Im from the New Bedford area, there are a few Ace Hardwares around, Ill check it out. So there is a difference in what I got and the others? Is it OK to put the lime down on the spots I am still trying to get grass to grow? Grabbed 4 bags Bay State Fertilizer today in Quincy, never thought I'd be hu...

Awesome results, guess its a trip to Quincy for some Bay State Fertilizer. Its $4 vs $20, easily worth the trip.

I wish any of the seed I planted filled in that fast.

Wow, right on about the mushrooms. I have seen mushrooms on this patch.

I guess a trip to Quincy for some Bay State Fertilizer is in the cards.

Thanks for the thorough reply, I couldn't find "good calcitic lime" at any of the big stores, the local farm supply place had no idea what I meant. All they could find is this... http://s8.postimg.cc/440whf29d/HI_Lime_1.jpg http://s1.postimg.cc/jdk0vtdbf/HI_Lime_2.jpg They had some powdered stuff bu...

Hi... I have a vacant house next to me, where the city cut down a large maple tree. It took up the whole square. About two years went by and no grass, the city seed never took and I just got sick of the weed and mud pit. Next to my front grass. This year I put down compost and top soil and laid down...

I'm thinking of putting all the stuff together to make BLSC, but only have a 1,000sf lawn. The formula calls for 80/8/40, I assuming all liquid oz? Can I just get a quart of laureth sulfate), and make like a 10/1/5 batch? Want to give it s try but $80 for 5 gallons is so much more than I may ever us...

Hi... Had a 1,000sf patchy lawn in Southeastern Mass. with a clover problem. Some spots were thick some were thin and you can see the ground. The clover was choking out 30% of the lawn. I would like to get all the bare spots covered and not all the thin spots. Detathched and pulled the clover out an...

Awesome info thanks, learning a lot. Just got my soil report back from Umass. PH was 5.9 and "above optimal" for P, Ca, Mg, and "optimal" for K. Ill post the results to the proper page. Here is the link.... http://aroundtheyard.com/soil/mass-lawn-rehab-sample-t17094.html My issues probably comes fro...

Thanks for all the replies. Im off work tomorrow, Ill probably rake off the peat moss, and live with that I got until I try an overhaul in late august. If I leave spots bare, is there a way to keep the weeds out until I try again in August? August is usually still pretty warm around here, is that re...

Maybe 2-3 inches or so, mostly it was just pulled out when we detached by hand with a detaching rake. I did use weed-b-gon twice before doing the dethatching. We detached, top soiled and seeded the bare spots, and about two weeks after that. But I have been keeping up on retrying the bare spots ever...

I have been treating the new grass with kid gloves. Just starter fertilizer, before the big rain we got, and 4-5 weeks before that when I planted the first batch. (Edit, the scott starter fertilizer w/o the weed control, read bad things about the newer scott starter fertilizer) The bare spots seem c...

Sounds like I need to redo some areas again. I have been getting results; some spots come up fast. Some spots will start growing grass, some just sit there. I have been retrying every 3 weeks if I don't see any progress. Just wasn't sure if I was giving up upon seed too soon.

How big are the areas? Pots may be easier. In 6 weeks you have a a pot of grass with deep roots ready to go. It's nothing to use 20-30- or more pots. They are not really pot size, more like patchy long strips here and there. We had clover choking out the grass, we are trying to regrow grass in thos...

I trying to patch various spots around the yard. I have a bunch of bare spots and notice some are coming in and some don't. I have been at to since mid April. After 3 weeks Ill try again on the dead spots that don't seem to be growing, I redo the process, I have gotten seed to grow by restarting the...

I had one patch I did like 6 weeks ago, a few patches started coming in. I had another I did 3 weeks ago, grass started coming in 10 days later. I sprayed both patches about three times a day whenever I saw it was dry, at one point I noticed the edges were drying out more and not growing grass ( pla...

Sorry for this beginners question, but here goes.... I have a small (1,000 sf) established lawn in South Eastern Mass. by the coast that had a lot of thin/bare spots. There was a ton of clover that took over large patches last year. We dug out the clover. We moved a brick patio so dug up a ton of gr...

Thanks for the reply, so something like this... http://www.homedepot.com/p/IMAGE-Crabgrass-Killer-3-Pack-100099416/202277681 Will this kill everything or just the weeds? I realize the idea of the grass coming in thick and green is gone, just curious what I do with the bare spots after the crab grass...

I have a vacant house next to me, the city cut down a tree near the side walk three years ago and with nobody living there, the small 8x5 square was a mud pit once the tree was cut down and the grass seed the city put down in November never grew. I got fed up and just wanted something green so loose...