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| lawns | 3/28/2009 | C. J. Brown |
Q: I recently (@1 year ago) rota-tilled my yard and planted Scotts brand sun & shade seed. It was ...
A: You'll just have to spray those patches with roundup and reseed them. Unfortunately, They are both ...
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| spring lawn care | 3/28/2009 | C. J. Brown |
Q: I live in southeast Wisconsin. A local lawn care company applied pre-emergent crabgrass control ...
A: Crabgrass pre-emergent needs to get down to the soil. If there was a thick mat of leaves in a ...
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| Help! Lawn Fix Nightmare! | 3/28/2009 | Ronald B Persaud |
Q: I've been renovating my friend's new garden and all I have left to do is THE LAWN. However, it is in ...
A: The first paragraph of your correspondence contains all the reasons to eliminate grass as a viable ...
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| Bermudagrass eradication & repair??? | 3/28/2009 | C. J. Brown |
Q: Sir, I live in coastal Md. My tall fescue lawn is about 30% overrun with that wiry bermudagrass. ...
A: MD can be a tough area for grass. You're right in the transition zone where Bermuda will try to take ...
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| grass | 3/28/2009 | C. J. Brown |
Q: my dog pee on the front yard and leave dead spots what can I do? and when would be a good time to ...
A: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeUjjmD0QzA&feature=PlayList&p=C821630097F7DBE7&playnext=1&playnext_f ...
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| lawn care in massachusetts | 3/27/2009 | C. J. Brown |
Q: what do you think of me using just ringer lawn restorer and lime as my only source for lawn ...
A: I haven't used the Ringer brand before, but I like what I've read and heard. It's a well balanced ...
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| pesticides on weeds | 3/26/2009 | C. J. Brown |
Q: Are the weed killers used by for hire landscape companies stronger then what I can purchase at my ...
A: Typically speaking, the products are pretty similar, but the difference is in the applicator. If you ...
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| Lawn Mold & Fungus | 3/26/2009 | C. J. Brown |
Q: 60% of my lawn is destroyed by Mold & Fungus. It started near tree line, where it stays moist. How ...
A: It probably is moss, in which case, you'll need to rip it out and apply limestone very heavily ...
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| Till fill or topsoil or both? | 3/25/2009 | C. J. Brown |
Q: In the early '80s, the previous owners of our house leveled out the backyard with fill and built an ...
A: I wouldn't bother tilling, because you need to get some good topsoil on top anyway. tilled up ...
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| Lawn problems | 3/25/2009 | C. J. Brown |
Q: I have a couple of problem spots in my lawn. Last year I rehabed a large area of lawn that is on a ...
A: Moss: 1) Rake and rip the moss out, 2) Put down 50 lbs of limestone/1000 square feet in that area, ...
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| weed control | 3/25/2009 | C. J. Brown |
Q: What can you use on centipede to get rid of Poa sometimes called annual bluegrass? When can you use ...
A: If your lawn is primarily centipede, then I will assume you live in a more southern climate. That ...
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| lawn | 3/25/2009 | C. J. Brown |
Q: on feb 28,2009 i use scott turf builder with halts crabgrass preventer and the weeds are taking over ...
A: If you haven't purchased it yet, I'd recommend that you look out for a "Weed" product without the ...
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| estimate for mowing- | 3/25/2009 | Ronald B Persaud |
Q: I have been asked to bid on mowing a commercial account. It's size is between 2-3 acres, no trees or ...
A: I am sorry that I cannot give you a helpful answer because there are many bits of relevant ...
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| watering new lawn | 3/24/2009 | C. J. Brown |
Q: How am I supposed to water 2 acres to keep my grass seed moist? Even with an automatic sprayer, this ...
A: I'm not sure what to tell you. If you are seeding an area that large, it'll be pretty tough unless ...
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| Lawn | 3/24/2009 | Ronald B Persaud |
Q: The court yard lawn were I work (middle school)in Michigan is a mess. What do I need to do first to ...
A: You are asking for a lawn program and I do not feel competent to advise you essentially because I ...
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| straw removal | 3/24/2009 | C. J. Brown |
Q: I live in southwest Ohio and had my yard torn up and added top soil and seeded and srawed last fall ...
A: It really depends on how much straw there is. If the ground is totally covered, you should pick it ...
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| Sugar on lawns | 3/24/2009 | Ronald B Persaud |
Q: If you put the sugar on the lawn to enrich the soil, won't that bring ants?
A: Not only ants but bees and other insects. Sugar is applied to provide a nutrient solution for ...
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| grass seed | 3/24/2009 | C. J. Brown |
Q: I live in central minnesota my whole lawn is sun and sand. I am trying to find a grass seed that ...
A: That's a tough one. Pre-emergent herbicides are the most effective way to prevent it in the Spring. ...
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| dead grass | 3/23/2009 | Ronald B Persaud |
Q: my wife acquired a black lab about 2 years ago. his urinating in the yard has killed my grass. is ...
A: Dilution is a good idea but how practical, I do not know. If the dog is let out as required, then I ...
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| Overseeding in the spring in Ohio | 3/23/2009 | C. J. Brown |
Q: Is it to late to overseed? And what order should i go about it? Dethatch, aerate, fertilize, then ...
A: I'm surprised that you think it might be too late to overseed. If anything, it's pretty early. My ...
