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A few weeks ago I had to repair some bare spots on a lawn. The people had told me that last year they had someone fix it, but when the did the dump unscreened, dirty topsoil. Well a year later and still bare spots. So I went ahead and put down new screened topsoil and raked it into the bare areas. Then seeded it, put starter fertilizer down and covered with Speedy Mulch.
Now some of the grass seed has germinated in the small areas and in some of the shaded areas, and the seed I put down is NOT shade seed. Well weeks went by and they called me and told me that the big areas still havent come in, so I went over there and looked at it, some of the seed had germinated but not all. They had claimed they watered it everyday. I added more seed and raked it in and still nothing.
So could the lawn around the bare areas be choking the seed out? Could the seed be germinating then getting burned out during the day by the heat? Or could the seed be germinating then growing into the old topsoil and dying out?
She has told me that shes thinking that it should be all dug out and put new topsoil in or use some topsoil that is seed ready made by "Scotts".
I think its because of that topsoil that was dumped there a year ago that had garbage in it and has changed the acidity level or pH.
Any thoughts or suggestions.
Matt
Now some of the grass seed has germinated in the small areas and in some of the shaded areas, and the seed I put down is NOT shade seed. Well weeks went by and they called me and told me that the big areas still havent come in, so I went over there and looked at it, some of the seed had germinated but not all. They had claimed they watered it everyday. I added more seed and raked it in and still nothing.
So could the lawn around the bare areas be choking the seed out? Could the seed be germinating then getting burned out during the day by the heat? Or could the seed be germinating then growing into the old topsoil and dying out?
She has told me that shes thinking that it should be all dug out and put new topsoil in or use some topsoil that is seed ready made by "Scotts".
I think its because of that topsoil that was dumped there a year ago that had garbage in it and has changed the acidity level or pH.
Any thoughts or suggestions.
Matt