r/lawn

Looking for some advice. Lawn was looking great in the early summer. We were gone for a while, but had a neighbor watering pretty consistently through the drier summer months.

There seems to be a lot of thatch. Was going to take it out and plant new seed shortly. But what could have caused this? Rest of the lawn looks decent enough

The attached pics basically explain the whole thing — there is a pretty big two-car driveway between the water source and the lawn. What would be the best way to install sprinklers in this lawn?

Thank You!

This is my KBG today, only four days after the last mow. The warmer weather and recent moisture have it growing faster. I prefer a closely cut, tidy lawn, so I set my navimow i206 to its lowest cutting height and do manual trimming to around 1 inch. But I’ve seen people recommend keeping it closer to 2 inches in summer to help retain moisture and handle the heat better. That makes sense, although at this growth rate, leaving it higher may also mean mowing every few days.

What mowing height has worked best for your lawn during summer? How often do you mow?

I used to mow the lawn myself, usually just whenever it started looking long, so I didn’t pay attention to what was mixed in there. After switching to a navimow robot mower, I cut every 3 or 4 days and keep it lower. Now these little three-leaf patches are obvious. They sit so low that the mowing height doesn‘t reach them. Is it clover or oxalis? How do you deal with that?

I own a neglected front lawn in the rainy Pacific Northwest. My soil test indicates that the soil has nothing in it. Nothing. There are some areas where moss, clover and dandelions grow due to the grass being very thin in those places. I am happy to use the chemicals necessary to make the lawn green and healthy again. I hand pull dandelions.

It's mid August and the grass is dormant and yellow, like all my neighbors' grass. My partner aerated yesterday.

My plan is to water well, add compost all over, overseed.

Questions:

Should I apply a pre emergent, a post emergent, or fertilizer, and at what stage? I'm confused.

When should I do this? It's late summer with highs in the 70's this week. September will still be like this, I assume.

Would an inch of compost be enough? Not enough?

Thank you!

Its even hard to dig out with a shovel.🤬

It’s had been a few weeks since I mowed and we had a lot of rain so the height of the grass was ridiculous. Noticed this stuff while mowing today.

My front yard was perfect the beginning of summer. Now I have this stuff that's been growing out of control. I was worried it was too hot for more weed & feed. Do I have any good options or do I need to move!? Any suggestions would be appreciated! Thx

Edit: SLC, UT

Several of these holes keep popping up, is this squirrels?

I recently bought a house with a yard that is in dire need. I know there is Bahaia, Bermuda and I’m not sure what else type of grass there. I am planning to spray Cimarron to kill the Bahaia, but I am not sure what else to use after that to kill the weeds in order to establish a nice lawn for next year. Appreciate everyone’s help thanks.

My lawn is being taken over this light green coloured weed. It started along the edge and grew in quicker than the grass but was only in one area. Now it’s starting to spread all over and I’ve tried pulling it but it’s futile.

I’ve used several Fiesta weed killer applications but it does nothing to it.

I’m located in Ontario Canada so it can be illegal to get certain chemicals and herbicides delivered or bought at a store. Ive noticed around the suburbs that some or most lawns have this weed. but there are a few that don’t have any at all, like 0. what are they doing to kill it or get rid of it?

Thank you in advance.

Any tips so I can keep the lawn looking good? I don’t know what I’m doing. I’m in Southeast US.

I am gonna mow, weed, blow myself but should I get a service for treatments or do myself? How do I know what to do when?

Weeds - there are a couple weeds of diff types I’ve just been hand picking, anything preventative I should be doing?

I just did the first mow and left it long / didn’t take too much off but not sure what I should be cutting at long term

The sod squares aren’t fully grown in together / there is some bumpy / irregular spots as well. There are also some spots of poor drainage that seem to be more wet than others.

My irrigation system doesn’t have full coverage there are some spots and corners that don’t get sprinklers - I’ve just been hand watering but not sure how much I should water the lawn.

Do I mow two rows around outside and then lines and change up angle / direction each time I mow? I’m out of practice with a string trimmer and plan to get an edger but know that’s controversial lol.

So I found 3-4 areas of dirt and 2 of the have 2-3 holes side of my finger what is it can it be wasp nest or gophers or moles idk 🤷

Started with an overgrown field a few years ago. Left to do its thing for 5+ years. Just got it knocked down and maintained since. Love this grass type and would love to know what type of grass this is. Greatly appreciate any input.
Edit to add zone 7a transition

I had my backyard regraded and downspouts buried in May and the new seed just couldn’t keep up with the July heatwave (suburb of Chicago, I watered well I promise). The two pictures are the bad side of the yard and the better / shadier side.

Now I need advice on prepping for overseeding. When this new seed was planted, there was straw and thin nylon strings keeping it down. Both are still somewhat there and not fully broken down.

Do I rent a dethatcher machine? Or just buy a special rake? Im afraid to damage the newer grass that’s doing good, especially since some of that string/straw is underneath.

Any tips or links to helpful videos are appreciated. I know I’ve got a short window this Fall coming up and wanna get it right.

Lastly, any good seed brands we’re liking? Thinking about getting Twin City Resilience Kentucky Bluegrass mixture.