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JohnKayne
Home was built in 2022. Area is upstate South Carolina Land used to be all forested area. Just closed on home a few weeks ago. Love the house and the area. But obviously the lawn needs some serious work. There are 4 adjacent properties to the left of the home that all have similar situations. Does anyone think if i could get the other homeowners on board we could all get a reduced rate for lawn restarts from a professional company?
Traditional-Ad5407
I like your thinking. Go give it a shot.
Rocksteady212
With a bottle of champagne baby. Congratulations!!!
DonBot21
You’ll probably need a full renovation. There’s plenty of youtube videos and advice out there on how to do a renovation. Essentially, you’ll want to dethatch the yard (not that there’s even any grass there anyway), core aerate, level the lawn, spread seed, fertilize, water, etc. Its a tedious process, but can be done yourself with rental tools and you can admire your hard work. A soil test would also be helpful to let you know what your soil is lacking. But with it being this barren, I’d personally just aerate, level, seed, fertilize and water until you get some grass
International_Talk12
Reseed, add topsoil. And water
defkalion1
Congratulations!
Toro_azul
This looks like a new plot I’m assuming so you’ll want to bring topsoil in and seed (maybe even hydroseed)
geerubb
Whatever you decide – you should be talking with your neighbors to figure out what type of grass they are thinking. No point in doing a ton of work on a Zoysia yard – only to be overtaken with bermuda from you neighbors yard.
spicy_garlic_chicken
We bought a new construction 5 years ago and I brought in a pro for advice. We ended up nuking everything, adding 2-3″ fresh screened topsoil to level and regrade, and then had a new lawn installed via aeration/seeding. Did initial aerate/seed in fall, another in spring, and a third that following fall just to be “extra”. lol (Same lawn company does our lawn treatments but I mow/trim/edge and do the rest of the landscaping).
HoodedSomalian
Pull up the dead/undesirable sections with a dethatch or scarifier, pick out rocks, debris, aerate the crud out of it find someone with a ride on, the ride on gets 2x deeper (water before they come too), top dress with 2-3 yards of screened top soil (add compost if you have some cash), seed at least 50lbs but probably need closer to 75 and set up a timed watering system. Orbit’s rotary sprinklers are great, $15 and they cover an 80ft radius or over 6k sqft. If you do this you’ll have a great yard for years to come. Don’t forget to drop starter fertilizer and keep a regular fertilizer schedule going forward, water next year and thereafter when it’s hot and or dry. You could put tenacity down a few days before seeding (water it in) to keep weeds down but I just spot spray somewhat regularly, I’d wait until the end of spring next year to start spraying or treating with any weed n feed etc. Treat for grubs in early spring if you end up with those.
Over buy your timers and spigot splitters, I have each spigot on a 4 way splitter with 4 way timers. You’ll want extra capacity.
iAREsniggles
When you figure it out, let the rest of us apes know.
(Joking aside, I agree with the renovation recommended above. You can find a lot of posts on here and YouTube videos with detailed instructions on what to do and when)
And Congratulations!
islandsimian
Depends on how much work you want to do yourself. In any situation you’ll want to test the soil and start adjusting now during the fall (and winter in several parts of SC), which is the best season for growing grass so it’s strong enough in time to survive the summer heat
poposheishaw
I have to ask, what did this thing set you back? Please say not more than 250k
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Home was built in 2022. Area is upstate South Carolina Land used to be all forested area. Just closed on home a few weeks ago. Love the house and the area. But obviously the lawn needs some serious work. There are 4 adjacent properties to the left of the home that all have similar situations. Does anyone think if i could get the other homeowners on board we could all get a reduced rate for lawn restarts from a professional company?
I like your thinking. Go give it a shot.
With a bottle of champagne baby. Congratulations!!!
You’ll probably need a full renovation. There’s plenty of youtube videos and advice out there on how to do a renovation. Essentially, you’ll want to dethatch the yard (not that there’s even any grass there anyway), core aerate, level the lawn, spread seed, fertilize, water, etc. Its a tedious process, but can be done yourself with rental tools and you can admire your hard work. A soil test would also be helpful to let you know what your soil is lacking. But with it being this barren, I’d personally just aerate, level, seed, fertilize and water until you get some grass
Reseed, add topsoil. And water
Congratulations!
This looks like a new plot I’m assuming so you’ll want to bring topsoil in and seed (maybe even hydroseed)
Whatever you decide – you should be talking with your neighbors to figure out what type of grass they are thinking. No point in doing a ton of work on a Zoysia yard – only to be overtaken with bermuda from you neighbors yard.
We bought a new construction 5 years ago and I brought in a pro for advice. We ended up nuking everything, adding 2-3″ fresh screened topsoil to level and regrade, and then had a new lawn installed via aeration/seeding. Did initial aerate/seed in fall, another in spring, and a third that following fall just to be “extra”. lol (Same lawn company does our lawn treatments but I mow/trim/edge and do the rest of the landscaping).
Pull up the dead/undesirable sections with a dethatch or scarifier, pick out rocks, debris, aerate the crud out of it find someone with a ride on, the ride on gets 2x deeper (water before they come too), top dress with 2-3 yards of screened top soil (add compost if you have some cash), seed at least 50lbs but probably need closer to 75 and set up a timed watering system. Orbit’s rotary sprinklers are great, $15 and they cover an 80ft radius or over 6k sqft. If you do this you’ll have a great yard for years to come. Don’t forget to drop starter fertilizer and keep a regular fertilizer schedule going forward, water next year and thereafter when it’s hot and or dry. You could put tenacity down a few days before seeding (water it in) to keep weeds down but I just spot spray somewhat regularly, I’d wait until the end of spring next year to start spraying or treating with any weed n feed etc. Treat for grubs in early spring if you end up with those.
Over buy your timers and spigot splitters, I have each spigot on a 4 way splitter with 4 way timers. You’ll want extra capacity.
When you figure it out, let the rest of us apes know.
(Joking aside, I agree with the renovation recommended above. You can find a lot of posts on here and YouTube videos with detailed instructions on what to do and when)
And Congratulations!
Depends on how much work you want to do yourself. In any situation you’ll want to test the soil and start adjusting now during the fall (and winter in several parts of SC), which is the best season for growing grass so it’s strong enough in time to survive the summer heat
I have to ask, what did this thing set you back? Please say not more than 250k
Also is that a Bentley In the backyard?