I paid a LOT of money (for my salary) to have my lawn "reborn" last spring. I watered and babied it all last summer, and everyone commented on how I had the nicest lawn in the (small) neighborhood in which I live. BUT NOW -- half of it has not come back this spring and there are nasty weeds everywhere. I need a good recommendation for a local lawn service that can help my lawn recover. Any suggestions???
I need a good lawn fixer/service
- Thread starter mellow
- Start date
unixpirate
Pitty Party
I know he grows some mean Kale..
clevalley
...
Rael
Supper's Ready
Is this the only tread he hasn't answered? 
j/k toppick...
What kind of grass seed was used?
Is it a shaded area or sunny, or somewhere in between?
I just have lots of questions on the soil and light conditions before I can offer anything in the "self-help" department, I can't offer any lawn service recommendations. I'm a DIY-er.
j/k toppick...What kind of grass seed was used?
Is it a shaded area or sunny, or somewhere in between?
I just have lots of questions on the soil and light conditions before I can offer anything in the "self-help" department, I can't offer any lawn service recommendations. I'm a DIY-er.
T
toppick08
Guest
Is this the only tread he hasn't answered?
What kind of grass seed was used?
Is it a shaded area or sunny, or somewhere in between?
I just have lots of questions on the soil and light conditions before I can offer anything in the "self-help" department, I can't offer any lawn service recommendations. I'm a DIY-er.
Rael
Supper's Ready
I've had decent luck with seeding grass, but not when I have done it in the spring. The roots never establish themselves to cope with the summer heat. Fall seeding has worked the best.
I found a seed which I've had some success with in the shade at Sneade's (Ace). [They say] it is coated to need less water, and supposedly has better heat tolerance.
I moved a few small patches of it last week from areas I didn't want it to grow (it spread into a mulched area) to an area I do want it to grow. We'll see how it turns out in the coming weeks.
CableChick
Loved
We use Scotts. 
T
toppick08
Guest
What time in spring ?
Water, water, water is the key......
Don't believe the heat tolerant, less water stuff if it's a form of bluegrass.
Rael
Supper's Ready
Last spring I seeded some tall fescue with RTF (they call it water saver) from Sneade's, but you're right, water is the key. I don't believe that less water pitch, either
. It did well on the north side of the house, and even spread into the mulch beds near the house (nearly always shade). Very thin bladed grass. So I took small clumps of what was in the mulch beds and moved them to the back of the house near the pines after having blasted the soil with lime last fall.
They claim the root system spreads better underneath the soil, but we'll see. If I could invent a great shade grass that can stand the heat, I'd be in good financial shape.
T
toppick08
Guest
Last spring I seeded some tall fescue with RTF (they call it water saver) from Sneade's, but you're right, water is the key. I don't believe that less water pitch, either
It did well on the north side of the house, and even spread into the mulch beds near the house (nearly always shade). Very thin bladed grass. So I took small clumps of what was in the mulch beds and moved them to the back of the house near the pines after having blasted the soil with lime last fall.
They claim the root system spreads better underneath the soil, but we'll see. If I could invent a great shade grass that can stand the heat, I'd be in good financial shape.
Rael, if you don't mind brown grass in the winter, like bermuda, Zoysia is a very shade tolerant, as well as sun, grass that was conceived and thrives well here....The only problem with it is that it needs to be thatched.....
Rael
Supper's Ready
Rael, if you don't mind brown grass in the winter, like bermuda, Zoysia is a very shade tolerant, as well as sun, grass that was conceived and thrives well here....The only problem with it is that it needs to be thatched.....
I've heard lots of good things about zoysia, didn't know it was conceived here. I may have to think about that for the back of the house where there is a lot of shade (and nope, I don't mind brown grass in the winter at all). Plus, zoysia doesn't seem to have any weed problems (too thick for any to thrive), and spreads fairly quickly from what I've heard others say. I may plant some plugs of it down in the lower part of the yard and see what happens. Thanks.
Thanks for all the suggestions/replies. I'm beginning to wonder if they used weed seed instead of grass seed! They did the work last spring, and I watered and watered and watered throughout the drought. Looked great last summer. I did not fertilize or put down weed/grub killer, but I never have before, and though the yard wasn't perfect, it was NEVER this bad. dead patches all over. not even green weeds anymore. it's very upsetting. i know yards require work, but i don't seem to have the time to do what needs to be done. hard enough finding time to work on the small garden.
BS Gal
Voted Nicest in 08
If you used Tru Green, they killed our yard one year.
Christy
b*tch rocket
I know it sounds absurd to seed a yard with pasture grass, but I have pigs, and was wondering if it was maybe a good option? I have zero grass at this point, which isn't really the fault of the pigs, I didn't get around to raking the leaves off the yard until just recently, so that = dead grass. 
I'm a yard tard. 
