Soil Conditioners

QuestionStores in our area (Northeast Ohio) sell all 3 products and I have not been able to get any explanation from the people that work in the stores that satisfy my curiosity of when should I use one or the other

grass seeding fall to winter

QuestionI live in MD, it is just starting to get cold at night. we just a cold spell but it will get warmer 60-70 during the day 38-45 overnight. i have a bare area that I want to seed. can i do it today? AnswerY

Brown runners in grass.

QuestionI have St. Augustine grass here in Florida. I have used sugar for the dollar weeds and they are slowly dying out. How often should I apply the sugar. In my back yard I have brown dried up runners in a big pa

take all root rot

QuestionI have lost about 1/2 of my st augustine lawn to take all root rot...My local nursery told me to use fungicide, I did, and lawn is still deteriorating. Can I save my lawn? Or is it a lost cause.

difficulty planting seed

Questionive got a big bald spot in my backyard about 12x4 ft. ive added some new soild, loosened it it, raked it, and prepared the soil for the seed. ive thrown seed and patted the soild gently to ensu

brown patches

QuestionI moved into a new home last year. I have fertilized my yard in a timely manner.. I have large circle brown patches in my yard. I was told it could be my yard had so much contractor material thatwas buryied,

a follow-up on on when to lay sod question.

QuestionFirst of all, thank you for responding. TO answer some of your questions: We get plenty of sun on the front grass, its big and open. I do have power to make things happen, its a matter of knowing exactly th

Fertilizing lawn with sugar

QuestionHow much sugar per square foot? I have sandy soil and live on the Gulf Coast. AnswerHi Arthur; I use 4 pounds per 1000 sq.ft. Organics works in any type of soil, and continually works on emproving the soil.

Replacing Wood CHips with sod

QuestionKenneth, I live in Spruce Grove Alberta Canada and just have a quick question for you. I was recently asked to replace a woodchip walkway at my condo with sod. Under the woodchips i found some kind of geo

use of straw in new grass seeding

Questioni litely covered new seeding with straw an have a pretty good stand of new grass. it is now near end of Oct, should i remove the straw or wait until next spring? AnswerLet the straw stay. it will deco

What to do with new lawn?

QuestionHi from Cincinnati, OH! It抯 October 21 and I am concerned about what to do with my lawn. My yard is just over 1 year old and I was very happy this spring as continual over-seeding and Scott抯 lawn servi

English Ivy

QuestionI have planted English Ivy around a number of our ornamental trees and also next to our brick home on the west side where its shaded. I love the way it looks however have heard that it will eventually

Killing weeds not grass

QuestionI have various types of weeds in my yard including Dollar Weed. Is there something that I can use that will kill the weeds and let the grass remain alive? My lawn is St. Augustine grass. AnswerH

Fragile grass and dirt lumps

QuestionThanks Ken. 1) Does my description of the little mounds of dirt sound at all like moles? 2) would grub damage to the grass show up as dying grass blades or not necessarily. ----------------------

starting a lawn

Questionthanks for the help. zip code is 76133. i was thinking about putting down some winter rye and over seeding it. i know the grass will die after the winter, but i was told it would leave the lawn in a go

A good time to Sod?

QuestionHello, I am trying to lay sod in my backyard this week. But the cold snuck up on me! The high temperature in my area will be in the 50s and low 60s for the next couple weeks and the lows in the high 30s and

Is it too late to seeding my lawn

QuestionI also live in the Northeast (New Jersey). My back yard is large, but most weed grass and mixed weeds in the spring. My plan was to cut the grass down as low as possible, rake and pickup and use my spike aer

new sod/soil conditions

QuestionDear Charlotte, We moved to Aurora, TX (NW Ft Worth) last October and were only able to get a small portion of lawn in during the spring before water restrictions killed any new plans. I just laid some St. A

Growths in lawn

QuestionI have a fescue lawn in central NC. I have a large infestation of what beleive to be mushrooms? These are hard white growths in the lawn from marble size to baseball size. If the mature they release a black

minimum germination temperature

QuestionI chose rebel elite and had a rainfall of 12 inches in 8 hours. the rain took my seed and my loosened topsoil. It is late October in south east virginia, and the average temperatures are 45 lows