Don't bother trying to grow good looking grass in shade, grass is a sun
loving plant.

Consider alternatives for ground cover. Trying to make something grow
where it does not do well is just asking for a lot of work and little
return.

Sorry.

--
Joseph E. Meehan

26 + 6 = 1 It's Irish Math


"Frankenberry" wrote in message
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I have a small lawn that is shaded on one end. Since I have owned the
house
the shaded part was mostly dirt.

I dug up and turned the soil over and layed sod in this area. I also
turned
over the soil and planted shady grass seed in the area between the
existing
grass and the new sod. I also patched up areas one the grassy side to fill
it in. Within a week or so the grass and sod looked beautiful almost golf
course like.

But now 3 weeks-4 weeks later all the new areas have thinned quite a bit
(sod, patches, seeded areas). The original grassy area looks the same.

I tried fertilizing the lawn 4-5 days ago and so far no difference,
everyday
the lawn looks worse. More dirt less grass.

I have watered it quite a bit and it has rained quite a bit too.

Does anyone have any sugestions why this might be happening and how to fix
it?

Also no one has been on the grass as its a fairly unused lawn.