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From: rfc@calmasd.CALMA.UUCP (Robert Clayton)
Newsgroups: net.garden
Subject: Re: Putting in a new lawn.
Message-ID: <2043@calmasd.CALMA.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 8-Aug-86 12:07:37 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug  8 12:07:37 1986
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Organization: G.E. CALMA R&D, San Diego, CA
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Summary: lawn recommendations

Before you put in any new grass, you will want to get rid of the old
grass if it is of a different type.  Glyphosate is great for this.
(Monsanto Roundup is commercial name, $35/pint, but well worth it.)
It is only effective for a week or so.  The grass is fully dead in
a few weeks.  Then rototill the soil.

Sod is the best way to start a lawn.  Royal Fescue is great.  I
think it comes in seed now too.  Sod is expensive, but it can be
cheaper than doing all the work of seeding and still having nothing.

You can do the sod yourself.  Order it from your nursery.  Prep the
soil: till in humous, level it, water it.  Lay the sod.  Walk on it
to get the roots in contact with the soil.  Butt the edges close
together.  Water, water, water.

While you have the chance, put in a sprinkler system.  You won't
regret it.  No way you can have a good lawn in California without
one.

Bob Clayton  GE Calma  San Diego