Posted by Rebecca Webb on April 23, 2004, 10:27 am
Greetings.
Trying to resurrect my lawn after seeing it destroyed by house renovations
(expansion). It never grew well along the shady side of the house, and
now that area is a six-foot-wide path the neighbors need to travel to
maintain their hedge. I'd like to throw seed, water well, put down
burlap, wait for growth, and then mow. The burlap, I'm told, will
dissintegrate. But surely it can't decompose as quickly as, say, straw
matting. If I try to mow once the grass is tall enough, is the burlap
going to get tangled in the mower and tear out the new grass?
Thanks.
RW
(On the bright side, the rhubarb seems to have survived a summer in
buckets followed by late fall transplanting. Okay, yeah, that's hardly
surprising. What a great plant!)
--
Malfoy froze like a mudblood before a basilisk.
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Posted by ~El Gorda~ on April 23, 2004, 10:37 am
> Greetings.
> Trying to resurrect my lawn after seeing it destroyed by house renovations
> (expansion). It never grew well along the shady side of the house, and
> now that area is a six-foot-wide path the neighbors need to travel to
> maintain their hedge. I'd like to throw seed, water well, put down
> burlap, wait for growth, and then mow. The burlap, I'm told, will
> dissintegrate. But surely it can't decompose as quickly as, say, straw
> matting. If I try to mow once the grass is tall enough, is the burlap
> going to get tangled in the mower and tear out the new grass?
If the grass never grew well in that spot before, why do you think it will
grow there now? As a general rule, grass and shade don't mix.
Posted by Gary on April 23, 2004, 2:18 pm
I agree with ElGorda - as Albert Einstein wrote: Insanity is doing
the same thing over and over and expecting different results... :-)
Gary
Posted by Rebecca Webb on April 23, 2004, 2:19 pm
> If the grass never grew well in that spot before, why do you think it will
> grow there now?
The burlap. Are you telling me I'm putting too much faith in it? My
thought is, even if it doesn't help grass grow (by containing the
moisture), it'll provide something environmentally-friendly to walk on
(i.e. keep folks out of the mud) until I can think what else to do.
As a general rule, grass and shade don't mix.
But (RW braces herself for the laughs) the grass seed bag said, "For full
shade."
RW
--
Malfoy froze like a mudblood before a basilisk.
http://cda.mrs.umn.edu/~webbrl/AnObedientHouse/
Posted by Roy on April 23, 2004, 4:41 pm
Hmmmmmmm......... so shade and grass do not mix.... I better go dig
up the grass I planted last year and this year under my oaks and pines
before it finds out its not uspposed to be able to grow in the
shade.......
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> Trying to resurrect my lawn after seeing it destroyed by house renovations
> (expansion). It never grew well along the shady side of the house, and
> now that area is a six-foot-wide path the neighbors need to travel to
> maintain their hedge. I'd like to throw seed, water well, put down
> burlap, wait for growth, and then mow. The burlap, I'm told, will
> dissintegrate. But surely it can't decompose as quickly as, say, straw
> matting. If I try to mow once the grass is tall enough, is the burlap
> going to get tangled in the mower and tear out the new grass?