I have lots and lots of nutgrass. I pull and also spray with a product called Image. I use Roundup too.
Mostly I pull the nutgrass up and discard. Its only in my flowerbeds or if its in the lawn the mower takes care of it.
It was either in soil that we brought or in flowers I moved from
other areas.
In researching the web, other countries will levy fines on people or companies that spread this stuff and I can understand why. If I give away a plant I clean the roots until I know no nuts are hitching a ride to some other poor souls yard.

I bought a new house four years ago, but I have never had a chance to take care of my lawn. Now that I have some time. I want to fix my lawn, but since my budget is short, I want to do it myself. If I can have some ideas how to fix my lawn. I will be proud of myself. I am facing this problem wherea green stuff like an algae. I think it comes with water that sit n is growing on top of the soil. It’s spread all over. How to get rid of it and keep a health lawn.
Please help.

Over the winter, my grass vanished from my back garden, except for a few small patches here and there. It had survived the previous winter, so this was something of a mystery to us!

We have been advised that our soil is clay based and I decided to completely returf to get our grass back. What kind of perperation should I do first before laying turf and what kind of after care should I do? Will it need a lot of attention earlier on instead of later?

Any help appreciated.

My area is currently experiencing dry conditions, and there are watering restrictions in place. I always thought it was the opposite–that it’s better to raise the mowing height in dry conditions. But I was recently reading a lawn care website that recommended a mowing height of 2-3" with the following exception:

"Increasing mowing height also means that your lawn will soak up more moisture from the soil at a faster rate, which it then releases into the air. Moisture is used as a transport system that moves chemicals from one place to another inside the plant. In areas where drought conditions are being experienced, and water restrictions are in place, you might want to gradually lower your lawn mowing height to a slightly lower level."

So should I actually be cutting my lawn shorter (say, 2" or under) during dry conditions?

Thanks!

My husband and I bought a nice house in Central Florida (our first), but the lawn is in poor shape. It is mostly weeds and bare patches. The soil (for lack of a better word, b/c it isn’t really soil) is very sandy. We don’t have a lot of knowledge or experience with caring for a lawn, but we’d like to improve the look of the lawn. We were wondering if seeding or re-sodding is the better option and what do we need to do to prepare the lawn for either of these options. Also, is now a good time to start (September in Florida) or should we wait and start during a different season? Anyone with knowledge on taking care of lawns in our area, advice is welcome.

I’ve weeded and amended the soil in my garden. Now I want to put drip irrigation in, landscape fabric, and microbark. I want to put plants in at a later date. If the irrigation tubing (not the emitter hoses) is under the fabric there’s the advantage of them being out of sight but the disadvantages of not knowing where they are when you walk in the garden and not being able to get to parts that may be leaking. Thanks!

I moved into a house with a huge garden in the back that I want covered up and replaced with grass. It is completely run over in weeds, and the soil is very hard and clay like. What is the best way to make it grass? Do I kill all the weeds first? and what is better, grass seeds or those pre-grown grass mats? I don’t have any experience in lawn care. Thanks for the help!

I just got my garden tilled and now I’m anxious to get the plants in the ground. The problem is last year all my produce ended up being really small, so I think the soil is deficient in nutrients. Should I put fertilizer on the soil before putting in the plants? What kind? My garden is fairly big — around 400 sq. feet. — so it would be really hard if I had to pour fertilizer onto each plant from a watering can. I know compost or manure might be good, but it costs way too much at a greenhouse and I don’t know any farmers that could give it to me. Besides, I don’t have any way of hauling it. Is there something I could sprinkle on the ground beforehand, or something I can hook up to the hose and use after the plants are in?

My lawn was being taken over by weeds so I sprayed it with Virigo weed killer that hooks up to a garden hose approx 10 days ago. I just raked out all of the dead grass. Now what seed should I use and ferilizer and how long should I wait to do since i just sprayed weed killer. The soil here is sandy and the lawn gets full sun most of the day.

Hi, i am living in Tampa Florida, i just bought a house. and i really need to take care of my lawn. the front yard has Floratam grass( yellow and a litlle green ) some parts are completely dead, brown and u can see the roots. some parts weeds took over. the backyards the grass is spread, a lot of weeds , you can see the soil in some area and need to be overseed . I am sure i will have to sod the front yard ( 800 sq/ft ) because this is not a big area. the backyard ( 4000 sq/ft ) will be with seed. but I don’t know where to start or what to do first.
Can anyone help me .

thank you