Lawn too high!

[crc13]

Last summer I replanted an area of my yard that I filled in with some dirt. I spread it around and put down some seed. I have really noticed that this area is a lot higher then everything else, my wife calls it the putting green. Is there anything I can do besides tilling it up and redoing it?

[crc13]

Thanks for all the help!

[Splicer]

Till it or shave it off using a dozer (bobcat or tractor).

[K.Carothers]

Did you use different grass? What about fertilizer on that new grass? What about the soil?


kc

[topsites]

Make a hole in the center and put a pole with a triangular white flag that has a black number from 1-18 in it.

[crc13]

It is mostly clay soil, not very good. It is kentucky mixed with some other type of grass. Will rolling work?

[Badgerz]

If it's longer than the surrounding grass it should be called the rough. :)

[jeffinsgf]

Did you use different grass? What about fertilizer on that new grass? What about the soil?


kc


I think he's saying the land lays higher, not that the grass is growing better. Not sure though -- on the first read I thought he was talking about the grass growing better, too.

Rolling might help, but with the amount of time that it has been done, I doubt it. If it was last summer, it has had plenty of time to settle -- unless you have had no rain at all. Depending on equipment available, I think reworking it is your only option. If it is a big area, I would suggest cutting the sod off before you start reworking the grade. Sod tilled into the soil makes a project like this much harder.