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Posted by shellyrose MS (My Page) on Wed, Jun 25, 08 at 23:57
| We can't get grass to grow. We have tried sod and seed and no luck. Some of the soil is dirt/sand like because we live close to a creek. Do you have any suggestions as to what we can do to get grass to grow? I'm sick of the messy dirt and mud when it rains. Any suggestions would be helpful!!
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| Dear Shelly Rose Thank you very much for your inquiry. I am going to need some more information in order to guide you into having a nice lawn. Specifically, tell me climate where you live and the environment of the lawn (shade, soil, etc) I look forward to hearing back from you. Respectfully Trey Rogers, The Briggs & Stratton Yard Doctor, YardDoctor.com |
RE: can't grow grass
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| Thanks for replying. We live in the northeast part of Mississippi. We live in the country. Most of our property is surrounded by large oak trees (shade). We do have grass (centipede) growing in other areas of the yard which are shaded as well. The soil in the problem area is really sandy. In some spots there is a green, mossy covering growing. Please let me know if you need any other information. |
RE: can't grow grass
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| Dear Shelly Rose Thank you very much for your direction. My first approach would be to amend the soil in the top 3 inches with some compost. My idea here is to provide a little better water holding capacity for the turf to root. I would probably then go back and try centipedegrass one more time, make sure I put down a starter fertilizer before I put down the grass, and kept it well watered (but not waterlogged) for the first three weeks. Let me know how it goes. Again, thanks for the question and let me know if you have more. Respectfully Trey Rogers, The Briggs & Stratton Yard Doctor, YardDoctor.com |
RE: can't grow grass
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| Mr. Rogers, Thanks for your advice. We are going to give it a try and I will let you know the outcome. |
RE: can't grow grass
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| Hello we have the same problem with our grass, but in our case we have a big Maple Tree right in the middle of our yard and some tree roots have come up... We can not get seed or sod to take in that area... |
RE: can't grow grass
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| We are unable to grow grass. We are in the Pocono's where the weather is unpredictable. The area in question is almost completely in the shade. The ground is very hard with rocks. Tried quite a number of things with no success. Is there any chance of a green lawn |
RE: can't grow grass
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| We just removed a huge sweet gum tree in our front yard. We had the stump removed and we removed all the old mulch from the tree. It created a huge whole which we filled in with high quality top soil. We planted seed and used starter fertilizer. The grass came up and it is now starting to turn light green or yellowish like it is dying out.(after 1 month) We have had quite a bit of rain, but the other surrounding areas we planted seem to be ok. It is just where the hole was. |
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