anyone have answers/thoughts/suggestions regarding.... Will have remnants of moss on the ground, effect seed germination Would tenacity be bad, for the seed I am using. I plan to seed, roll and cover with peat, today or tomorrow... weather will be 65-80 the next 4 days, maybe some rain on the 5th. t...

ok, I am noticing more moss than i thought, its been round uped and moss out has been put down, now will the grass seed germinate if spread on it, and then rolled? what would you do with ground cover with dead moss paulr wrote:2 Suggestions from the MA Newbie (who is going to try 3,000 sft after Ire...

may have no read enough, when you say scalp it, is it preferred to mulch mow or bag it and does it matter?

For entertainment purposes: can't really compare this as my dad has lived at his house for 35 years. compared with the soil I bought into 2 years ago (MY is mine before I came to this site and did anything with the soil) I'm due for a New soil test. Same town, thought I would show the comparisons. a...

The ph was expected, with the moss growing. Seed is going down next week regardless, of how awful the soil is. Believe it or not, I thought it was going to be worse, my dad has done nothing, except mulch mow, except for late fall, which would make Morpheus very sad, since he fills up 18 or so black ...

SOIL TEST arrived....it's like x-mass, took a week for UMASS, (includes shipping from within MA) but i was checking my email all day hoping for it to arrive and it did....Haven't read it yet, wanted to post it here first....please write your suggestions...thanks and enjoy http://s4.postimage.org/2qn...

if i threw a dinner plate on them you would still see them around the edges, but not much more, I would guess a dozen through out the 12,000sq ft yard. (only at the ends where I turned) not sure if the grass will spread (i think i have a spot from last year that never did). the area is definately de...

I know - you all are experts and it doesn't happen to you, but think back to when/if it ever did, What is the best way to treat spots with fertilizer burn? I imagine the spots (yes I have a few, where I turned the spreader (and did not water in that area fully) are completely dead and will be for a ...

seed arrived
•19.65% KenBlue Kentucky Bluegrass
•39.4% Lustrous Creeping Red Fescue
•19.95% Predator Hard Fescue
•19.6% 7 seas / Seven Seas Chewings Fescue
1.3 inert
.05 other
.05 weed

How much peat moss for a 1000 sq feet renov? And is big box store the usually place to buy? - thank

I'm pretty confident that the soil will be lacking big time, and hope the starter fertilizer 2 weeks before setting the seed will negate some of that.....pre-pics have been added to the 1st post.

Am I insane? Am I too late? Did I just waste $$? Ok, so in my mind i think i know what i am doing..but am probably not. I'm taking a big gamble here on a project that I am doing (in my own way) --- Reno my dad's front yard. So, growing up the green lawn at my parents house was 99% weeds and crab gra...

So I cut my grass 2 days ago, and water significantly yesterday in prep for the a 4th of July cookout. with all the foot traffic maybe some horse shoe and volleyball, what is best for the recovery of my lawn...wait as long as possible to cut again, but water significantly the morning after the party...

anyone else have this as their enemy

dang - lost my whole post-here's the rewrite dethatched, mowed/bagged and put down the 19-0-7 dimension pics of before and after thatching attached snow on the ground now so don't have pics of the cleanup a lot of soil was disturbed, hope the bagging and dimension negated the problems that may habe ...

So my second year of lawn care (in which I am trying to learn and research about) will be beginning. I have some photos to show....similar views of those pictured in my 1st post. I am not happy with what I see. We had a lot of snow this winter. My plan is to dethatch later this week. I've read a lot...

I put about 1/2 of a bag on a area (pretty much the 1st and 2nd picture above, that is pretty much bare right now. I bought the 2nd bag, thinking (that $22 it was a good dea)l to overseed the entire yard...

Should I have bought more fertilzier (to store for next year)?

So i was at the local lowes and came across Pennington® signature Kentucky Bluegrass Blend seed $22 for 50lbs (regular $45) picked up 2 bags Pennington 5000 Sq. Ft. Signature Series Weed and Feed 28-0-4 $3.74 for 13lbs 5000sq ft coverage picked up 3 bags Should I have cleaned out Lowes of the fertil...

thanks

I think I can get 8-1-4 "converted organics" fertilzer for less than milorganite, i think i will start putting than down weekly until September, then put down a synthetic to get the soil better.

http://convertedorganics.com/index.php? ... ew&gid=217

So my lawn is coming alive again, this will be my 2nd week of mowing since a short dormant period with a few weeks between mowing. Temps the next 5 days should go no higher than 82 Would it be ok to put down a fertilizer this weekend..... 20-27-5 or a 29-2-4 or would a bi-monthly 5-2-0 be better The...