Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbatt!cbosgd!ihnp4!mhuxl!daw1 From: daw1@mhuxl.UUCP (Douglas A. Williams) Newsgroups: net.garden Subject: Re: Putting in a new lawn. Message-ID: <946@mhuxl.UUCP> Date: Fri, 8-Aug-86 14:24:10 EDT Article-I.D.: mhuxl.946 Posted: Fri Aug 8 14:24:10 1986 Date-Received: Mon, 11-Aug-86 02:23:33 EDT References: <2326@voder.UUCP> Reply-To: daw1@mhuxl.UUCP (Douglas A. Williams) Organization: BELL LABS, READING PA Lines: 38 In article <2326@voder.UUCP> kev@voder.UUCP writes: > > It appears that our very first attempt at producing a thick, >green lawn has not happened. At the recommendation of the professional >landscaper across the street, we used an annual rye with the mixture >of blue grass seed. I had a lawn installed about one year ago. I would have done it myself, but there was some work that needed a tractor/front-end loader to do correctly. The first thing they did was spray all the weeds with some vegetation killer about one week before the work commenced. This stuff really killed the junk, so I suppose that they had to wait for it to dissipate before planting the seed. Did you use any thing that may have killed your new grass if it was planted too soon? The rest of the work was fairly straight forward: spread on the seed and fertilizer, rake it in, spread some straw (if on a hill) to prevent wash-outs and water like crazy. Apparently the soil must be kept damp until germination is complete or the grass will die. Straw helps accomplish this too, unless you can water it several times a day o prevent the soil from drying out. My lawn is a mixture of *perennial* rye and kentucky bluegrass, but your mix is quite reasonable too. So, if you didn't kill it by planting too soon or letting it dry out, you probably got some bad seed. This is not uncommon as I bought some seed this spring to touch-up a few spots from two different places, and only one supply grew while the other didn't do anything. I think some places bring out last years supply early in the spring to get rid of it and it may be bad due to incorrect storage. Try again with some seed from Agway or some other high-volume ag. supply outfit. Good luck! 1 1 1 1 2 1 Doug Williams 1 3 3 1 AT&T Bell Labs 1 4 6 4 1 Reading, PA 1 5 10 10 5 1 mhuxl!daw1 1 6 15 20 15 6 1