Limegreen grass

QuestionI live in Utah and have spots in my grass that are turning limegreen. I saw a previous question like this that was asked and you said it was lack of iron. I had 2 spots like this last year and bo

Eradicating wild thyme

QuestionIm not sure if wild thyme is a weed or not. I have it in my pasture land and its creeping everywhere. Do cattle and horses eat this little purple devil? Does it push out the grass? Is it a result of overgraz

st. augustine grass and fungus

Question ------------------------- Followup To Question - I had fungus this year and used chemical products. You mention soda dissolved in water. What is the combination of soda to water? I assu

yellow areas around trees

Questioni have bermuda sod that was put down about 1 year ago. towards the end of the summer, i started seeing large yellow areas around the trunks to pretty much all the trees in my yard! i contacted the sod guy..a

Juniper Bushes

QuestionWhat is a good way to make my lawn healthy? Can I pour sugar on it or is there a better way to fertilize it? We have ducks & dont want to use chemicals. ------------------------- Followup To Qu

Lawn Mold?

QuestionWe built a new home and we are trying to grow grass. We put down top soil and grass seed and fertilizer nothing else. Recently we noticed what appears to be moss or mold? The soil has a gre

shady sod?

QuestionKenneth, Thank you for your time. I have a shady spot in my back yard where I am thinking of putting down sod. What sod works good for partly shady yards? I live in Northern Arkansas. Than

Rodent tunnels

QuestionAll around my yard are these small holes. I put water down one of the holes and it seems as though they all connect. I flooded one of the holes expecting a critter to come out of another hole to

How to grow grass where soil was treated for crabgrass

QuestionI used a fertilizer/weed killer recently for a heavy crab grass problem. It killed the crab grass in 15 foot diameter area. I removed most of all the dead crabgrass and re-seedeed with some fresh top soil. N

New Home & New Lawn with lots of weeds

QuestionThank you so so much for all of your advice. Im so glad and grateful for your response on my fescue lawn. The Lowes Pennington product that was purchased was a 91% tall fescue blend with 9% blue grass.

Lawn in Northwest

QuestionI live in Portland Oregon...I see Scotts sumerguard advertised would you reccomend an application in my area...I have sprinklers but there are a few brown patches or areas that i do not understand... Answer

Black mold

QuestionCan you help me with a black possible mold problem in my lawn? The company that put my sprinkler system in has me set for 3 times a day, 1 am, 6 am, 6 pm waterings. In certain areas I am getting what looks l

Fertilizing and general care

QuestionHi, I just moved from L.A., where my lawn was St. Augustine, to Portland, Oregon. I am not sure what type of grass my new lawn is, but I want to take good care of it. St. Augustine was so easy

Green grass, highlights and weeks

QuestionProblem #1: The lawn (fescue) is a beautiful green but over the past week the tops of the blades have turned yellowish, but not from lack of water. One could almost say its not yellow but a light (and bright

Organic

QuestionThank you for your reply! I forgot to mention, that my driveway is 10,000 square feet - much too big to do by hand. I did just try epsom salts in a high concentration and it seems to be working already! Ther

Yellow Grass- LA, CA

QuestionWe just bought our first home, we never had to care for any plants much less Grass. when we moved grass was very green and it took us about one month to cut it( we didnt have a lawn mower). Since the g

Lawn/Garden

QuestionI have got to tell you that all these sites you recommended are great. I think I have more than one problem with the tomatoes and they are: 1. Powdery mildrew 2. Alternaria canker 3. Some early blight Preven

Wasp control

QuestionI have been reading a lot of your answers to other questions. You have been very helpful to me and many others. I was wondering if you know of anything that can be sprayed on plants or grass that will keep w

yellow nutsedge in new lawn

QuestionNewport MI, 48166. June 27 (yes-I should have waited til fall...couldnt take the mud anymore), I planted new lawn and am a beginner.Land graded, topsoil put down, seeded (KBG,RYE,FESCUE mix), straw(or

My Hydrangia wont bloom

QuestionHi, We live in Basking Ridge, NJ and moved into our current home 2 years ago. The previous owner planted 4 hydrangia in the front garden in a very sunny area. Since we moved in, the plants have n