Yard Guys- How do you Prep for Grass?
When I bought my house in Cincinnati, the half acre back yard was nothing but hard packed clay and sparse weeds.
I spread Scott’s lawn food and tilled the entire lot about 2-3” deep in the very early Spring and ignored the weeds. No pre treatment for weeds since I figured the grass would choke them out and I could deal with whatever weeds survived later.
Then when the temps rose into the 50s, I broadcast spread a 75% fescue / 25% rye grass mix and went over it again with the tiller to mix it in. Once the grass began to emerge I waited until it was about 3” tall and overseeded it again with the same mixture.
That Fall, I fed the entire lawn again with Scott’s lawn food to help the rhizomes develop.
This is what it looked like the following Spring...
All I can say is that’s what I did...but what do I know?
When I bought my house in Cincinnati, the half acre back yard was nothing but hard packed clay and sparse weeds.
I spread Scott’s lawn food and tilled the entire lot about 2-3” deep in the very early Spring and ignored the weeds. No pre treatment for weeds since I figured the grass would choke them out and I could deal with whatever weeds survived later.
Then when the temps rose into the 50s, I broadcast spread a 75% fescue / 25% rye grass mix and went over it again with the tiller to mix it in. Once the grass began to emerge I waited until it was about 3” tall and overseeded it again with the same mixture.
That Fall, I fed the entire lawn again with Scott’s lawn food to help the rhizomes develop.
This is what it looked like the following Spring...
All I can say is that’s what I did...but what do I know?
