Baking soda to kill dollar weed in St Augustine Lawn

QuestionHi. We live in Central Fl and have a big problem w/dollarweed in the (chemical free) backyard. I am using baking soda on sections with dollarweed which is spreading like crazy. What do I put on the bare sect

lawn color patchy

QuestionThe color of my lawn is patchy with soft green and dark green sections. Im guessing this is from using different types of lawn seeds which produce various shades of green. My question is can I us

Starting new yard

QuestionI am starting a new yard and I am looking for some suggestions on how to go about it and what type of grass I need to plant based on the following information. I have tried several times to start a yard, but

Annual Bluegrass

QuestionQUESTION: Last week I fertilized my lawn using the Superturf with weed control. Coincidentally or not, I now have annual bluegrass (I think) popping up everywhere. How can I be certain that it is in fact ann

Heavy traffic area, grass growth

QuestionWe recently put an addition on our house and a small portion of the back yard was dug up and our dogs have trampled it to hard dirt. Weve used bricks and large flat stone to help fill in, but its right

Bentgrass removal

Question I live in the upper midwest, Milwaukee WI and understand the process in removal of undesirable bentgrass from my exisitng lawn. I have done the Roundup spraying 2 years ago and reseeded in the fall with gre

Growing alfalfa for soil conditioning

QuestionWe have a similar situation as what was posted on http://en.allexperts.com/q/Lawns-725/Lime-Application.htm: low pH/clay soil, its June and so too late for laying grass seed in Richmond, Va. We are intereste

grass turning yellow

Questionjust got new grass three weeks ago and is turning yellow, i went to star nursery and they told me i have fungus,what do i have to do to make my grass green? AnswerI know what YOU did, Adrian. You pick

What grass should I grow?

QuestionQUESTION: Living near the water on Long Island we have a problem with storm water runoff destroying the earth. I want to plant a lawn that is low maintenance and looks good, but most importantly I want

Soggy lawn

QuestionHi, I am writing from France. We moved into a new home June last year. As the garden is on a downhill slope and we were afraid of erosion from autumn rain, we seeded in hot summer and thanks to substantial

Yellow circle in zoysia grass

QuestionFor the past five years, a 6-7 inch completely yellow (no green grass in the middle)circular spot occurs in my lawn from mid-May until August; In May the lawn is green and one morning its there; one day in A

how to kill torpedo grass?

QuestionI LIVE IN LOUISIANA I WANT TO NO HOW TO GET RID OF TORPEDO GRASS AND NOT KILL MY CENIPEDE GRASS? AnswerGardenguides.com posts a page on Torpedo Grass (Panicum repens to botanists): http://www.gardenguides.

flowering groundcover for a very moist area

QuestionI have a flower bed that gets too much water and is moist...is there a flowering ground cover that would appreciate this situation ?? Thank You AnswerHi Rosemary; Go to www.garden.org That

Bermuda grass and organics

QuestionHi, I just found your forum today and it is wonderful. I want to put to use your advise on organic lawn care. I think our new bermuda sod might need iron, but how do I go about finding chelated i

Redtop[Agrostisalba]

QuestionHow to rid my lawn of this bad grass? If I kill out my lawn[which I have tried in spots]the seeds seam to survive.When I mow I use a vac attached directly to the deck, but the seeds still get trough.This gra

Soggy lawn part II.

QuestionHi Long Island Gardener, Thanks for your fast and helpfull answer. A little bit of history: When I started out last year as a complete greenhorn, I listened to father in laws adice: Grass grows anywhere.

rotilled planted new grass,now patchy spots

Questionhi Charlotte B rottilled dead spot in our back yard, about 3 to 4 down threw seed down placed peat moss on top grew fine for about 2 months. Now getting patchy brown areas where grass looks flat to the grou

Organic gardening and lawn care

QuestionDo you have any books or can you suggest a good one on organic gardening AnswerHi Ray; Here is the program I have been on for the last 10 years or so, and I have no weeds, insects etc that I dont weant, and

Removing Grass

QuestionI am going to have an above ground pool installed. The installer told me to prep the area by removing all the grass and leveling the ground. The ground is very hard, and I was wondering the best way to rem

Black Medic is legume, so why not good for lawn?

QuestionI read a your very useful exchange on natural lawn growth and use of white clover. I also followed the links you gave to compare Black Medic (which I thought was beneficial clover) to white clover. &nb