Shade grass seed. Does it exsist?

 I have a part of my lawn underneath a Blue Spruce tree.  I want to mix in
some new dirt under the tree to counter the damage caused by 40 years of
dropped needles, but what do I look for in grass seed that can grow in
shade?

 The Henchman wrote the following:

...and in acidic soil, you mean.

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Bill
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"willshak"  wrote in message

The Henchman wrote the following:

...and in acidic soil, you mean.

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I was going to mix calcium carbonate and starter fertilizer to balance out
the acidity, but my concern is finding grass that grows in shade before I do
anything.

Without finding a type of grass that can deal with the all day shade it
might not be worth the trouble.

 The Henchman said:


Fescue.


Do you want the tree, or the grass? P. pungens prefers neutral to slightly
acidic (6.1 - 7.5 pH) soil. The grass won't tolerate the acid. It's really that
simple.

How can there be any visible grass under the spruce? Did you remove the bottom
branches?
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-A man who lives in a glass house should change in the basement.

 

Do you want the tree, or the grass? P. pungens prefers neutral to slightly
acidic (6.1 - 7.5 pH) soil. The grass won't tolerate the acid. It's really
that
simple.

How can there be any visible grass under the spruce? Did you remove the
bottom
branches?
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It's only the second year I've owned this place so still learning my yard.

There was grass under the tree for most of the tree's life but a combination
of the spruce tree growing, a cedar tree beside it, and my neighbour's maple
tree growing super fast has cut off a lot of the sun's supply.  A 3 foot
perimeter around the spruce has ground cover growing (myrtle?) in a slightly
raised bed.

No branches can be removed my wife says...