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Was hoping this would involve questions about which products to sample at the Milan dispensary. Unfortunately I'm no help with this handy shit. Best of luck with lawn OP. Also nice to see you here, seems like it's been a minute!
I’d start by moving out of the quad cities.
You could sod that area. Looks like it would take $200-300 worth of sod. Sod farms are usually cutting sod around 4/1.
You can try to spring seed, but you'll have to baby it along, and deal with weeds. Ultimately, you'll have to seed again in the fall.
You're likely best off with a tall fescue blend. Usually pretty good element resistance, doesn't need a ton of water, and will typically be soft and lush.
Or as bearhawk said, just sod it and water the f*ck out of it all summer
You're likely best off with a tall fescue blend. Usually pretty good element resistance, doesn't need a ton of water, and will typically be soft and lush.
Or as bearhawk said, just sod it and water the f*ck out of it all summer
I’d fix the apparent drainage issues before laying sod.
In my younger days I preferred Thai stick. I would start there OP
And if you're going to seed it, first rent an aerator to loosen up the soil a bit.
Then when you do seed, lightly till it into the soil with a stitcher/weasel like this one
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Apparently, while taking time away from HORT/GIAOT @Wahawk56 has been focusing on training horses in his backyard.
How did it get so bad and what's the white stuff?
IMO, if you could have it sodded for $ 200 - 300 that would be the easiest and best route.
IMO, if you could have it sodded for $ 200 - 300 that would be the easiest and best route.
There was a raccoon problem and it just didn't grow back.
Renting an aerator was the biggest waste of money when I realized I could hire it done for less.And if you're going to seed it, first rent an aerator to loosen up the soil a bit.
Then when you do seed, lightly till it into the soil with a stitcher/weasel like this one
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Yes, but it spread a nasty fungus to my yard one year so I stopped having it done.
I get 5+ neighbors to share one; we can rent for the daily (~$90) price for the whole weekend from one place. Ends up running $10-20 each, and you're able to really hit the lawn better than most of the services do. For many of those paid services, they only want to spend ~20 minutes on your lawn, which really doesn't do that great a job for the $50-75+ they charge you
Fair and I’m not super crazy about lawn care like some but Christ almighty those things are a giant PITA to use.
Going to have to address that low spot drainage issue first if you really want a long term fix IMO.
Oh, they sure as shit are!!
It is not worth the $$ to pay the half day rental and DIY, as that's generally more than what the lawn service guys will charge you. But if you can split rental costs w/ a few neighbors, you can do a more thorough job.
I think it's SunBelt rentals out here that if you rent late Friday, they are closed on the weekend, so you can pay the 1-day rate for the whole weekend. Home Depot rents them, but you only get for the day - and I've had HD bitch about how clean the rentals are even after I've sprayed them w/ my pressure washer cleaner than when I picked them up...
To solve your grass problem first you will have to get some.
Yeah....you're not really going to fix that lawn w/ 5 dogs, unless you really get it set in and regularly water it to keep the dog pee from killing it off. Those pee spots over-fertilize the areas, and the only real way to fix them is dilute. You can get some overspray that helps, but you gotta use it regularly.
Dogs are hell on lawns unless you irrigate the hell out of them...
St. Augustine grass would grow like a weed in that mud pit. The more water the better.
But it can't handle prolonged freezing temperatures. Sorry, Iowa.
When I read qc and weed experts, I had high hopes for this thread.How do I fix this? I'm in the QC in case you need to know for which seed to use.
That’s definitely an obstacle. It’s one thing to keep an established lawn nice with 5 dogs, trying to re-establish a lawn from scratch with 5 dogs is…a project.
I have a customer who has two hunting dogs, and we’ve re-sodded his 2,000 square foot fenced in back yard twice in the last five years.
You're going to have to find a heavy traffic blend at a local seller or just go with some industrial grade crap that can handle 5 dogs.
It grows like shit in wet, poorly drained soil (like in the photo) because it gets take all root fungus, which kills off the stolons.
Also, heavy watering of St. Augustine will cause shallow roots which is okay if you like watering a lot, but if you stop and a dry spell hits, your lawn is going to get torched.
Ideally, you want to water it infrequently, but heavily when you do water it. It’ll grow deep roots, require less water overall and resist drought much better.
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