I need New Orleans soil on the north shore for my lawn. This sandy native stuff sucks

How about giving up on the idea of a sterile manicured lawn and going with native plants that actually thrive where you are?

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I need New Orleans soil on the north shore for my lawn.

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"New Orleans soil" is know as some of the worst stuff ever...

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I can fertilize it but it’s really not the long term fix that changing the nature of the soil would be

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not sure if you know how this works? any "soil you bring in will be sucked of its nutrients rather quick.

Whats your issue? to much water? too little? not enough sun? too much thatch?

Golf courses are grown on sand. Fertile soil is not normally the root cause. Sun, water, and npk.

Also centipede is tough. You can do everything right and it will still crap out on you. My advice is to steer clear of fertilizers with muriate of potash as the potassium source. And limit your nitrogen to no more than 2lbs per 1k a year and no more than 1/2lb of n per 1 k in an application. Mow frequently. Every five days or so at 1-2 inches depending on your yard and scalping potential.

Usually when folks have a centipede yard that was thiccc and the best in the neighbor hood they were bombing it out with Scott’s southern lawn food (or something comparable ) for a few years.

Finally if you have full sun switch to Bermuda. 4K sq ft is easily doable for a Reno.

In Mandeville. My St Augustine lawn grows fine as long as there's sun hitting it. A couple patchy spots due to constant shade, but generally no problem. I like the fact that it grows slower up here tbh. My Metairie lawn was a constant battle over the summer. Grew too fast.

I like site one too - the guys over there are real helpful and they have good products. I will look into what you’re saying. I don’t expect immediate results but I’m looking for progress