Ok - I think I got ahead of myself a bit. I’m concerned that there is some kind of disease or fungus, but not sure how to address it. Any thoughts on what I can do, especially now that the temperatures have been dropping to the mid 40s at night and low 70s during the day? I’d hate to see all of my w...

Update / Day 28 since seed down https://i.postimg.cc/6yGNvV8w/IMG-5804.jpg I mowed the lawn to 2" four days ago and it's already time to cut again. I've scaled back the watering to just twice a day (11am and 5pm) and the lawn seems to be fine. I'll mow again tomorrow (2nd mow since seed down). I al...

https://i.postimg.cc/YhbvpnxM/IMG-9787.jpg 20 days since seed down and I'm seeing great progress. I suspected some areas weren't retaining moisture as well leading to larger swaths of bare areas, so I put down more peat moss and seed which seemed to work well. I'm noticing a fair amount of crabgras...

So it's been 10 full days since seed down and I'm seeing great progress! https://i.postimg.cc/XBLfFd0j/Backyard-Main-Sept10.jpg I'm seeing significantly more growth/germination day after day, though I'm definitely noticing areas where I went a bit light on the peat moss being more bare. I've put a b...

Quick update - my mower could not mow low enough to really get as much of the weeds out as I had hoped. I tried manually raking up the weeds in the hopes that it would get them to stand up so that I could mow over them but it was way too slow, and too strenuous, so I improvised a bit: On Saturday, I...

I'm not quite sure why scotts with mesotrione is safe for fine fescue but tenacity isn't. Maybe it's something to do with the fact that it's granular, or maybe it's the dosage. Either way, I'm just hoping for more grass than weeds at this point, and I'll deal with the weeds in the spring with a bett...

Not too bad on shade, but at this point, I think I will plow on ahead with the fine fescue mix. I'm taking Tenacity out of the plan - based on my novice-level research, I think I can replace spraying Tenacity with Scott's starter fertilizer with Mesotrione - which explicitly states that it is safe t...

Alright guys... I'm at a bit of a loss here. :confused: Today, I scheduled the delivery of the topsoil, borrowed a backpack sprayer and as a final sanity check, followed FlyingFish's advice to do a bit of homework on how Tenacity impacts fine fescue. To quote the Tenacity label for new seeding/ new ...

Hey Dan, So the SS6000 mix has the following: - Zodiac chewings fescue - Radar chewings fescue - Cardinal II creeping red fescue - Beacon hard fescue - Mazama Kentucky bluegrass Thanks for the call out - I'm going to see what I can find in the other threads; I didn't even think that would be a conce...

Ok - as per the plan, I started today by spraying glyphosate at the recommended "renovation" rate. Even though it was only 2300 sqft, I must have spent at least 4 hours with a gallon hand pump sprayer. The biggest time killer was constantly running back and forth to refill on water, measuring out th...

Hey FlyingFish - great tip. I'm actually in the West Chester area myself, so your advice on the supply yard is hugely helpful! Not sure if it's against the rules of this forum, but any chance you can drop the name of the supply yard? I've called all the ones within a 20 mile radius and to be honest ...

Hey All, So I'm still waiting at the moment until August 24th to nuke the back yard, but in the meantime, I tried a few experiments and it raised more questions which I'm hoping you have some guidance on... 1. I did a "test run" of mowing my yard on the lowest setting. Even then, the crab grass was ...

Thanks, Andy - I made a slight adjustment to my playbook. Good to know. I just placed an order for tenacity, surfactant (to apply with the glyphosate, not tenacity), and now working on finding the right supplier for topsoil. Slightly concerned about the overall quality of the topsoil, but I'm hesita...

Hey Turf_toes, I honestly didn't know there was "long lasting" glyphosate - I thought the only thing that mattered was the % concentration so I ended up buying the Compare-N-Save Concentrate Grass and Weed Killer, 41-Percent Glyphosate off amazon. What you outlined is almost 1:1 with what I was plan...

Hey turf_toes, thanks clarifying. Looks like I'll be smack in the middle of that time frame, so fingers crossed. Based on the feedback so far, I've moved up my seeding time to September 1 or 2 depending on how long it takes me to spread 4 yards of topsoil by hand. I already have the glysophate, the ...

How long ago was the pre emergent application? It may inhibit germination. I put down an application of Scott's Triple Action Weed/Feed back on April 14th - would this really impact germination in September? Put down compost at seed down but hold off until its mature for another application. And pe...

I also forgot to mention that the reno area is very bumpy, so while I have the chance I'd like to level it out. Considering my soil is mainly clay, I'd like to avoid sand as I've heard this essentially creates concrete. My plan was to order about 4 yards of screened topsoil (to cover ~2300k sqft), f...

Hi All, After spending way too much time and effort in trying to wrestle my yard into shape without a plan and getting nowhere, I'm turning to you to help steer my first attempted renovation. My Background: Location - Southeast, PA Corner Lot, approximately 10.3k sqft of yard space Completely new to...