Thread: Lawn experts, I need help!

Firestart,

It doesn't seem that the scorched grass would be as
big a problem in the spring time. Of course I don't
really know how hot it gets in your neck of the woods
during the spring time. I can't imagine that it would get
any hter there than here where I live in West Virginia.

I would say as long as it is damp, even slightly damp
that it should be OK. And if it's damp then I wouldn't
water, just for the sake of watering.


Terry

Thank you gentlemen. I'll try to maintain a comfortable level of dampness and won't mow that part of the lawn until the end of May. Ofcourse it will be kept nice and fertilized during the initial growing period, so it better take and ake well.

Thanks Ed. It's always good to hear from a pro. I was just planning on establishing it and then doing zero maintenance other than what I have to according to Toronto municipal bylaws. I'll take your tip for keeping it free of weeds to heart and raise up the mower a bit. As for the blades, I keep them nice and sharp as a part of the regular maintenance schedule. Now I just have to sit back and watch the grass grow lol.

Thank you gentlemen. I'll give it a quick/light one right now and a slightly more substantial one (*) in late afternoon.

(*) Enough to make the soil nice and moist without turning it into a swamp.

This damage is actually a result of 2 factors:
1) Parking a car there for a couple of months (while waiting to get rid of it) and 2 women turning their cars around. The rest of the back lawn and the front lawns are ok and maintenance free... All I do is mow them with my $20 mower like once a week and leave the clippings there. Been doing that for 8 years now.

P.S. When will the root system stabilize the soil enough for the first mowing of the patch?