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Posted by Steveo on May 14, 2007, 8:39 pm
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> Steveo said:
>
> >> I just moved in with my girl friend- her house has a ratty lawn. The
> >> problem is that this area in central Massachusetts was a glacial
> >> outwash plain- so the soil was pure sand at the end of the ice age.
> >> There probably wasn't much top soil when this neighborhood was built
> >> and much of what was here was pushed around during construction.
> >>
> >> The lawn has many almost bare spots- and other spots with nothing but
> >> weeds.
> >>
> >> I don't know if it's best to first attempt to enrich the soil with
> >> fertilizer with the theory that richer soil will enhance the ability
> >> of grass to compete with weeds- or fist attempt to establish more
> >> grass by vigorously raking with an iron rake, then spreading seed,
> >> then frequent watering- then after the new grass gets started- to
> >> fertilize it. With this alternative, do I need to go light with the
> >> fertilizer or get a special type?
> >>
> >> Any suggestions?
> >>
> >> Joe
> >>
> > Wait until fall, kill it off, top soil and seed, straw, and a bit of
> > water.
> >
> > Rock on.
>
> Sand base? Bent grass and a cup cutter. <G>
>
Yeah that works too especially with the nineteenth hole on your patio. :)
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