BrewGUN wrote:Interesting, I was just about to post about restarting my lawn. Im sorta in the same boat. We are in the process of filling in the really deep ditch by our road in the front yard. Like 8-9 dump truck loads of fill. My yard is tore up from the truck and mini excavator, so i wanna redo it since its half weeds anyways.
What kind/brand is good for fresh starts, fast growth and good looks. Mostly sandy, area has sun in the morning, shade in afternoon.
Eric Haynes wrote:BrewGUN wrote:Interesting, I was just about to post about restarting my lawn. Im sorta in the same boat. We are in the process of filling in the really deep ditch by our road in the front yard. Like 8-9 dump truck loads of fill. My yard is tore up from the truck and mini excavator, so i wanna redo it since its half weeds anyways.
What kind/brand is good for fresh starts, fast growth and good looks. Mostly sandy, area has sun in the morning, shade in afternoon.
You will need the same type as me as far as climate goes. I am half thinking of going with turf but I haven't found the "sex for my feet" blend yet.
jarbo03 wrote:Amoubt of traffic can make a big difference also. For high teaffic I like a tall turf fescue. Lower traffic I like some of the ryes, sun and shade I like creeping red fescue.
Eric Haynes wrote:So my yard is full of small divets and bumps, along with various weeds. I know I could probably just roll/tamp it for a couple days and it would go smooth, but I'd still be stuck with the weeds. Instead I'm going to tear up my old sod and bring in top soil, roll, reseed with only the best grass for my climate. I want my feet to feel like they are getting laid every time I walk through my yard.
So the question is, what type of grass should I plant, how do I keep the weeds away and what kind of lawnmower should I get to keeping looking perfect?
assateague wrote:I like my grass as dead as possible. Green grass means frequent mowing.
FlintRiverFowler wrote:assateague wrote:I like my grass as dead as possible. Green grass means frequent mowing.
Hell yeah. My yard is fried crispy and I haven't had to cut it for two weeks. Dealing with grass is the last thing I wana do when I get off work.
Eric and brew, just go out there and roast your yards with some roundup. If you want to lightly grade it then obviously wait til the grass dies and then spray it with roundup again bc you're gona open the ground back up for weeds. Seed it in fescue idk what your temps are like but if its kinda got wait til it cools down a little. Then next spring you may have to do some additional seeding did to winter kill. I'd definitely go with fescue. We can grow it down here but in the summer the heat and disease get to it. Keeping cool season turf grass alive through the summer in the south is pricey. literally costs over 100k a year to keep up 20 creeping bent-grass greens.
Eric Haynes wrote:FlintRiverFowler wrote:assateague wrote:I like my grass as dead as possible. Green grass means frequent mowing.
Hell yeah. My yard is fried crispy and I haven't had to cut it for two weeks. Dealing with grass is the last thing I wana do when I get off work.
Eric and brew, just go out there and roast your yards with some roundup. If you want to lightly grade it then obviously wait til the grass dies and then spray it with roundup again bc you're gona open the ground back up for weeds. Seed it in fescue idk what your temps are like but if its kinda got wait til it cools down a little. Then next spring you may have to do some additional seeding did to winter kill. I'd definitely go with fescue. We can grow it down here but in the summer the heat and disease get to it. Keeping cool season turf grass alive through the summer in the south is pricey. literally costs over 100k a year to keep up 20 creeping bent-grass greens.
What's the best water composition to water new grass? We have filtered water loaded with flouride from the local filtration plant.
How do I keep the weeds out once I replant?
Eric Haynes wrote:Just talked to my local ag store owner. He told me to go with a grass called zoysia. He said it will die off in the early fall and wont grow back until late spring, but for 2 months I will have beautiful grass. He told me 2 bags would be enough and gave me a deal. Only $126 a bag so it was a steal.
FlintRiverFowler wrote:Eric Haynes wrote:Just talked to my local ag store owner. He told me to go with a grass called zoysia. He said it will die off in the early fall and wont grow back until late spring, but for 2 months I will have beautiful grass. He told me 2 bags would be enough and gave me a deal. Only $126 a bag so it was a steal.
Gonna be a battle getting that to establish from seed this late in the summer.... Listen to the guy at the Ag store or the guy with two degrees and ten years experience in turf grass.
