need soil test product

QuestionI have a ferry morse soil test kit which contains 4 different, one time use tests at $5 per kit. I want to do severl Nitrogen only tests over and over. Ferry Morse wont sell only the Nitrogen capsel i

peat moss and s. carolina st. augustine

QuestionI have a st. augustine lawn that was brought back from the brink of death through painstaking 6 month process. Every thing was done to the letter and the results were great. However the automatic sprinkler s

Grass brown

QuestionHello- I live in Maryland and in the spring I was very gung ho about watering my grass and fertilizing when suppose to. However, we received a great deal of rain in late June. That is when I stopped watering

How do I get rid of lawn rye grass?

QuestionI live in E. Texas and used to have a nice lawn of St. Augustine. In spite of my requests not to, my neighbor often takes it upon himself to modify it - when Im away. He away) and has now s

New construction lawn installation over weeds

QuestionHi, Just completed building a house in northeast ohio. A bad experience thats left us very short on cash to do landscaping. If we can just get grass well be happy. We have about three patch

restore a dying lawn

QuestionHello, I also live on Long Island. I recently bought a home with a very neglected (dead)lawn. The lawn was originally sod and a working underground sprinkler system is in place. I believe t

Want to move to Organic lawn care

QuestionAs a way to produce sustainable results I am researching organic lawn care... Ive been reading quite a bit about your sugar results and am considering adding this to my regime... My issue is as follows: 1

Mole or some other burrowing fella in my yard

Question ------------------------- Followup To Question - I have come out to a morning surprise a few times in the past 10 days or so. At First I thought it was my 4 year old digging in the yard...But the piles

Can you help identify this?

QuestionI have this weed all over my lawn. I have bermuda grass. This is a very rough feeling weed. I have several pictures at my website at: http://www.reisingerfamily.net/weed/index.html AnswerHi, Peter - N

nimble will

QuestionI live in North East Ohio in the country. My lawn is a mixture of various grasses. The soil is mostley clay. It didnt look too bad at first but now it seems that nimble will is taking over. &nbs

hay in my grass

QuestionI live in Painesville, OH. I understand that it is now time to plant grass, but you did not mention if I should tear up the exsisting hay/grass combo I have going and replant seed or if it would be better to

I live in south western Ontario Canada (London area) and have weeds in new sod

QuestionI had sod put down 3 weeks ago. It seems to have taken well however, in areas where the seams didnt get put tightly together the weeds are going crazy, crab grass, dandilions and clover. Since I was on

Dog Urine spots

QuestionOur dog has urinated on our complexs lawn and has leftnice little yellow patches We have re-trained our pet to relieve herself in the dirt but we would like to repair the damage she has already done. &

At augustine seed

QuestionThis is my first year to have st aufustine grass. I used plugs. I spent weeks digging them up and planting them and dont want to loose them. Can I let the grass come to seed this year and help my chances of

Soil prep for El Toro or Z3 plugs in Hawaii

QuestionWe just moved into our home on the island of Oahu and was disappointed with the lawn I inherited. There was a patch of some Emerald Zoysia grass but it looked like the grassy weeds that surrounded it w

Greenlight Wipeout

QuestionGreenlight Wipeout is referred to as an excellent broadleaf weed killer in several Experts responses. I live in central Illinois (Decatur) and have been unable to find a supply. Can you tell me who makes it

quackgrass

QuestionIs quackgrass the same as nutgrass and what is the best way to get rid of it? AnswerElba, Quackgrass -- Elytrigia repens -- is aggressive, its perennial and its found in Rye straw and fed to horses with dai

invasive bent grass lawn

QuestionMy lawn is a bent grass mess. It has choked out most of the other turf grasses planted over the years. Do you know if Gardens Alive pre emergent corn gluten would make a dent in it. I have some and use

Really bad lawn

QuestionHello, Please can you help me with my lawn. I moved into my house 2 years ago. The garden was awful. The grass was approximately 5ft tall. I kept strimming it but within 2 weeks the

installing sod

Question2 years ago we had our back yard graded. we are now ready to install sod. the problem is that there is a massive amount of weeds and quack grass that has grown in. How do I prepare to be able to install our