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Originally Posted by Savageenterprise
Every day...check the pics i just posted.
I bought this house literally 2 years ago today and most of last year I didnt really tend to the lawn much other than mowing it and laying down fertilizer once. This year I was much more on top of it and it's still just not coming in that great.
The people before me didnt take care of anything so I had a tremendous amount of work on my hands between bush/tree removal, planting etc. In the middle of removing some shit along the back now, then need to fill in with top soil, build a retaining wall and then plant some arborvitaes. It should look beautiful once I'm done though.
All in good time I guess ha
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so you can't water your lawn everyday. your roots will just be shallow and not reach down deep and when temperatures hit the 90's even with all the water you're putting down your grass is gonna say good night. it has to be infrequent. looks like your lawn said ef it and seems to be going dormant. I see a lot of bare spots. but...it looks like it can be fixed but you'll have to do some homework here. it's going to take some work since it's only been 2 years since getting the house. keep in mind that it's not the grass you have to take care of but it's also the soil too! believe me when I moved into my house the lawn was full of weeds and the grass was literally brown. after much research and watching countless amount of YouTube videos I finally got the jist of things after a couple of years. have you done any type of dethatching and aeration in the Spring? as far as the weeds a pre emergent needs to be put down before things start to germinate like crabgrass. even after that one month later you'll need to put something down to care of the broadleafs (dandelions) that start to emerge. you can't just lay down 1 app of fertilizer and call it the season. it almost takes 3 apps of fertilizer during the season along with supplemental amendments for the soil. and even with all that work there's stuff that happen that's out of anyone's control like fungus, bugs, ect...I would highly get a soil test done to determine what your soil conditions are and start from there. good luck. any questions feel free to ask us!
edit: in the Fall time I would really look into dethatching, aerate and overseed! that'll get you started for next year