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| grass and iron | 5/8/2009 | Ronald B Persaud |
Q: I live in Albuquerque NM and last year I planted a small lawn of heat resistant Scott grass seed, I ...
A: I cannot tell if your grass is going to die. I doubt that anyone can tell what was in the material ...
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| violets in lawn | 5/7/2009 | C. J. Brown |
Q: Good day. I was reading on this site that you can apply sugar to get rid of the violets in my lawn. ...
A: Sugar will not harm violets, or any other weed for that matter. Sorry for any mixed signals, but ...
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| weeds in pachysandra beds | 5/7/2009 | Ronald B Persaud |
Q: I am having an issue with thistle in my pachysandra beds. I have pulled them in the past but this ...
A: I am not familiar with the plant and from what I have read, some are declared noxious weeds while ...
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| purslane | 5/6/2009 | C. J. Brown |
Q: help!!!!! how is the best way to rid my yard of purslane? i have been chopping it out since march! ...
A: If the purslane is in the lawn area, then a selective weed product like "Weed-B-Gone" will do the ...
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| Lawn | 5/6/2009 | C. J. Brown |
Q: In the front of my house my lawn is horrible and i want to bring it back. My question is about some ...
A: You need to rip the moss out so there's nothing left but bare dirt, then apply limestone at the rate ...
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| moss taking over | 5/6/2009 | C. J. Brown |
Q: I had a strip of grass around 120 feet x 20 feet that has been almost totally taken over my moss. I ...
A: I assume there is also too much shade, which will make it difficult to grow grass under any ...
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| Killing grass | 5/4/2009 | Ronald B Persaud |
Q: My sister and I are new home owners, we have a very small yard and we would like to be rid of our ...
A: The most effective way is to spray the area with glyphosate. It will be stated on the label under ...
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| pesky dandelions.. | 5/4/2009 | C. J. Brown |
Q: I have 2.5 aces and roughly 1.75 is grass. Up until this season the dandelions have been tolerable. ...
A: The weed control products on the market should be working fine if used correctly. I know that's ...
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| green grassy | 5/4/2009 | Ronald B Persaud |
Q: I have this green grassy looking weed that someone has identified as Barley grass mixed with June ...
A: I find it difficult to answer your enquiry because I see that barley grass is a beneficial herb and ...
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| new bermuda grass | 5/3/2009 | Ronald B Persaud |
Q: I got a new Bermuda grass sod lawn and I am in Greenville, SC. I have heard: fertilize, fertilize ...
A: You will be watering that sod so much over the next 8 weeks or so that any chemical fertilizer you ...
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| grass under trees | 5/3/2009 | C. J. Brown |
Q: I live in Central Ky. My backyard has a very large maple and all the grass under and at the ...
A: Well, the grass won't work. I'm not much of a ground cover expert, so I can't help a lot there ...
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| Sugar for the lawn | 5/3/2009 | C. J. Brown |
Q: I have heard you can use sugar to control weeds and rid your lawn of fire ants, but will it hurt the ...
A: Believe it or not, this is likely the MOST asked question I receive. Unfortunately, the answer is ...
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| burnt grass | 5/3/2009 | C. J. Brown |
Q: I live in Boston, Ma. The front of my house seems to get sun ALL DAY long. I can't keep green grass. ...
A: Water deeply 3 - 4 days per week. Let the sprinklers go for about an hour in each section. Let me ...
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| dallis grass | 5/2/2009 | C. J. Brown |
Q: I read that you use sugar to kill/prevent dallis grass. I have a fescue/kentucky bluegrass mix in ...
A: No, sugar does not work for this. I seem to spend most of my time on this site explaining to people ...
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| St Augustine - Those pesky chinch bugs! | 5/2/2009 | Ronald B Persaud |
Q: I'm renting a house near Tampa, that has St. Augustine grass. I've noticed that a large dead spot in ...
A: The first thing is to confirm that it is chinch bugs. Soap flush the area and if you find more than ...
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| Scotts Weed & Feed | 5/2/2009 | Ronald B Persaud |
Q: I applied Scott's Weed & Feed two days ago in the afternoon after it had rained the night before, ...
A: The only advice and allow me to repeat for emphasis; the only advice which you must follow is on ...
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| Spot on grass | 5/1/2009 | Ronald B Persaud |
Q: I live in South Texas, about 45miles from Galveston. I've notice dark circular spots on my grass ...
A: First, rule out some other cause like fluid spill, from a vehicle which may have been parked in the ...
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| Dead lawn, new house | 5/1/2009 | Ronald B Persaud |
Q: We just bought one of the many foreclosures here in socal. Our lawn is completely dead and dried ...
A: You can spread seed or sod. I recommend sod where possible because it is more forgiving of ...
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| weeds | 5/1/2009 | C. J. Brown |
Q: Well I have tried some home remedies in trying to control weeds. Now it will even be harder as the ...
A: Sorry, none that don't include chemical controls. It's unfortunate for those of you who can't stand ...
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| lawn | 5/1/2009 | Ronald B Persaud |
Q: why is my grass yellow at edges after the winter and i do i fix it
A: If you mean that all the grass blades are yellow at the edges then that might be the effect of the ...
