Thick grass in yard
#1
Thick grass in yard
I need to find out what to do with my lawn to make grass cutting a little easier. I have a section of my yard that is growing faster than everything else while I have another section that doesn't grow at all. I like to find out what I can do to make this more manageable. I cut it regularly and keep it short but still this one area is so thick that it always bogs down the mower just a bit. Is there a treatment or something that I can do during the fall winter and early spring to help this out and to get a more even yard?
#2
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I kind of have the opposite problem, I have areas where the grass is thin and doesn't grow as fast. Not sure if there is anything you can do to stunt the growth of your healthy grass. I'd just plan on mowing that section more often or mow that part a little slower so you don't bog down the mower.
When I'm short on time/energy I often don't mow the areas that don't grow as well every time.
When I'm short on time/energy I often don't mow the areas that don't grow as well every time.
Norm201
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#3
I think this is the first post where someone was complaining their grass was too good!
Different areas, different soil, different shade, different water, they all make impacts, good and bad, on the yard.
Different areas, different soil, different shade, different water, they all make impacts, good and bad, on the yard.
cwbuff
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#5
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JT......send us a close-up picture of your problem grass. Is it over your septic leach field ?...Is is in a low spot ?
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One option is to identify your offending grass. There are websites that can walk you through the fine details of determining what you have. Then you can see if there is a herbicide that can treat it without hurting the other grass in the area.
Or, spray the fast growing grass you don't like with a glyphosate based herbicide like RoundUp. Repeat in about two weeks to make sure all of the grass is dead. Then remove the dead grass, prepare the area and re-seed.
Or, spray the fast growing grass you don't like with a glyphosate based herbicide like RoundUp. Repeat in about two weeks to make sure all of the grass is dead. Then remove the dead grass, prepare the area and re-seed.
#10
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I have been killing off a voracious wide bladed fescue we call goose grass here in Northwest Ohio. The key is having the weather and climate where you are work for you rather than against you when you re seed. Here that is between Labor day and the end of Sept. If I try to get a jump on it earlier than that, the new seedings get too warm to survive, if they do get the chance to germinate. I have some clumps that I killed off last year that never did sprout new seedlings, but all I can do is keep at it