Questions tagged [lawn-repair]
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Manual removal of Oxalis? (e.g. Wood Sorrel / Sour grass ) [duplicate]
What works to keep Oxalis in check? I am working at a home where it is everywhere, in a city where it is common. The online advice I've found is not matching up with my experience.
Each plant I have ...
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How can I help a newly sprouted seed lawn compete with faster growing clover?
I have exciting new grass seedlings sprouting, some weeds appear to be gaining:
My basic questions:
Is it better to manually pull the oxalis, or let the grass try and compete?
If I pull, how much ...
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Rubble Soil - can i re-use when turfing
I have a lawn which was previously levelled. The previous owner filled it with rubble.
I'm planning on getting the rubble completely removed, levelled and re-turfed. My question is can I improve the ...
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any recommendations for a dethatcher?
I believe my lawn has significant amount of thatch build up and so am shopping around for a dethatcher/scarifier.
What features are important to consider in a dethatcher to be used for a medium to ...
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How can I push out field grass in favor of white clover?
In this question, I was asking about trying to deal with stubborn grass that won't practically cut with a reel mower. And in this answer, it's mentioned that these kind of grasses just get pushed down ...
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How do people reseed in a large lawn without irrigation systems?
We have been trying to gradually improve our relatively large 1+ acre lawn in western Massachusetts. We don't have an irrigation system so we seed a few areas at a time and use rotating sprinklers ...
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What causes turf grass to grow tall stems and few blades
Following up on this question, I took a few pictures today of the perennial ryegrass on our lawn. The lawn was last mowed five days ago. The stems grow thick and very fast, making the perennial rye ...
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What happens if perenial ryegrass is mowed high
My lawn has predominantly fine fescues, but before I knew the different kinds of turf grasses, I bought several big bags of Scotts northern seed mix, which turned out to be perennial ryegrass. Several ...
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Any advice for my grass problem?
I’ve got a little issue in my backyard with growing some grass.
For starters, the yard is in a very sun exposed spot. I’m located in CT, USA.
Last year I believe I had grubs in the yard which ate away ...
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Best way to encourage grass to grow through dirt?
I recently had a patio put in, and because my lawn had more of slope than the installed patio they used the dirt from the excavation to level the law to the patio.
I had originally thought that I ...
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Need help interpreting my soil test results and fertilizer recommendations
The guy from the lab told me to use 13-13-13 fertilizer. my Lawn is 4000 sq feet, 1 (8 pounds/1000 sq ft) in April and 1 in May end. And then 1 each in September and October end. Also, use liquid ...
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New home yellow and patchy lawn from animals
If I thatch and aerate my lawn add some compost and seed will it help prevent this?
should I add tons of seed or tougher grass?
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How to spring reseed cool season grass + pre-emergent herbicide
I did a bit of lawn repair last Fall in our front area, which was a reasonable success. I am thinking of doing the same to other parts of the lawn. I know that Fall is the best time for this kind of ...
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What is the best type of grass for high-wear areas in England, and how to use?
We have started a nursery school in our garden in northern England, it has a large lawn but after the first winter there are bad bare patches on heavy-use areas. Clearly we need to be more actively ...
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How/When to Remove Dead Weeds and Reseed Lawn?
Apologies in advance if this is a duplicate; I have read some other similar questions but each scenario is so individual that it is hard to know exactly which advice to apply.
My yard, which is all in ...
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Large lawn with patches full of weeds in northwest Mass
Looking for suggestions on the best course of action for our lawn scattered with weeds. Our property is about 1 acre in Greenfield, MA and there are several patches with particularly high weed density....
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Repaired patches in my lawn, fantastic growth, but all died in the first week without rain
This spring I overseeded patches in my lawn, it was great because right after overseeding there was a period of about a month with daily rains. The results were fantastic, everything grew perfectly.
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What is the best way to de-weed a lawn?
As a very inexperienced gardener, what is the best way to de-weed a lawn?
Having recently moved into a new house, the garden is generally in a very good condition- the previous owners were obviously ...
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Looking for input as to next steps for my lawn issue
Hello fellow garden lovers
I’ve had my lawn for about 7 years since the turf was laid by the landscaper. Pictures attached. I’ve had a lawn care company attend about 3 times a year to apply feed, ...
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Dead lawn, need help
I recently bought a new house in northern PA. This year when spring hit my backyard was a disaster. Most of it looked dead. None of my neighbors lawns looked like mine. As the weeks/months went on it ...
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Yellowing grass on lawn
Over the past month my lawn has changed from a consistent luscious green to yellow. I have an irrigation system that runs for about 10 mins 3x a week. And I fertilize according to the 4x/year schedule ...
