Victor
LawnSite Bronze Member
- Location
- Duluth, MN
I just aquired a fert/squirt customer who wants me to bring her lawn back to life. She's not worried about the looks of the back yard since there's a tall privacy fence around it. She just wants me to turn her front yard into a good looking lawn (better than the Chemlawn-treated neighbor's lawn).
I already told her that my applications aren't magic wands, in that it will take time to bring her lawn around. I told her that I could definitely bring her lawn around, but it would probably be next year before she starts seeing the kind of results she's looking for.
The front lawn is just shy of 2m. I checked for compaction and that doesn't seem to be a problem. There really aren't any weeds on this lawn either. The lawn is just thin. The lawn hasn't been fertilized for years and it looks like it.
For a small lawn like this, it obviously will be very easy to do pretty much anything to it like topdressing, overseeding, putting down lime, if the soil test says that it's needed.
For starters, I figured I'd do a soil test and see what results come out. I'm wondering what order you guys would do things like, would you put down the early Spring fert/preemergence app now and topdress, then overseed in the fall, or would you recommend top dressing and overseeding it now, so that the new grass will have a chance to grow throughout the year? I figured you'd recommend doing the app now to prevent any crab problems, but thought I'd ask anyway.
Thanks in advance for the help guys.
Vic
I already told her that my applications aren't magic wands, in that it will take time to bring her lawn around. I told her that I could definitely bring her lawn around, but it would probably be next year before she starts seeing the kind of results she's looking for.
The front lawn is just shy of 2m. I checked for compaction and that doesn't seem to be a problem. There really aren't any weeds on this lawn either. The lawn is just thin. The lawn hasn't been fertilized for years and it looks like it.
For a small lawn like this, it obviously will be very easy to do pretty much anything to it like topdressing, overseeding, putting down lime, if the soil test says that it's needed.
For starters, I figured I'd do a soil test and see what results come out. I'm wondering what order you guys would do things like, would you put down the early Spring fert/preemergence app now and topdress, then overseed in the fall, or would you recommend top dressing and overseeding it now, so that the new grass will have a chance to grow throughout the year? I figured you'd recommend doing the app now to prevent any crab problems, but thought I'd ask anyway.
Thanks in advance for the help guys.
Vic