed on a board I laid down and the large piles with a shovel. I raked up as ...
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How do I fix dead white patches in my lawn?
I'm in the process of trying to repair this lawn and I'm looking for advice on how best to go about it. As you can see from the attached I have a lot of white patches, a problem with dandelions and I'...
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What products similar to “lawn mousse” can I use my own seed mixture with?
There are a number of retail products on the market that allow you to attach to your garden hose and spray-fill areas of lawn that have been damaged. These products all contain their own seed mixture ...
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Proper sequence of Northeast lawn maintenance this spring
I live in eastern Massachusetts and have a big project coming up for my lawn. I am planning to get part of it excavated to fix an issue. Once fixed it will be back-filled with soil and I'll move onto ...
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What are these rocks/gravel lookalikes in my front yard soil?
We got this place recently and are planning to put sod in the front yard. We know that the previous owner had grass in the front yard and a big tree. They removed the tree about 5-6 months back as its ...
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How should I treat brown patches in my St. Augustine grass lawn?
We recently got a love letter from our HOA to re-sod or treat our lawn and I am trying to see if I can fix it myself or should seek professional help.
Our lawn (St Augustine grass) was kind of ...
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For a patchy lawn, is it better to apply pre-emergent or a lawn patch kit in the spring?
I live in Middle Tennessee, and the heat of this past summer was brutal on my lawn, which is a mix of fescue and bermuda grass. We aerated and overseeded it in October to help fill in and fix the ...
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How to prepare lawn for overseeding
I've recently been renovating a small section of my lawn, which is going relatively well. I now would like to overseed the remainder of my lawn, which has many bare spots and is quite bumpy.
My ...
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What possible reasons could the previous owner have for burying chicken wire under the lawn?
My wife and I have learned over the course of our landscaping duties that the previous owner of our home embedded chicken wire in the ground, seemingly throughout the entire backyard. It's about 2-3 ...
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DIY fertilizing vs. Tru-Green
A drought this summer has left my backyard in rough shape. Weeds have really been spreading. I didn't fertilize last summer, fall or winter but picked it up this year doing applications in spring and ...
