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Grass for Very Shady lawn in NE GA

10 years ago

Hey, I'm in desperate need of some advice for grass for my back yard. The previous owners of the house put in bermuda sod right before we bought the house and after a few years of living here it is almost completely gone. It is a very shady lawn that gets a lot of rain. Best I can tell it gets about 4 hours of sun a day, and that's after I cut back the trees as much as I could. On top of that I have 3 young boys who play baseball and various other outdoor activities and are in our back yard a LOT, so it would need to be a very durable grass. If there is anything out there that would work with that PLEASE let me know. What would be our best options??? Thanks in advance!

Jeremy

Comments (2)

Iris GW
10 years ago
Shade and lawn are two words that don't go together very well. I think there might be more shade tolerant forms of fescue to consider. Check the lawn forum if you don't get much advice here.

Here is a link that might be useful: Lawns in Georgia (UGA link)
jdawg682
Original Author
10 years ago
Thanks! I might try that.
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