NonDawg Looking for some decent grass

[fivenorth]

….in my yard.

It is supposed to be fescue but over the past few years of neglect has turned into a patchy dust bowl when dry and a muck pit after a rain.

I paid to have my yard guy aerate and seed a couple years ago but it seemed to do more harm than good.

I’ve seen some ads on social media for at home fertilizer spray on the hose, but am curious how effective those would be if anyone has used them.

Looking for some type of DIY approach, but not sure where to even begin.

Not looking to win yard of the year, just have something decent the young kids can play in.

Help!

 

[Doo-Doo Ice Dawg]

What region do you live in?

 

[ferris]

….in my yard.

It is supposed to be fescue but over the past few years of neglect has turned into a patchy dust bowl when dry and a muck pit after a rain.

I paid to have my yard guy aerate and seed a couple years ago but it seemed to do more harm than good.

I’ve seen some ads on social media for at home fertilizer spray on the hose, but am curious how effective those would be if anyone has used them.

Looking for some type of DIY approach, but not sure where to even begin.

Not looking to win yard of the year, just have something decent the young kids can play in.

Help!

see @Bowldawg

 

[FTDawg]

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[fivenorth]

What region do you live in?

ITP Atlanta

 

[waydownsouthdawg]

….in my yard.

It is supposed to be fescue but over the past few years of neglect has turned into a patchy dust bowl when dry and a muck pit after a rain.

I paid to have my yard guy aerate and seed a couple years ago but it seemed to do more harm than good.

I’ve seen some ads on social media for at home fertilizer spray on the hose, but am curious how effective those would be if anyone has used them.

Looking for some type of DIY approach, but not sure where to even begin.

Not looking to win yard of the year, just have something decent the young kids can play in.

Help!

 

[donalsonville_dawg]

ITP Atlanta

Following. I need to fix some dusty spots in my backyard but I don’t get a lot of sun back there so I think fescue may be my only option?

 

[FTDawg]

….in my yard.

It is supposed to be fescue but over the past few years of neglect has turned into a patchy dust bowl when dry and a muck pit after a rain.

I paid to have my yard guy aerate and seed a couple years ago but it seemed to do more harm than good.

I’ve seen some ads on social media for at home fertilizer spray on the hose, but am curious how effective those would be if anyone has used them.

Looking for some type of DIY approach, but not sure where to even begin.

Not looking to win yard of the year, just have something decent the young kids can play in.

Help!

I’d be interested to hear how aerating and seeding did more harm than good.

 

[atthomas]

would you describe your yard as direct sun, mostly shady, etc?

 

[Chopdawg75]

Fescue has a hard time lasting through Georgia summers. I finally gave up and got Bermuda sod installed. Expensive, but unless you have a totally shady yard you'll end up spending as much trying to maintain fescue.

 

[fivenorth]

I’d be interested to hear how aerating and seeding did more harm than good.

Seed seemed to never take believe it or not so I just ended up with a yard full of mud plugs that when I finally gave up and let the kid’s run through a few weeks later caused all kinds of issues.

 

[fivenorth]

would you describe your yard as direct sun, mostly shady, etc?

Mostly shady.

 

[Doo-Doo Ice Dawg]

Sod is the best way to go. Zenith Zoysia is a good option if you have shade. The new UGA bermuda is awesome if you have full Sun. It’s called Tif-Tuff and is drought tolerant and recovers fast from traffic. If you want to do it yourself, Super Sod has both and will deliver right to your home and unload to the area you want it put down. Next step is to figure out how large is the area you want sodded. There is 500 square feet in a pallet of sod.

 

[EufaulaDawg]

St. Augustine
If you can find it.

 

[Harry Thornton]

Creeping Red Fescue.