Mowing in March? hahaha!
I'm a first time home owner so have zero experience maintaining a lawn. Like I said in my OP, am planning to overseed so want to know how effective it will be without mowing as my grass is really really thick.AV-Fishing wrote: ↑ Mowing in March? hahaha!
Try at least after Easter.
It really depends on how long the grass is.
You need to see it "sort of grow" first ... ie ... let the mother nature warm up first. Then you start seeing so green and they are happily sticking up in the air reaching for the sky.
Otherwise mowing a flat lawn means nothing except wasting your time.
You gotta give it some time to get used to the warmer weather ... whenever it comes.
Your grass is thick. Should only really overseed in areas where it's thinned. But it could also mean there's something causing it to be thinned or spotty. But you wont really get an idea until spring comes.
Agree with the initial fire partakswun wrote: ↑ Your grass is thick. Should only really overseed in areas where it's thinned. But it could also mean there's something causing it to be thinned or spotty. But you wont really get an idea until spring comes.
Relax, I know it's exciting when you move into your new home. Just wait and you'll see the older lawn threads be revived and you'll get a lot of information. It's still cold right now and I'm pretty sure we're going to get hit by some more snow.
My first year in my home i did so much to my grass. It flourished and looked amazing. The next year I tended to it during the spring and that was it. As much as a nice lush green lawn looks there needs to be constant maintenance, ie. watering. The fire you feel now will soon die and will look for the least maintenance intensive ways to maintain your lawn.
, hope I can keep it going. My lawn had lot of weeds late last summer so in an attempt to remove them manually with root it has lot of dead spots and also major part of my lawn was yellowish for which I assume I need to put fertilizer, am I right?I don't think fertilizer will help with the yellowing. It could be lack of water. Fertilizer might burn the grass. But overseeding will definitely help with the weeds.
Perfect, thanks for all the inputs.akswun wrote: ↑ I don't think fertilizer will help with the yellowing. It could be lack of water. Fertilizer might burn the grass. But overseeding will definitely help with the weeds.
I personally overseeded in spring. Lots of seed and lots of topsoil. It's debatable on what brand to get. I try to keep cost down on top soil and get the cheap stuff from HD, usually $1-2 a bag of top soil. Get decent seeds. Let grow... and after that it's just spot treating areas and manual removal of weeds. Weeds should be less when all the overseeding has grown in.
Thanks, I have bought pot soil already for $3.50 per bag, hope it's good enough.Anomaly_X wrote: ↑ I would probably start raking/dethatching the lawn in the next 2 weeks to loosen up the grass and remove any leaves/pinecones that might be matted into the ground. I guess you can also put down some fertilizer with preemergent weed preventer after you raked. 6-8 weeks later around May 24, when the temperature has warmed up, I would put down soil and overseed.
I wouldn't use the 99cent bags of soil but you also don't need expensive soil. Top soil or triple mix works. Usually a sale at lowes for $2 a bag in the spring.
Good information.Anomaly_X wrote: ↑ I haven't tried pot soil to germinate grass seeds but I suppose it could work but you might have to water more.
https://goodseedfarm.com/ArticleTopsoil ... g-Soil.htm