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| St. Augustine grass | 3/23/2009 | C. J. Brown |
Q: I have a property in the Hilton Head Island area with three distinct areas of lawn, two of which ...
A: I would just tell you to make sure to clear off any remnants of the bad areas thoroughly before ...
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| Weed and feed shelf life | 3/23/2009 | C. J. Brown |
Q: I live in north TX near Dallas. I've been using Scott's Bonus S on my lawn for several years with ...
A: I would definitely recommend using it. If you've kept it dry, it may have lost a bit of the ...
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| thatch in my sod | 3/23/2009 | Ronald B Persaud |
Q: Got St. augustine sod laid about a month ago. Seems to be alot of dead grass/thatch from last years ...
A: One month is too short a time for true thatch to build up. I suspect that the sod came in with ...
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| thatch in my sod | 3/23/2009 | C. J. Brown |
Q: Got St. augustine sod laid about a month ago. Seems to be alot of dead grass/thatch from last years ...
A: When you say that there is a lot of thatch from last year's growth, are you referring to the new sod ...
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| Problem lawn with hill and large dog | 3/22/2009 | C. J. Brown |
Q: I live in Northern VA with a large amount of tree cover. The back yard is about 15 feet deep from ...
A: Sorry Hal, This doesn't sound like you really have much of a chance. There does come a point where ...
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| Grass in my flower bed | 3/21/2009 | Ronald B Persaud |
Q: I have a very long 70ft by 4ft garden on the side of my house. There is a whole mid section that has ...
A: It sounds like Torpedo grass (Panicum repens). You can spray it with glyphosate BUT at a fairly low ...
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| grass seed | 3/21/2009 | C. J. Brown |
Q: I live in central minnesota my whole lawn is sun and sand. I am trying to find a grass seed that ...
A: You'll need an irrigation system ideally since the sun/sand combo will dry out quickly. Then I would ...
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| misapplication of crabgrass preventer | 3/21/2009 | C. J. Brown |
Q: A week ago, I applied a crabgrass preventer/lawn food (K-gro) product to my yard. I wasn't paying ...
A: Water heavily. That's about all you can do now. Keep watering and the product will be diluted ...
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| removing lawn | 3/21/2009 | Ronald B Persaud |
Q: i want to remove grass and put rose plants and shrubs and decorative pebbles into a 4 x 4 m area. ...
A: You can spray a non selective weedkiller (like glyphosate) over the area. You can rent a sod cutter ...
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| Crabgrass | 3/21/2009 | C. J. Brown |
Q: I have zoysia grass and some areas of my lawn. I just put the plugs in last year. I live in ...
A: I'm not quite sure why you think you cannot use a granular fertilizer, but there really shouldn't be ...
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| small holes in lawn near house | 3/21/2009 | Ronald B Persaud |
Q: i found small maybe 1 inch holes around the outside of my house in the backyard. I live in Florida ...
A: It could be birds foraging for insects that are underground but that is a guess. Soap flush a few ...
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| runners | 3/20/2009 | Ronald B Persaud |
Q: I have a fairly new front yard. A couple of yrs old, I have runners all over my yard and they are ...
A: A runner describes a stem that runs above (but close to) the ground. Many grasses (like St. ...
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| moss | 3/20/2009 | Ronald B Persaud |
Q: please help,i have a fare sized garden and the problem is lots of moss, is there any way i can get ...
A: In due time the moss will go away if you create the dry conditions which it does not like. And yes, ...
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| Lawn Mold & Fungus | 3/20/2009 | C. J. Brown |
Q: 60% of my lawn is destroyed by Mold & Fungus. It started near tree line, where it stays moist. How ...
A: Do you by chance know what kind of mold or fungus you are talking about? Could it be moss (which is ...
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| moss | 3/18/2009 | Ronald B Persaud |
Q: please help,i have a fare sized garden and the problem is lots of moss, is there any way i can get ...
A: Moss is associated with moisture. Fine tune your watering system to the point where it is well ...
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| Can Fescue and grasses co-exist in a NW Arkansas lawn | 3/18/2009 | C. J. Brown |
Q: I live in NW Arkansas (the dreaded transition zone). Our builder laid Bermuda grass sod. There ...
A: I don't see why you shouldn't be able to give this a shot, but I'm not sure you'll really be happy ...
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| weed control in centipede | 3/18/2009 | C. J. Brown |
Q: i live in anderson, sc, and read answer to weed control using organic method of improving soil, etc. ...
A: I'm not sure where you read this answer, but I don't think it was from me. You cannot eliminate ...
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| dead grass area | 3/17/2009 | Ronald B Persaud |
Q: Located in dallas texas and I have a dead grass problem on front edge of lawn. I thought because of ...
A: You make it sound like a distinct rectangle (8ft.x 1ft.) and this could be quite the important ...
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| rotten grass | 3/17/2009 | Ronald B Persaud |
Q: my grass is rotten in my yard. You can just reach down and pick it up without even pulling on it. ...
A: "You can just reach down and pick it up without even pulling on it". This sounds like grub damage. ...
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| Grass | 3/16/2009 | C. J. Brown |
Q: Why is my grass greener and taller over my underground power line compared to the rest of my lawn. ...
A: I have to be honest, you've got me stumped here. I've never heard of electricity affecting plant ...
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