Lawn is in a mess

[Ally]

Hello
I am desperately needing a bit of advice. I'm quite new to gardening
and to this forum. I cut my grass fairly regularly. The grass is very
dried out, almost like hay, in some parts there is a balding affect.
I'm just not sure whats the best thing to use to use to hydrate it and
also why it is like this?
Any help is much appreciated
Cheers Ally


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Ally

[Tom Jaszewski]

On Tue, 16 Aug 2005 14:07:25 +0000, Ally
<Ally.1tvi8e@gardenbanter.co.uk> wrote:

>I'm just not sure whats the best thing to use to use to hydrate it

WATER!!!



Acts of creation are ordinarily reserved for gods and poets. To plant a pine, one need only own a shovel.
-- Aldo Leopold

[Stubby]

Ally wrote:
> Hello
> I am desperately needing a bit of advice. I'm quite new to gardening
> and to this forum. I cut my grass fairly regularly. The grass is very
> dried out, almost like hay, in some parts there is a balding affect.
> I'm just not sure whats the best thing to use to use to hydrate it and
> also why it is like this?
> Any help is much appreciated
> Cheers Ally
>
>
Where do you live? What kind of grass do you have? How short do you
cut it? [Before hearing your answer, I say you are cutting it too short
-- set your mower at the highest!] water as often as your town will
permit. Fertilize 2 to 4 times per season. Use crabgrass killer 3
times in July.

[Dan]

Stubby wrote:
>Use crabgrass killer 3 times in July.


Why not use a pre-emergent once in late June??

[Anthony Reed]

"Dan" wrote

> Why not use a pre-emergent once in late June??

Simple: Because Stubby has stock in crabgrass killer.

[Stubby]

Dan wrote:
> Stubby wrote:
> >Use crabgrass killer 3 times in July.
>
>
> Why not use a pre-emergent once in late June??
>
>
A pre=emergent control must be applied BEFORE the crabgrass seeds
sprout. This means March or early-April.

Later in the year you can kill the plants with crabgrass killer. This
takes about 3 applications 10-days apart. The idea is to kill the
plants before they spread seeds which will sprout in the following Spring.

So, there are two very different approachs. I use both and stay barely
ahead of the crabgrass infestations.

[Dan]

Stubby wrote:

> A pre=emergent control must be applied BEFORE the crabgrass seeds
> sprout. This means March or early-April.
>
> Later in the year you can kill the plants with crabgrass killer. This
> takes about 3 applications 10-days apart. The idea is to kill the
> plants before they spread seeds which will sprout in the following
> Spring.
> So, there are two very different approachs. I use both and stay
> barely ahead of the crabgrass infestations.

Makes sense to me. Once established, that stuff's a bear to deal with.
When does crabgrass go to seed?

[Stubby]

Dan wrote:
> Stubby wrote:
>
>
>>A pre=emergent control must be applied BEFORE the crabgrass seeds
>>sprout. This means March or early-April.
>>
>>Later in the year you can kill the plants with crabgrass killer. This
>>takes about 3 applications 10-days apart. The idea is to kill the
>>plants before they spread seeds which will sprout in the following
>>Spring.
>>So, there are two very different approachs. I use both and stay
>>barely ahead of the crabgrass infestations.
>
>
> Makes sense to me. Once established, that stuff's a bear to deal with.
> When does crabgrass go to seed?
>
>
Right about now. You can expect to spend 2 or 3 years getting it under
control. Good luck.