Eric Haynes wrote:FlintRiverFowler wrote:Eric Haynes wrote:Just talked to my local ag store owner. He told me to go with a grass called zoysia. He said it will die off in the early fall and wont grow back until late spring, but for 2 months I will have beautiful grass. He told me 2 bags would be enough and gave me a deal. Only $126 a bag so it was a steal.
Gonna be a battle getting that to establish from seed this late in the summer.... Listen to the guy at the Ag store or the guy with two degrees and ten years experience in turf grass.
Just figured he would know since it's the local area and he worked in Lowe's Lawn and Garden section for 8 years. I got a couple cases of the liquid Miracle Grow for my hose and a few boxes of the plant food spikes. He told me those work excellent too.
FlintRiverFowler wrote:Eric Haynes wrote:FlintRiverFowler wrote:Eric Haynes wrote:Just talked to my local ag store owner. He told me to go with a grass called zoysia. He said it will die off in the early fall and wont grow back until late spring, but for 2 months I will have beautiful grass. He told me 2 bags would be enough and gave me a deal. Only $126 a bag so it was a steal.
Gonna be a battle getting that to establish from seed this late in the summer.... Listen to the guy at the Ag store or the guy with two degrees and ten years experience in turf grass.
Just figured he would know since it's the local area and he worked in Lowe's Lawn and Garden section for 8 years. I got a couple cases of the liquid Miracle Grow for my hose and a few boxes of the plant food spikes. He told me those work excellent too.
If you really want zoysia I recommend sod. And some basic 10-10-10.
Eric Haynes wrote:FlintRiverFowler wrote:Eric Haynes wrote:FlintRiverFowler wrote:Eric Haynes wrote:Just talked to my local ag store owner. He told me to go with a grass called zoysia. He said it will die off in the early fall and wont grow back until late spring, but for 2 months I will have beautiful grass. He told me 2 bags would be enough and gave me a deal. Only $126 a bag so it was a steal.
Gonna be a battle getting that to establish from seed this late in the summer.... Listen to the guy at the Ag store or the guy with two degrees and ten years experience in turf grass.
Just figured he would know since it's the local area and he worked in Lowe's Lawn and Garden section for 8 years. I got a couple cases of the liquid Miracle Grow for my hose and a few boxes of the plant food spikes. He told me those work excellent too.
If you really want zoysia I recommend sod. And some basic 10-10-10.
Is 10-10-10 like the same thing as the 777 i put on my garden?
Eric Haynes wrote:What if I've already got $260 worth of seed in the back of my truck?
FlintRiverFowler wrote:Eric Haynes wrote:What if I've already got $260 worth of seed in the back of my truck?
Seed is much much cheaper than sod. I'd really recommend fescue for a lawn up north. Return the plant food stakes and exchange that shit for some tall fescue. Backhand pop the old man on the head of his penis and tell him it's from flint.
AKPirate wrote:Jason is usually right but sometimes wrong
FlintRiverFowler wrote:Eric Haynes wrote:What if I've already got $260 worth of seed in the back of my truck?
Seed is much much cheaper than sod. I'd really recommend fescue for a lawn up north. Return the plant food stakes and exchange that shit for some tall fescue. Kick old man hardware in the satchel and tell him it's from flint.
Eric Haynes wrote:FlintRiverFowler wrote:Eric Haynes wrote:What if I've already got $260 worth of seed in the back of my truck?
Seed is much much cheaper than sod. I'd really recommend fescue for a lawn up north. Return the plant food stakes and exchange that shit for some tall fescue. Kick old man hardware in the satchel and tell him it's from flint.
I ended up going back and he told me fescue "wouldn't be worth a fuck" here with the soil Ph levels, but told me a mix would work but its about 2% weed.
FlintRiverFowler wrote:Go play a round of golf locally and look and see what kind of grass they have. If it ain't fescue, it's gona be rye, blue grass or bent grass. Not zoysia.
Eric Haynes wrote:FlintRiverFowler wrote:Go play a round of golf locally and look and see what kind of grass they have. If it ain't fescue, it's gona be rye, blue grass or bent grass. Not zoysia.
The owner before me planted bent grass on the side of my garage. About a 15x20 patch. That shit is a fucker to mow but its crazy soft.
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