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Sat, May 21, 11 at 21:16
| Hello! I'm in central NC, zone 7. We recently had a sewer line replaced which has covered much of our (previously) decent, though not perfect, lawn with a thick hard cover of clay. How can we recoup the lawn here, as cheaply as possible? My thoughts: cover the clay with some topsoil/compost and mix in, and then plant something. The problem: what? It is about to get really hot here and I'm not going to spend all summer wasting water on fescue or something. What temporary, more heat-tolerant, seed could I plant? I don't care what it looks like; it just needs to keep all the topsoil from washing away until the fall when I can plant real seed. Thanks for your ideas! |
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| I'm in central NC as well, I just spread some Perennial Ryegrass seed a few days ago. It some germinated yesterday and I'm sure more some today. I have an in-ground irrigation system, so I'm worry about drought. If the area is not too big and don't have irrigation, get a timer and attach it to a garden hose so you can water the seed. Crabgrass is going to be a problem, so get a bottle of XLR8 online somewhere. Fescue seed is going to be your best option, even if some of it dies. You will still have the root system from the dead clumps that will stop the lawn from eroding too much.
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- Posted by dchall_san_antonio 8 San Antonio (My Page) on Mon, May 23, 11 at 0:28
| Clover is one choice. Crabgrass is another. Just keep it moist and the crabgrass will fill in for you. As you are aware, any real lawn grass you plant now will not work. It will be crabgrass in any case. Then in the fall the crabgrass dies and you can do the job right. Did they leave a mound of soil over the trench? If not you will have a depression along the pile in about 3 years after the soil settles. |
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