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| white powdery substance on my lawn | 5/1/2009 | C. J. Brown |
Q: I have read some of the answers to this white powdery substance, but I too live in Texas and this is ...
A: It sounds like you have some Powdery Mildew. It's really not a big deal. It won't harm the grass ...
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| small lawn | 4/30/2009 | Ronald B Persaud |
Q: I have a small space for lawn around 10 ft x 20 ft the problem with me is that my house lawn is ...
A: "Experience is the best teacher"... but the fees can be high! I doubt that I can tell you anything ...
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| Lawn Care | 4/30/2009 | Ronald B Persaud |
Q: I bought a house with an existing, but far from great, lawn. I have allot of crabgrass and some ...
A: At the beginning, of course. Seriously, it all starts with a good maintenance program. Here is a ...
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| lawn Maintenance program | 4/29/2009 | Ronald B Persaud |
Q: I was reading your question and answers and was asking to ask lawn maintenance program. Could you ...
A: A good lawn maintenance program is a very extensive subject. I will try to make it short. 1. Mow ...
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| When to mow | 4/29/2009 | Ronald B Persaud |
Q: I just seeded my lawn Easter weekend and now it has started to come up. Problem is that existing ...
A: The first concern is to get the grass firmly rooted in. I imagine that you are watering regularly ...
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| What to do about an overgrowth of weeds? | 4/29/2009 | C. J. Brown |
Q: I just moved into a home in a new development and there are weeds galore. I have NO (zip, nada) ...
A: You need to apply a selective weed control product, but I hesitate to recommend much more, given ...
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| Ugly Lawn | 4/28/2009 | Ronald B Persaud |
Q: We had a Bermuda lawn that had bare spots from over fertilizing. My husband added some Kentucky ...
A: There is no inexpensive remedy. The least expensive might be to decide which of the two grasses ...
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| new lawn | 4/28/2009 | Ronald B Persaud |
Q: my lawn is full of crabgrass and nutsedge, should I use a sod cutter get it up,then roto till our do ...
A: Sod cutting may not get rid of all the reproductive parts, like the nuts of the nutsedge. Regrowth ...
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| When to mow | 4/28/2009 | Ronald B Persaud |
Q: I just seeded my lawn Easter weekend and now it has started to come up. Problem is that existing ...
A: An accepted standard is that not more than 2/3 of the grass height should be removed. This means ...
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| lawn | 4/28/2009 | C. J. Brown |
Q: I live in upstate NY. My lawn has developed many patches of small, purple color flowers. I'm not ...
A: Without a picture, it'd be hard to diagnose with perfect accuracy, but it sounds like a simple weed ...
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| weed and crabgrass | 4/28/2009 | C. J. Brown |
Q: Crabgrass took over a portion of my yard this past year, so I tilled it all up and re-seeded this ...
A: I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but the tilling and re-seeding should have been done last fall. ...
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| aeration on 1 year old sod | 4/27/2009 | Ronald B Persaud |
Q: we live near Denver Colorado and I have 1 year old sod. It is very healthy. Should it be aerated ...
A: I do not think that aeration is needed so soon. Aeration is a practice aimed at improving the ...
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| ground ivy | 4/27/2009 | C. J. Brown |
Q: I have a backyard full of ground ivy that is working its way around to my front yard. How do I ...
A: Bad news. Over the counter products simply won't work on this one. There are some professional ...
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| Losing the Battle of the Lawn | 4/27/2009 | C. J. Brown |
Q: J., We are new to managing a lawn and need some help. Last season we applied the appropriate ...
A: 1) Moles are a natural occurrence that have nothing to do with aeration or anything else you've ...
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| spring fertilizing whn dry conditions loom | 4/26/2009 | Ronald B Persaud |
Q: Living in central/western PA, I plan to apply weed & feed around the end of May, in order to ...
A: I am not sure about the weather conditions where you live so I cannot say; but here are a few ...
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| LAWN CARE | 4/26/2009 | C. J. Brown |
Q: April 26,2009 10:43 am est I live in Westchester county, New York. I think that is Zone 6. I ...
A: Nothing is going to be maintenance free, but it sounds like you might be a good candidate for a ...
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| new lawn repair | 4/25/2009 | Ronald B Persaud |
Q: Ronald, Hopefully you can help me on the below lawn repair. My location if needed is southwestern ...
A: I have given this some thought and the best suggestion I can come up with is to level out the ruts. ...
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| lawn | 4/24/2009 | Ronald B Persaud |
Q: I killed all my centipede grass using the wrong fertilizer. It was full of winter weed so I killed ...
A: You are probably going to put down grass seed so it is desirable to remove all debris and obtain ...
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| Dollar weed | 4/24/2009 | Ronald B Persaud |
Q: Moved into a house and the lawn is infested with dollar weed. What will kill it? What do companies ...
A: Dollar weed gets a foothold in areas that are over watered. It is difficult to eradicate because of ...
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| grass killer | 4/24/2009 | C. J. Brown |
Q: hello i have slabs in my back garden and alot of grass grows through them please can you tell me ...
A: Generally speaking, you can easily find some "Season Long Weed & Grass Killer" at most lawn & garden ...
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