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to stone or not to stone..... JerseyMike 11-27-2006
Posted by JerseyMike on November 27, 2006, 8:27 am
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 my front yard faces SSW and gets pummeled by the sun all summer long and
growing grass is a real pain in the butt, every year it's a struggle to keep
it green thru the months of July and August even w/ watering. i've used the
Scotts 4 step every year but i can't keep it green and it makes the house
look like snot. i've weighed the options that i can think of and i'm
leaning toward using stone fro the front. my pros and cons are too long to
list so if anyone has any thoughts or ideas, their own experiences would be
helpful and i'd appreciate it.


mike.........



Posted by Frank on November 27, 2006, 8:39 am
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JerseyMike wrote:
> my front yard faces SSW and gets pummeled by the sun all summer long and
> growing grass is a real pain in the butt, every year it's a struggle to keep
> it green thru the months of July and August even w/ watering. i've used the
> Scotts 4 step every year but i can't keep it green and it makes the house
> look like snot. i've weighed the options that i can think of and i'm
> leaning toward using stone fro the front. my pros and cons are too long to
> list so if anyone has any thoughts or ideas, their own experiences would be
> helpful and i'd appreciate it.
>
Personally, I think Scotts 4 step is over kill. You are fertilizing in
months where heat may drive lawn into some dormancy and additional
fertilizer could drive to futher browning.
I fertilize spring and fall only and use good stuff that only costs
about half as much as Scotts. Lawn may not look like a golf green but
requires much less maintenance.
If you live in NJ, as post suggests, you get plenty of rain and "stone
lawn" would look out of place.

Frank


Posted by Eggs Zachtly on November 27, 2006, 6:49 pm
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JerseyMike said:

> my front yard faces SSW and gets pummeled by the sun all summer long and
> growing grass is a real pain in the butt, every year it's a struggle to keep
> it green thru the months of July and August even w/ watering. i've used the
> Scotts 4 step every year but i can't keep it green and it makes the house
> look like snot. i've weighed the options that i can think of and i'm
> leaning toward using stone fro the front. my pros and cons are too long to
> list so if anyone has any thoughts or ideas, their own experiences would be
> helpful and i'd appreciate it.
>

What kind of grass?

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Could crop circles be the work of a cereal killer?

Posted by JerseyMike on November 28, 2006, 9:12 am
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> JerseyMike said:
>
> > my front yard faces SSW and gets pummeled by the sun all summer long and
> > growing grass is a real pain in the butt, every year it's a struggle to
keep
> > it green thru the months of July and August even w/ watering. i've used
the
> > Scotts 4 step every year but i can't keep it green and it makes the
house
> > look like snot. i've weighed the options that i can think of and i'm
> > leaning toward using stone fro the front. my pros and cons are too long
to
> > list so if anyone has any thoughts or ideas, their own experiences would
be
> > helpful and i'd appreciate it.
> >
>
> What kind of grass?
>
> --
>
> Eggs
>
> Could crop circles be the work of a cereal killer?


What kind of grass?

it's a wide variety. i never said it was a good lawn, it has it's share of
weeds that i can't ever seem to get rid of, but i'd like to keep it green at
least. it has been a struggle for 13 years and i'm getting tired of it
always working out the same way. that's why i was looking for other
people's experience w/ stone and their thoughts.


mike...........



Posted by Eggs Zachtly on November 28, 2006, 6:05 pm
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JerseyMike said:

>> JerseyMike said:
>>
>>> my front yard faces SSW and gets pummeled by the sun all summer long and
>>> growing grass is a real pain in the butt, every year it's a struggle to
> keep
>>> it green thru the months of July and August even w/ watering. i've used
> the
>>> Scotts 4 step every year but i can't keep it green and it makes the
> house
>>> look like snot. i've weighed the options that i can think of and i'm
>>> leaning toward using stone fro the front. my pros and cons are too long
> to
>>> list so if anyone has any thoughts or ideas, their own experiences would
> be
>>> helpful and i'd appreciate it.
>>>
>>
>> What kind of grass?
>>
>> --
>>
>> Eggs
>>
>> Could crop circles be the work of a cereal killer?
>
> What kind of grass?
>
> it's a wide variety. i never said it was a good lawn, it has it's share of
> weeds that i can't ever seem to get rid of, but i'd like to keep it green at
> least. it has been a struggle for 13 years and i'm getting tired of it
> always working out the same way. that's why i was looking for other
> people's experience w/ stone and their thoughts.
>

The reason that I asked was: Perhaps you have an abundance of cool season
grass(es), which would definately give results as you have experienced,
during hot weather. Perhaps going with a more warm-season grass would do
the trick.

G/L
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