Lawncare/Landscape Thread

[scrock25]

Originally Posted by Mikeap

Hey all! Dropping in for some needed advice. Our lawn was destroyed by drought last year and ended up with lots of bare spots. I decided to do a winter overseed and laid it down mid December, hoping for a spring germination. As of now, nothing has popped up. I suspect it hasn't been warm enough to germinate, but I'm starting to get impatient. Five day average soil temp is just above 50. I'm wondering how long to wait until I give up and drop some fresh seed. In the meantime, I have yet to mow so I don't do any damage, but some spots are getting out of control. I also have a decent collection of weeds starting to sprout in the dead patches. I put a call in to get an assessment with our first fertilizer appointment, but meanwhile our yard looks like trash. Any thoughts?

Pull your pants down. Stick your dick in it. Parry and thrust.

[JimBeam41]

Originally Posted by Mikeap

Hey all! Dropping in for some needed advice. Our lawn was destroyed by drought last year and ended up with lots of bare spots. I decided to do a winter overseed and laid it down mid December, hoping for a spring germination. As of now, nothing has popped up. I suspect it hasn't been warm enough to germinate, but I'm starting to get impatient. Five day average soil temp is just above 50. I'm wondering how long to wait until I give up and drop some fresh seed. In the meantime, I have yet to mow so I don't do any damage, but some spots are getting out of control. I also have a decent collection of weeds starting to sprout in the dead patches. I put a call in to get an assessment with our first fertilizer appointment, but meanwhile our yard looks like trash. Any thoughts?

I'm not quite sure, but i can say, if you are in Rochester, NY which your bio says, it wasn't the best idea to overseed in mid December. For us northeast folks, that's usually a late September project allowing the seed to germinate throughout October. I personally would hold off longer before i do anything, i wouldn't throw down more seed, your lawn probably hasn't fully woken up yet being in Rochester. You can mow the lawn though.

[Mikeap]

Originally Posted by scrock25

Pull your pants down. Stick your dick in it. Parry and thrust.

Tried that already. It didn't work and the neighbors weren't too happy.

Originally Posted by JimBeam41

I'm not quite sure, but i can say, if you are in Rochester, NY which your bio says, it wasn't the best idea to overseed in mid December. For us northeast folks, that's usually a late September project allowing the seed to germinate throughout October. I personally would hold off longer before i do anything, i wouldn't throw down more seed, your lawn probably hasn't fully woken up yet being in Rochester. You can mow the lawn though.

The plan was to put the seed down after the freeze, then let it germinate in the spring. I talked to a few local lawn people that said it should be ok. But the winter was so mild this year I'm wondering if that screwed it up. I think I'll try and mow this weekend and just keep an eye on it a bit longer.

[scrock25]

We’ve probably spoken before but what area of the city are you in?

[Benny003]

If the soil is 50 degrees, then I don't think it's quite warm enough to germinate yet. I thought it was 55 degrees before things "wake" up. That being said, the normal spring protocol is to apply a pre-emergent to prevent weeds before or right when the soil temps reach 50-55 degrees, but that will prevent grass seed from germinating too. So if you're going to allow your grass seed to germinate, then you'll probably have to accept that you're allowing weeds to grow too.

The grass seed needs to be kept continuously moist or close to it as well. It's possible with the mild winter that the seeds started to germinate and then froze, which I can imagine would be a problem. I would wait until the soil temps reach 55 degrees and see if anything is happening.

[Mikeap]

Originally Posted by scrock25

We’ve probably spoken before but what area of the city are you in?

I'm a west sider

[scrock25]

Originally Posted by Mikeap

I'm a west sider

Fucking A, baby!

West side is the best side!!