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Help me get a lawn
On Mar 14, 2:14*pm, wrote:
Ok, this is the year. *Built this house 3 years ago and I need a lawn. *The front lawn is almost 90% crabgrass. *Wife thinks I am wasting my time since "grass" already grows there ! * Staring out my front window looking at brown dead crabgrass and I have finally snapped. In the Northeast, can someone give me so ideas about how to get started on getting a lawn growing instead of this mess. *The goal here is grass, any kind, I don't need a football field or a golf course just grass. *Goal is do it on the cheap if I can. * Front lawn is maybe 100x150 and including the back lawn is about 3/4 acre. First thought is to get something to enrich the soil and discourages crabgrass. *Then get one of those slice-seeders and overseed the heck out of it. *Not much of a green thumb though can anyone give me some advice? Thanks! First thing is a crabgrass pre-emergent. Get it down before forsythias bloom where you live. I do this every year. Get grass seed recommended for your area and don't use quick cover or something with a lot of annual rye grass unless you have an erosion problem. I do some seeding in the spring but fall is better. When you mow, don't scalp the lawn as this encourages weeds and crabgrass. |
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