Yard Guys- How do you Prep for Grass?

[pauly]

If you want to save a little money, buy Glysophate from a hardware store or Tractor Supply store. It’s the main ingredient in RoundUp and much cheaper than paying for a name. I made my garden bigger this year. Bush hogged about 1/3 of an acre, sprayed Glysophate on it, and let it sit a few weeks. Then ran the disc and got it broke up pretty well. Ran the rototiller through it twice in the spring and then planted it. Very few weeds in the garden!!

 

[barbee6043]

Fescue is cool season grass, grows mostly in spring, goes dormant in hot dry summer month. It is a pasture grass used in N Ga. and especially more North, along with warm season grasses like Bermuda, Fescue will grow on a rock! Its the poor man's pasture in the North like Bahia is for the South.
Fescue seed is cheap at a real farm store. I would broadcast it is very early spring or early fall. It will surprise you unless your soil pH is totally wrong for it. For a lawn, it is not lawn rass but it is grass and extremely hardy.

 

[mycuda]

Fall best time to seed anything, at least here in midwest with cool season grasses. Less weed competition as well as insect and disease issues. Especially if you have no means of watering it.....
Been involved in construction/maintenance and growing in several golf courses over the years.......


Dave

 

[1969383S]

That's why I chose bermuda. You don't have to get rid of the bad. It chokes most everything else to death.

The same reason I am with Centipede! Drought tolerant and loves heat!

It is even choking out the Bermuda and weeds and grows like thick carpet, and low! Like Bermuda it will brown up in the winter months But comes back as early as Bermuda in the spring. The only downfall around North Georgia is finding 15-0-15 Feed. I usually have to order it on the internet!