I need new lawn help. - Page 3

 

1.  If you need some quick results and can afford it, go with sod, and have
a local nursery or sod dealer (not a big box store) help you decide which
variety to use.  If you can't afford sod and can afford to wait for a few
months, seed is a second-best choice.  A previous post recommended St.
Augustine grass as one choice but didn't mention that you can't buy St.
Augustine seed -- it's a sterile hybrid.  If St. Augustine grass is the
prefered lawn you'll have to go with sod.

2.  Most professionals don't recommend weed-and-feed.  That's essentially an
indiscriminate use of a pesticide, and if your lawn is that bad you should
just kill off all the weeds and start over.  Also, the fertilizer in a
weed-and-feed is a high nitrogen water soluble type that isn't the best
choice for a good/healthy lawn.  (The high nitrogen is needed to combat the
effects of the weed-killer, but also induces leaf growth at the expense of
root strength.  This in turn makes the grass more attractive to insects,
fungus, etc.)  Once you've got a good lawn started, pull or spot treat weeds
and use a lawn fertilizer appropriate for your region, which probably will
have elements in the ratio of 2-0-2 or 2-1-2, with most of the nitrogen
being a slow release type.  In my area I use a 17-3-17 Lesco product.  Your
extension service or master gardener program can give you written
information on lawn fertilizer requirements.

 
  I'm gonna apologize in advance for this "brainstorm"..
Do You know of a place that is scheduled for construction? Like
digging a basement or maybe just Cat work? Maybe get permission and
get Yer mitts on a sod cutter and cut Yer own..If I remember right
from 20 years ago You can cut any managable lengths and roll it up to
haul..I'll bet dollars to donuts You can get more info,tips n tricks
online..
  Dean

 
Yeah, that's real practical advice.  Most of the construction I see
being built, they start with a nice green lush lawn and then start
excavating.

 On Feb 9, 7:06 am, trad...@optonline.net wrote:

   I'm pickin up what Yer puttin down..Then I think of all the add-on
garages,sunrooms,swimming pools etc. in the world and figure it's a
possibility at least..Oh well,,,whatever..
  Dean