Any tips & tricks when growing grass?

pacuda59 said

Not sure about New Mexico but the best time to put in a lawn in the east is around Labor Day....warm days, cool nights and the weeds don't have an opportunity to establish themselves. I rough up the ground with a metal rake, use starter fertilizer, use the proper seed and cover it with straw. Don't use hay or you'll have a crop. After that, I water about twice a day until I see it germinate and cut back to once a day.

Good luck.

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My wife and i live in west texas. We have a wonderful back yard with st augustine. Its a creeping grass. Planted it in squares for.$1.00 each. Watered the hell out of it to get it going. Only planted it 2 squares deep around the border of the yard, left the weeds and other grass. After 5 years it has taken over most of the back yard. It is so thick and broad leaved that there are no weeds in the yard where its fully established. It just chokes em out.

The front yard is next. We have a large expanse of front yard, we are going to use brick borders for plant beds to decrease the size of the lawn in the front we will need to water. The plant beds will be filled with asian jasmine. This plant creeps, and has dark green broad leaves, and once established is drought resistant. I would imagine living in new mexico water is at a premium too. This is why i am going with the ground cover and a smaller patch of lawn to cut, plus the Jasmine has nice flowers in the spring, and can add to your overall landscaping ideas. While lessening your watering footprint.

Hope this helps
Matt