Lawn improvements

[Chuck_Finley]

I'm going to have to start my own thread for lawn assistance on my yard. I have St. augustine too but not planning on laying down new sod. Would like it to be thick as in the above pics though.

[8mpg]

I'm going to have to start my own thread for lawn assistance on my yard. I have St. augustine too but not planning on laying down new sod. Would like it to be thick as in the above pics though.

water deep and less frequent

[slow99]

I'm going to have to start my own thread for lawn assistance on my yard. I have St. augustine too but not planning on laying down new sod. Would like it to be thick as in the above pics though.

I water 2x a week, for 15-25 minutes a station depending on its location and how much sun it receives. I treat it 3-4 times a year and, after last year, will be adding grub worm treatment mid-July.

[Chuck_Finley]

I have a couple of different issues with my lawn. First, the entire lot for my house is heavily shaded with mature trees. Second, my front yard is a constant slope downward toward the street so water can run off pretty easily. Third, I haven't been the best about fertilizing the lawn over the past years so this year I tried to take better care of it and had a soil analysis performed and with the results came back with fertilizer percentages best suited for my lawn so I've been using that since around April/May.

One thing I'm trying different this year is how my sprinklers run, so instead of one zone coming on and doing its thing for like 20-30 minutes I'm incrementing it. So, one zone comes on for 10 minutes, stops to let ground soak up water, then about 30-40 minutes later it comes on for another 10, stops, repeat until cycle is complete for that zone. I water each zone twice a week.

[slow99]

Yeah, the shade is a problem. Several of the houses all around my neighborhood have large trees in the front and lots of dirt spots where grass doesn't grow. I have a couple spots under a big Red Oak in the front yard that don't do so well. I've had recommendations for Fescue there but it isn't a big enough patch for me to bother with it.

[Goku025]

Update pics! Almost made it through this summer. The 2 months of no rain really put a hurting on the water bill..but it has stayed a pretty good dark green with some stress spots here and there.
I cut the yard last Wednesday, dropped Scotts Max green 5k bag for the front and back and watered it in. I went out of town Thursday and got back Monday night to this!
It looks like I will have to mow at about 2.5 on the mower, drop it in a couple of days and mow again. But its sooo soft

[8mpg]

Looks awesome man... Id love to have some green grass tight about now.

[Gasser64]

I fucking hate my lawn!! Arrg!