What happened to this lawn? Peat Moss???
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- Location: Dallas, TX
- Grass Type: St. Augustine
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What happened to this lawn? Peat Moss???
This is my mother in law's lawn, it used to have st. Augustine, but then my father in lawn put down some peat moss. And now it looks like this. PH levels shows 6.5. There is a pond in the background and we have a lot of trees. Newbie here and don't know much about how to restore this lawn or what to grow in it afterwards. We are in south Dallas.
Here's a link to all pictures if you need.
Here's a link to all pictures if you need.
- andy10917
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Re: What happened to this lawn? Peat Moss???
There is no way that came from peat moss, unless it was so deep/thick that the lawn was smothered.
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Re: What happened to this lawn? Peat Moss???
Or is it because of the dense shade? Still, there used to be St. Augustine here too.
- andy10917
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Re: What happened to this lawn? Peat Moss???
How long did it take to happen? Dense shade takes a pretty long time to kill off grass.
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Re: What happened to this lawn? Peat Moss???
Yeah, we're going to need chronology and more to go on before even fathoming a guess.
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Re: What happened to this lawn? Peat Moss???
We had put sod down and it died out and them he put about 100 bales of peat moss on and tilled it in and replaced the sod it never really took hold i dont think we watered a huge amount and fertilized but it still died
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Re: What happened to this lawn? Peat Moss???
Ah, that's a very different story than you led with. So sod died with and without peat moss. There never really was an established St. Augustine lawn.
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Re: What happened to this lawn? Peat Moss???
Sorry, was trying to recollect as much as possible from my mother in law and it just dawned on me to ask her the full history. DERP. Any suggestions to move forward? The soil is very dense and almost sandlike.
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