Grass wont grow

QuestionHi, 18 months ago (March) we moved into a 50 year old house. Our lot is almost 1 acre, and the yard was in pretty tough shape, so we fertilized, planted grass for shady lawns, rototilled here and there

small lumps in lawn

QuestionI have a lot of small lumps of dirt (not worm droppings) in my lawn. They are little mounds about 2 inches in diameter. They harden as they dry and can really hurt bare feet. The grass itse

Aerating

QuestionRonald, I am going to aerate my rye/blue lawn this September. The main reasons are the soil is compacted and we had a pretty good mole problem this past spring. My plans are to aerate, 2 passes. Re seed, sp

How to safely kill stickers in my bermuda grass

QuestionI just bought this house in march of this year and have been trying to get my lawn whipped in to shape.Just here in the last month or so i have noticed stickers coming up in my lawn and i spend hour upon hou

Weed Killer

QuestionWill the herbicide manage harm asian jasmine? Answer I cannot say with certainty. The product is specific to nutsedge and probably to the sedges in general. Can you look at the full label? A booklet, as I r

dollar weeds

QuestionI have dollar weeds in my lawn but more particularly in my raised flower bed. I have been pulling and digging up the roots for a while now, but seem to get nowhere. I live in Charleston, SC area

thin lawn

QuestionQUESTION: Hi Ronald, I have a Flortram lawn that has thinned out and is squishy when you walk on it. It was thick and green and now looks pretty bad. I used Eliminator pest control to the spreader specs. Tha

Yellow areas in my st. augustine grass

QuestionI have several large areas in my st. augustine grass that are yellow. This is a mature lawn that has been in place over 20 years. The grass is not dead or dying and appears perfectly healthy. I grows just li

Slime mold in flower bed

QuestionThe Slime mold we have is just in the flower bed. It was not noticed until we mulched it about 3 years ago. I found a hard solid crust under the mulch that I removed with much labor and have had

soft grass spreading over st. augustine

QuestionI have a fast spreading, soft, carpet-like grass that is growing over my St. Augustine and thinning it out. It is a warm season grassy weed, but I have searched many sites and cant find it anywhere. I live i

Help I burned my lawn

QuestionOk this is my first house, and first lawn. I live in NYC. Im not sure what kind of grass it is. When I bought the house there was bare spots from dog urine. I purchased scotts patch l

keeping out tall fescue

QuestionOnce I get rid of the tall fescue in my yard how do I keep it from coming back? Answer Think prevention, pre-emergent and cultural operations. Prevention is quite difficult because the tall fescue grows fro

fungus in the mulch

QuestionI have this strange thing growing in the mulch. It has a round white root, looks like a pingpong ball, with a long, pink stem and a black goo at the top of the stem. When I pull it up, the root doesnt seem t

rocky rocky rocky soil

QuestionMy family and I have recently moved to the Raleigh NC area and we have a slight problem with our side yard. There had been a gravel driveway on that spot many years ago, and upon tilling the ground to

Rough tall fescue lawn problem

QuestionHi, We built a house in Greenwood, IN in March 2008. We got our back yard seeded by the builder( he said it is Kentucky blue grass) but now my lawn is fully covered with rough tall fescue. We got the lawn t

dead spots

QuestionI installed Bermuda sod four years ago, after second year I started having dead spots, 12 inch dia. +. The first two years I used the Scotts Program four times a year,since then I have used weed & feed, plus

Barren soil.

QuestionI live in Fla,and Ive been battling a small area in my lawn where I simply cant get St. Augustine grass to grow. Ive even had sod placed in this area watered faithfully and it still is turning brown and dyin

Shady area Lawn

QuestionQUESTION: I live in Chicago. I have a large tree in my backyard which make most of the area some what shady. Every spring I apply seeds for shade with some peatmouse and top soil. They eith

Charlie in my lawn

QuestionI live in southern Ontario Canada. We can know longer use any weed killers, in fact there are none left on the market that will kill weeds in your lawn without killing your grass too. Charlie has just about

FIRE DAMAGED LAWN

QuestionTHERE WAS A CAR FIRE OUTSIDE MY HOUSE THAT MADE IT UP AND TOTALY BURNED MY GRASS AND DESTROYED MY LAWN.IT SUMMER TIME NOW IN NY.WHAT IF ANYTHING CAN I DO TO REPAIR OR DO I HAVE TO START ALL OVER WITH NEW SOD