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Brand new backyard lawn
Posted on 5/23/20 at 11:17 am
Posted on 5/23/20 at 11:17 am
OK guys. I recently had my backyard scraped and leveled. No grass now, just dirt. Other than Sod, I have time, what is the best way to keep out any trash grass and allow only health grass to grow?
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Posted on 5/23/20 at 11:18 am to Daygo85
right now? Just get your grass up and healthy. Worry about weeds next year.
Posted on 5/23/20 at 11:22 am to b-rab2
OK. Then is there anything that should be done to get it up and healthy other than wish for rain?
Posted on 5/23/20 at 11:27 am to Daygo85
If you care that much about your lawn then you need to call it soil and not dirt btw. Do you have a wife or do you call her your old lady?
Posted on 5/23/20 at 11:30 am to Daygo85
did you already lay sod or seed, or are you planning on doing that soon?
Posted on 5/23/20 at 11:42 am to Daygo85
What’s around the front, right, back, and left sides of your lawn? If it’s a fence or your neighbors lawn you should be ok. If it’s an open field you’re gonna have to round up the edges.
If you brought in dirt you can wait 2 weeks to see if any torpedo grass pops up.
If you brought in dirt you can wait 2 weeks to see if any torpedo grass pops up.
Posted on 5/23/20 at 11:52 am to FowlGuy
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If you care that much about your lawn then you need to call it soil and not dirt btw. Do you have a wife or do you call her your old lady?
Posted on 5/23/20 at 1:16 pm to ronk
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If you brought in dirt you can wait 2 weeks to see if any torpedo grass pops up.
No dirt brought in. Just scraped and cleared out the old dirt and now have nice SOIL to deal with. Surrounding me is a mix of St. Austine, Clover, and weeds.
Posted on 5/23/20 at 1:22 pm to Daygo85
Lay the sod. You'll be fine. If you didn't have anything crazy beforehand you won't have anything crazy now.
Posted on 5/24/20 at 8:44 am to Daygo85
2-4D
Posted on 5/24/20 at 6:29 pm to Kingpenm3
That is what I hear, 24D. Isn’t purchase of this restricted to farmers and such?
Posted on 5/24/20 at 6:36 pm to Daygo85
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24D. Isn’t purchase of this restricted to farmers and such?
No. It’s a common ingredient in many lawn weed control products. But, you should avoid spraying it when temperatures are 85F+.
ETA: Listen to whatever ronk tells you. He knows his stuff.
This post was edited on 5/24/20 at 6:51 pm
Posted on 5/24/20 at 6:43 pm to Daygo85
Yeah, don’t do 2-4D. That’s not for grassy weeds which is your concern. If you are going to sod then go for it. If you’re going to seed then make it bermuda but I can help with picking the variety.
Posted on 5/24/20 at 7:31 pm to Daygo85
I'd carve out a bed for dandelion and bamboo. You can put the dendelion leaves in your smoothies and make floors, furniture, sheets, etc... with bamboo.
Posted on 5/24/20 at 7:51 pm to ronk
Well to sod my entire area would be close to 6k of which is a bit steep. my thought is to run a line of Bermuda down the center and in a few strategic places. Hoping that it will take off. Your thoughts?
Posted on 5/24/20 at 8:39 pm to Daygo85
Full sun? Any certain look you like dark green, blue green, aggressive spreader, low maintenance, budget for seed? And don’t say dark green, aggressive spreader, low maintenance because that doesn’t exist.
Posted on 5/25/20 at 8:11 am to Daygo85
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Well to sod my entire area would be close to 6k of which is a bit steep. my thought is to run a line of Bermuda down the center and in a few strategic places. Hoping that it will take off. Your thoughts?
You can try to seed, but it’s high maintenance until it comes in. Good thing is it’s easy work to lay compared to $6000 of sod.
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