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| Hi, I want all my lawn to be the same color/grass. The builder put in some fast growing, lighter green contractor mix type grass. Since the home was built landscapers have done work and the areas they worked on were reseeded with higher quality, slower growing, and darker green grass. There are clear lines between the old and new.
My question is on how to blend them? I can get more of the high quality seed. Can I just overseed the light green builder grass a few times and it will blend, or do I need to weed kill all the builder grass and till, then spread the quality seed? Thanks |
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| If you overseed into the existing lawn, you'll likely never get a lawn of a uniform color. Your best bet is to kill the existing lawn and start from scratch (this is known as a renovation). It's too late to do that now, but you can plan for it for next fall. |
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- Posted by bassplayer7 6 (My Page) on Thu, Sep 29, 11 at 19:31
| For guaranteed results, you will need to start over. However, it wouldn't surprise me if you could overseed out the other grass over a period of several years. That would likely cost more, though, and you would have to be very patient, and it's not sure fire that it would work. Ultimately you could end up without the results that you want, having to start over then. |
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- Posted by JackLantern PA (My Page) on Fri, Sep 30, 11 at 15:05
| thanks for advice. kinda afraid that is the answer. some of the area is on a slope, i had a heck of a time getting the junk builder seed to take, rains kept washing it away. p.s. weird..i never got emails that people responded to my post, i thought it would do that. |
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- Posted by bassplayer7 6 (My Page) on Sat, Oct 1, 11 at 13:01
| This forum doesn't have the features that most do. :( That would be frustrating. A slit seeder, verticut, or aerating, might help keep the seed "in". If I were you, I would wait for at least a year, and see if you can handle the current yard. It may not do very well with summer heat, drought, etc. But at least give it a whirl. It might work for you. |
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