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Get rid of small silver maples along fence line and around pool area
I have a problem with silver maples growing along my fence line, the sides of the house, and around the pool. Along the house and the pool they are in a 2’ border of river rock. Along the fence they ...
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How to efficiently remove landscaping rock
I've got a section of yard with a considerable amount of landscaping rock (similar to https://texasgardenmaterials.com/product/river-rock-gravel/). It appears that many years ago someone had ...
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Why is my new lawn bumpy and how can I address it?
I laid a new small lawn which will be 2 years old this summer. I put a lot of work and new soil into getting it flat and level and I'm pretty happy with it aesthetically.
It's mostly for show but I'...
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Added vinegar and dish soap to kill clover. but it killed my grass. What should I do?
I heard that it doesn't kill the root so grass should regrow. I used 5% acidic vinegar.
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New construction, massive back yard...crappy lawn and flower bed! please help!
Its been two years since the house is constructed. I Live in New England region, prior to the new house the land had been over grown with bushes, trees and crappy plants. After construction, builder ...
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Should I keep my dogs off my lawn after overseeding?
I have a patchy lawn that I’m overseeding with a mix of tall fescue and micro clover. Should I keep my dogs off the lawn? If so, for how long? Should I worry about letting the grass reach a certain ...
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What is this lawn patch called and where can I buy it?
I bought a home and want to fix the lawn in my yard. There are big empty spots in yard without lawn. I was wondering what is the quickest way to get the lawn that will last long? I saw few people in ...
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Is new laid sod usually lumpy
We just had sod laid about a month ago, Bahia grass. It is so lumpy and bumpy I can’t imagine it will flatten out. It’s nice and green but walking on it is hard. Will it flatten out? And it also has ...
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good plants for a marshy area?
I'm trying to add some plants to our backyard that can do well in healthy soil that does get very marshy several times during the summer. It's an area that receives some sun and some shade - probably ...
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Green algae on my lawn
I have cement base under my lawn therefore my lawn has just 7 inches of soil and then below that it is fully covered with cement. This is done to prevent water seepage in my basement so I can't drill ...
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Rocks and sticks in loam used by landscaper. What to do?
6 days ago I had a landscaping company perform a lawn renovation. The first few inches of the existing turf was removed and new loam was trucked in, followed by hydroseeding.
Shortly after the ...
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How can I clean up my lawn from weeds? What kind of weed is this?
I recently purchased a house last year, and am noticing that most of the lawn is weeds. There are a variety of different looking ones, but there is one type that is all over my lawn, probably taking ...
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Steps to Follow for Fixing a Patchy and Weedy New Lawn Which was Planted over several times
Trying to grow an organic lawn over the summer months in central CT but have achieved limited success. Started 2.5 years ago by completely removing all existing weed and lawn. Put down lime and ...
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What are these white blades in my lawn?
As of a few weeks ago, I've noticed that my lawn has started to get a lot of white blades in it. When I look down close to the ground, the base level seems to be almost all white. What is this? Is ...
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Grass stops lawnmower pulls up grass
When I cut my grass their are spots that stop the lawnmower and seem to pull up sections of the grass, it seem to be really thin at those points and those spots turn brown later.
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What should I do with buried garbage/construction debris I found in my new yard?
I recently bought a new row home with what I thought was an adorable back yard. I started digging a shallow hole to plant a tree and noticed that about a half inch to about a foot down is where the ...
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Quick experiment to replace pavers with grass lawn
I am a total newbie here when it comes to gardening and lawn.
I have a backyard made of paver tile which has gone bad over years, in the sense, too much weed is growing between tiles.
To fix this, ...
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Can I recover my lawn from fertilizer burn?
I was hoping to improve my lawn.
I used Scott's Weed & Feed with a little GrubX in hopes of killing weeds and improving the look of my lawn. (Fig A)
I didn't think I over did it, but obviously ...
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How to fix compact soil causing brown spots in lawn?
I have several areas in my yard that are turning brown. After my irrigation system runs the appropriate time, I tried to stick a 6" screw driver into the ground. I had no issues around my lawn, ...
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how to grow grass where an underground pool once was
This is my third year of trying to grow grass where an underground pool once was. It keeps dying off over the winter. Is there anything I can do? Or should I opt to put something else in this 12'X 12'...
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Remove a large sandbox from my yard?
In my backyard there is a 20' x 20' sandbox on a slight incline (0' to 1.5') with an approximate volume of 300 cubic feet (11 cubic yards).
The sandbox served as a foundation for an above-ground salt ...
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What's this coarse, dark green grass in my lawn?
I've got patches of thick, dark green, coarse grass with stems. Any idea what sort of grass this is, and whether it's worth trying to remove? Any ide
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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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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 ...
