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From: ark@alice.UucP (Andrew Koenig)
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Subject: Re: Putting in a new lawn.
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Date: Wed, 6-Aug-86 09:22:55 EDT
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If you don't have trees in the middle of the yard whose feeder roots
might be damaged by this, then I would suggest starting over.

In the East I would say this should be done only in the Fall.
I don't know how California weather affects things.  Anyway,
I would go over the whole yard with a rototiller to chew up all the
dead grass.  Work in some fertilizer as well (5-10-10; we want to
grow roots first).  Then seed.  Everything I've seen says that
Fescues are the best for wear and disease resistance.  They are
slow to start (I think the reason people like annual ryegrass
is that you get results quickly), but eventually get there.