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Organic Lawn Care

Lawn After Tree Removal

15 years ago

I had a large pine tree cut down in my back yard last week, and it really took a toll on the lawn. The grass just looks trampled and there's a lot of large-textured sawdust on the ground. What can I do to revive my lawn? Is sawdust ok to rake into the lawn? Should I add some blood meal or something to add nitrogen?

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Kimmsr
15 years ago
Since that sawdust is organic matter it can be raked into your turf, but next year you may have a bumber crop of mushrooms there and that does bother some people even though they are not a problem. I would do nothing more than I normally do in that area, especially I would not put down extra highly soluble Nitrogen that could "burn" the grass.
lou_spicewood_tx
15 years ago
try soybean meal, cottonseed meal or alfalfa pellets to speed up the decomposition of sawdust.
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raymondo17
Original Author
15 years ago
I appreciate the feedback here. I don't mind mushrooms all that much since I've heard they're a sign of a healthy soil. And it's just about time to do an application of soybean meal anyway, so the timing's pretty good.

Best regards to you both.

-Ray

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