Weeds in my Redapple iceplant (Aptenia Cordiflora)

QuestionI live in Fallbrook California, Much of the slopes on my porperty are covered with Red Apple Iceplant (Aptenia Cordiflora). 100s of square ft. I have a problem with grass and weeds. Is there anyt

weed & feed for bahia grass

QuestionDear sir: I live in southwest Florida and have moved into a new house about 1 1/2 years ago. It was sodded with bahia grass which turned very lush in the summer rainy season with the exception of dollar leav

Ring of dead grass

QuestionNorthern Shenandoah Valley in VA. Variety of fescues. 2 years ago a wheel fell off my fertilizer spreader and spilled fertilizer on the grass, burning out an area about 1 foot in diameter. I clea

Lawn care for Bermuda and St. Augustine

QuestionHi Mr. Gibbs, I live on the Gulf Coast area down south and I need your advice. In the front of my house I have Bermuda that looks terrible. It is yellow and has weeds growing like crazy. I am really tired o

swampy/wet lawn

QuestionI live in Vancouver, BC and our very weather is a bit of a problem. I moved into this house last summer, we tore up a concrete backyard and laid sod. It was beautiful last summer, grew so fast we

soaker system

QuestionJim, I am getting ready to do my entire landscaping. My plan is to use a drip system throughout. Does it work effectivly to use soaker hoses underground for lawn? If so what are your instal

Terrible lawn

QuestionWe had a house built a couple of years ago and the front tard was sodded, but the back and sides were not. They were seeded. Now the front yard as well as the back is dying. The builders did not use hardly A

Lawn/pasture

QuestionI just bought a 1 acre ranch home. I have a big lawn area in the back yard that is uneven ground and more weeds than grass. I have alot of trees with exposed roots showing back their to.I would like to level

lawn jumping borders

QuestionI am in Santa Rosa, CA 95409 (zone 14 or 15, I believe) and I have a problem with my lawn jumping its bender board border and growing into adjacent planting areas. I have clay soil which gets pretty saturate

Nice Lawn

QuestionHello, I would like to know how I could assist my 90 year father to get a reasonably nice looking lawn. Last year he had a large amount of crab grass(rather broad leaf and almost a light fluorescent green co

moss for brick sidewalk

QuestionCan you advise me how to go about planting/getting moss to grow in the space between the bricks on our brick sidewalk? The spaces are about 1/2 to 1 max. It is a mixture of sand and soil (mostly

weeds/stickers

QuestionI live About 60 miles southeast of Dallas Tx. I was really impressed using Weed n Feed on my lawn last year. My new yard is half St. Agustine half stickers. When would be the best time to Weed n Feed? thanks

Lawn Thach

QuestionWhen is the best time of the year to power rake my lawn here in CT? Last year I purched a Power Rake(Dethacher)at a garage sale at a good price. I figured in the long run it is better then renting junk

New Lawn Dogs Urine

QuestionLocated in Harlow Essex, Ground consists mainly of clay. We had a bitch dog for many years her urine killed of any turfs that I laid. The dog has gone but now the problem still exists. (after 2 years) There

Grass science project

QuestionHi, my name is Philip Ros and I have a science project and would like to ask for your help. I am studying the effects of using an acidic, basic, and salty waters on grass. So far, the acidic water fed (10 pe

Bad lawn

QuestionI got my yard 2 years ago. It was bare in alot of spots and just in awful shape. So for 2 seasons I really put alot of work into it just to get it to look semi good and green. I fertilized

Adjusting soil pH for lawn

QuestionIm in NW FL, zone 8, sandy soil, centipede lawn that doesnt look terrible, but could be better. I just found out that the soil pH is 8.0 and should be about 5.0, and that the cure is iron sulphate. &nb

BEST GRASS SEED

QuestionI LIVE IN SOUTH EAST VIRGINIA NEAR THE COAST, I HAVE A YARD FULL OF MOSS AND ALOT OF SHADE WHAT GRASS SEED WILL WORK THE BEST WITH ALOT OF SHADE AND WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO GET RID OF THE MOSS AND KEEP IT FR

fertilizing lawn - use at 1/2 strength?

QuestionHi Kenneth. Just re-reading your reply to my lawn questions, here is another one....you mentioned if I see a lot of crabgrass this year (which Im seeing now), I should put down Step 1 next April and use 1/2

reseeding and uneven lawn

QuestionHello Lawn Expert. I live in Rhode Island and have a couple lawn questions, hopefully you can answer them. At the end of summer, I had to rip up parts of my lawn because of over fertilizing, I reseeded and t