Questions tagged [lawn-repair]
For lawn-fixing and repair questions
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How do I fix my lawn?
It’s a new build where the lawn was laid roughly 1.5years ago.
Last year I tried putting fertiliser on my hand but I either put too much or too little cause a lot of the grass went yellow.
What do I ...
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How to decide grass seeds?
I had a big weed problem that I am eradicating. But I have big patches of soil and my aim is to turn my lawn into lush garden for sitting.
Half my garden get gold sunlight and half of it get shady and ...
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Removing couch grass - how much preparation is necessary beforehand?
I live in the UK and am looking to buy a house that has a "lawn" that is almost entirely comprised of extremely matted couch grass. I plan to fix this up but I'm not sure how much ...
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Grass has completely disappeared despite consistent watering and fertilization
I live in Arizona. My lawn has slowly disappeared over the last year. I water it regularly and fertilize it according to instructions. The area gets consistent sunshine. The grass is probably Bermuda.
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Some animal is turning over my lawn roots. How to fix it?
I have a backyard open to a hill and without a fence. Recently, I have had some animals or an animal that have turned over my lawn almost every day last week. I found some grubs under the lawn, so ...
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Lawn: Newly sown turf grows at least twice as fast as the "old" turf
I sowed a new lawn 1-2 months ago. It grows more than twice as fast as the old lawn. I never water my lawn and it gets the same amount of sun for the whole lawn. No fertiliser either.
However, there ...
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Aerate, de-thatch & overseed. Is this really the correct order?
I operate an equipment rental delivery service in the Portland, Oregon area. It's that time of year again when DIY homeowners are renting these items together.
Aerator (core aerator)
De-thatcher (...
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How to get rid of stubborn grass from interlocking pavement
My house's interlocking pavement is covered with stubborn grass (see picture).
I have tried hand weeding tool but it's backbreaking work and takes too much time. The grass roots are deep into ...
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Round dead patches in lawn - Suggestions for cause (and remedy), please?
Location: Australia, Albury/Wodonga area (far north Victoria).
About two months ago I noticed some brown patches in the Kikuyu lawn, which quickly became mainly circular 15-25cm diameter before slowly ...
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Need help identifying strange slimy substance spreading on my lawn [duplicate]
I'm curious what is this slime mass that started out just at one or two places, now is covering ±10 square feet of my lawn?
My ideas are:
some kind of fungus?
animal dirt - but unclear what animal?
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Inherited the Garden - Workflow Priority [closed]
So I've inherited a large garden and now liable for any environmental issues with overgrowth... Is there a specific workflow to go off? Simply cutting back overgrowth and plucking weeds from between ...
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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?
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Repair tree-drop-caused compressed depression in lawn
Had a tree dropped on my lawn and now there is a pretty noticeable depression. They actually had a log there, for the dropped tree to land on. But then that log pushed down. Depression is sort of ...
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Why does my lawn grass have woody stems?
Location: Cambridgeshire, UK.
My new-build lawn grass has patches with really woody stems that make the lawn look patchy and unattractive. Is it a weed or something that happened to the regular grass? ...
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Toxic painted on gardens bed
I am new to gardening. I painted my gardens bed with toxic paint . Please what can I do to fix this. I do not know what to do . I am new.
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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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Filling gaps in grass in lawn
We've recently purchased a house and I'd really like to get the garden in a better shape before the summer if there's anything I can start doing now in preparation.
There are some patches in the grass ...
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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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Why are there yellow areas in my lawn?
I have recently purchased a home in Illinois. The yard was in terrible condition before. There were big bushes growing all around the yard (as shown in picture two). Now there are only patches of ...
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When should I level my lawn?
Edited to answer questions in the comments.
I live in an oldish house, about 125 years old. I'm a renter so I know a lot less about the house than a buyer would but have a friendly relationship with ...
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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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Could dead patches in my lawn be caused by blowing too many clippings into the same area?
I mow my lawn but I pay a company to fertilize and treat weeds. The company is telling me I have something called large patch and pythium. They’re telling me it’s going to cost $130 per treatment and ...
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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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Issue with grass that has a lot of crab grass. What do I do?
I recently filled in some low spots in my lawn with soil and seeded. The grass I planted has now sprouted a lot of (I think) crab grass. Do I need to rip up and re-seed? Or, would a simple chemical ...
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How can I deal with broken glass spread out in my yard?
I recently purchased a house on a 0.25 acre (0.1 hectare, ~11,000 sqft) lot that in the past was known as "the party house." This name became more clear to me today while raking leaves I found large ...
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Identify this breed of grass that is struggling during winter - and help it
I need some help identify this breed of grass - to work out what it might need to thrive a little more.
It is growing in SE Queensland, Aus and it's currently winter here. It gets very little direct ...
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How can I repair the short patches in my lawn?
My grass is growing quite unevenly before and after scarifying, over-seeding and watering and I'm looking for advice on what to try next.
We own a new build property in the UK with clay-like soil. We ...
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Can you inject weedbegone into wild violet roots?
I am trying to complete eradicate the wild violets from my lawn
The soil seems to be a little sandy when it gets dry so they seem to like it a lot
2Y ago I had to completely remove the lawn in order ...
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My newly seeded lawn is getting lots of weeds, what can I do?
I reseeded a lawn with lots of bare patches after removing all the moss. By the time the new seed is just starting to grow, it's already getting infested with dandelions and dock leaf weeds which both ...
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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 lawn to the patio.
I had originally thought that I ...
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Good spreader for peat moss
I'm just wondering if anyone has a good suggestion for an affordable spreader that would work to distribute peat moss? I'm reseeding my lawn, and it's good to spread a fine layer of peat moss over it ...
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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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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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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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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 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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What is the correct way to hold, orient and maneuver string trimmers?
I have a straight gas powered string trimmer that spins counterclockwise. There seems to be conflicting information on the internet regarding how to hold, orient and maneuver string trimmers. Some ...
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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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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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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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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 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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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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Dry & sandy bare spots [closed]
I have very dry sandy soil. Even though I have irrigation, I overseed and aerate each year, some places just will not fill in. Can these places be sodded?
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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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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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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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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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