|
| Last fall I killed off the unwanted grasses (early August) and seeded/overseeded (early Sept). It was a great renovation. By the last cut at the beginning of December, the lawn was a showpiece. Then came the new (small) dog a week later. We played on the lawn all winter, but we were careful. We did not walk on it during frost periods or when wet. We used common sense. The grass was just too young to handle the repeated abuse during the dormant winter period.
This spring most of the grass planted last fall barely came back. It just wasn't strong enough to take abuse. What did survive, looks great, but the areas that did not survive were filled in with unwanted grassed by mother nature. By now, the unwanted grasses have taken over most of the yard. I have had amazing success with sod so I am going to use that method. I will not use seed. What I want to do is spray roundup on the entire area in early August. I want to sod half the yard in early September and rope it off, leaving it untouched from human traffic until the very early spring when the weather is right. We will have to deal with a dirt yard to play on for 6 months. At that point I will flip flop and sod the other half, rope it off, and leave it untouched from traffic for about two months, depending on many factors (weather, etc...). Get what I'm trying to do here? Thoughts, opinions? |
Follow-Up Postings:
|
| It might be a good idea to cover the bare half with a kid/dog friendly mulch to retain moisture, suppress weeds, and prevent erosion plus it's a lot nicer to fall in a few inches of soft mulch than hard dirt or mud. |
|
- Posted by OCDeverything none (My Page) on Tue, May 15, 12 at 17:51
| If I wanted to do the entire renovation in the spring (I can get away with that because it's sod), how would I kill off the entire yard in March when it is still pretty much dormant? I heard glyphosate won't really work well when everything is dormant. I guess I could wait until the end of March, early April but that is cutting it close. I'll want a months time to do two applications and leave time between the kill off and sodding. |
Please Note: Only registered members are able to post messages to this forum. If you are a member, please log in. If you aren't yet a member, join now!
Return to the Lawn Care Forum
Instructions
- You must be a registered member and logged in to post messages on our forums.
- Posting is a two-step process. Once you have composed your message, you will be taken to the preview page. You will then have a chance to review the contents and make changes.
- After posting your message, you may need to refresh the forum page in order to see it.
- It is illegal to post copyrighted material without the owner's consent.
- HTML codes are allowed in the message field only.
- No advertising is allowed in any of the forums.
- If you would like to practice posting or uploading photos, please visit our Test forum.
- If you need assistance, please Contact Us and we will be happy to help.