06-24-2006, 04:26 PM
[quote h']I used compost and manure to redo a "bad" patch of my lawn at home this year--
and it's steroid city all the way. I do intend to take a shot at the patches by overseeding and top-dressing with a thin layer of compost/manure if they don't fill in.
The reason for the persistence could be either that they're high spots from which the seed keeps washing away, or low spots which remain too damp . . .
Or for all I know some tenant or neighbor has dumped battery acid or some other toxin in the yard since initial tilling and seeding.
I re-fertilized (that granulated commercial stuff) and my hope is that existing clumps expand out to fill the gaps.
Come to think about it the "bad" spots could be suffering from inadvertent overconcentrations of fertilizer :-)
and it's steroid city all the way. I do intend to take a shot at the patches by overseeding and top-dressing with a thin layer of compost/manure if they don't fill in.
The reason for the persistence could be either that they're high spots from which the seed keeps washing away, or low spots which remain too damp . . .
Or for all I know some tenant or neighbor has dumped battery acid or some other toxin in the yard since initial tilling and seeding.
I re-fertilized (that granulated commercial stuff) and my hope is that existing clumps expand out to fill the gaps.
Come to think about it the "bad" spots could be suffering from inadvertent overconcentrations of fertilizer :-)