Planted Blue Resilience 4 weeks ago in Zone 5B, some areas growing in faster than others? Any cause for concern? One of the nicest grasses I’ve ever seen! Can’t wait to mow
Planted Blue Resilience 4 weeks ago in Zone 5B, some areas growing in faster than others? Any cause for concern? One of the nicest grasses I’ve ever seen! Can’t wait to mow
I decided to do a full lawn renovation this fall and planted Blue Resilience by Twin City exactly 4 weeks ago after nuking the shit outta my backyard. While I think it overall looks better than I could have imagined, I’m starting to notice that some areas are growing slower than others (shown in the top right area in the first photo, I’ll admit it’s a little hard to see) and trying to figure out how serious it is. I’m seeing some yellow tips on some blades, and in one area it looked like a dark brown. Some areas are growing up to 3.5 – 4 inches where others are barely making it past 2 inches and struggling.
My full renovation procedure as follows (the area I renovated is about 3250 sq. ft.): Round-up on whole yard, let sit for a week while everything died. De-thatched, core aerated, put down 1 yard of compost, followed up 4 yards of topsoil (thin in some areas, heavy in others to help level it out), followed by seeding, and then 2 – 3 yards of compost with peat moss mixed in at about a 80/20 ratio. Put down Scotts Starter Fertilizer. Watered for two weeks twice a day, then tapered off.
I think I may have stopped watering too early. My starting soil was also quite acidic (5 – 6 pH) and very sandy, with almost no organic matter in spots. I put down two bags of lime in over 2 weeks before the renovation. I’m thinking about hitting it with some fertilizer to help it out, I think the slow areas might be where I put down a thinner layer of new topsoil and are instead in really bad soil conditions. Is 4 weeks old enough to use regular lawn fertilizer on, or should I wait a few more weeks? I think I might go back to watering every other day or every 2 days, it’s been very dry here in the Northeast.
Ih8rice
In a similar boat as you with a similar seed package from twin cities. The kbg is super stubborn and just takes time to really get going. I’d suggest going to one good watering in the morning and that should carry you for most of the day with the weather being much cooler now. Once it does germinate it still needs another few weeks or so to start tillering and spreading. It’s currently working on root development before growing upward and tillering.
I’d give it some more fertilizer and see what growth you can push before first frost( even then soil temps should still encourage growth for cool season grasses for some time). Another round of starter or a more balanced(think 10-10-10) fertilizer should be fine. Id start mowing frequently around that 2 inch mark to encourage tillering for the taller grasses( work your way down to that) while the others catch up( probably kbg).
I’m already looking at next spring as the time when my lawn will really pop and the following fall it should be mature and established enough to give full color and thickness.
PaperHandsMcGee213
Interesting that you have a couple varieties of weeds already popping up. Did you not use a pre-emergent when you seeded?
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I decided to do a full lawn renovation this fall and planted Blue Resilience by Twin City exactly 4 weeks ago after nuking the shit outta my backyard. While I think it overall looks better than I could have imagined, I’m starting to notice that some areas are growing slower than others (shown in the top right area in the first photo, I’ll admit it’s a little hard to see) and trying to figure out how serious it is. I’m seeing some yellow tips on some blades, and in one area it looked like a dark brown. Some areas are growing up to 3.5 – 4 inches where others are barely making it past 2 inches and struggling.
My full renovation procedure as follows (the area I renovated is about 3250 sq. ft.): Round-up on whole yard, let sit for a week while everything died. De-thatched, core aerated, put down 1 yard of compost, followed up 4 yards of topsoil (thin in some areas, heavy in others to help level it out), followed by seeding, and then 2 – 3 yards of compost with peat moss mixed in at about a 80/20 ratio. Put down Scotts Starter Fertilizer. Watered for two weeks twice a day, then tapered off.
I think I may have stopped watering too early. My starting soil was also quite acidic (5 – 6 pH) and very sandy, with almost no organic matter in spots. I put down two bags of lime in over 2 weeks before the renovation. I’m thinking about hitting it with some fertilizer to help it out, I think the slow areas might be where I put down a thinner layer of new topsoil and are instead in really bad soil conditions. Is 4 weeks old enough to use regular lawn fertilizer on, or should I wait a few more weeks? I think I might go back to watering every other day or every 2 days, it’s been very dry here in the Northeast.
In a similar boat as you with a similar seed package from twin cities. The kbg is super stubborn and just takes time to really get going. I’d suggest going to one good watering in the morning and that should carry you for most of the day with the weather being much cooler now. Once it does germinate it still needs another few weeks or so to start tillering and spreading. It’s currently working on root development before growing upward and tillering.
I’d give it some more fertilizer and see what growth you can push before first frost( even then soil temps should still encourage growth for cool season grasses for some time). Another round of starter or a more balanced(think 10-10-10) fertilizer should be fine. Id start mowing frequently around that 2 inch mark to encourage tillering for the taller grasses( work your way down to that) while the others catch up( probably kbg).
I’m already looking at next spring as the time when my lawn will really pop and the following fall it should be mature and established enough to give full color and thickness.
Interesting that you have a couple varieties of weeds already popping up. Did you not use a pre-emergent when you seeded?