Moved in July 1st… we had a lot of indoor renovations and honestly the outside got neglected. we had a heat wave and I barely watered it. I now have enough time to take care of this, but I’m kind of out of money. The joys of home ownership…
Help!!
by codelyokoforever
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Don’t worry about it so much. grass is often resilitient. Maybe throw down some grass seed and water.
Hi u/codelyokoforever, It’s too hot to put down seed right now. Besides, you’re out of $$ (me too, btw) so now you get to make plans.
There’s a sequence of steps to put grass seed down, but we’re getting ahead of ourselves.
You are going to need some rakes, hard tined and soft tined. I use a 4 tined rake for this, because it’s not for raking, it’s for breaking up the dirt. Think about getting one.
* Hose: You need a sprinkler and a garden hose. If you want a ‘soaker hose’ that’s fine also, but it can’t be used for other needs. Poor people like us have to get ‘multi use’ items, so think about just a green hose. You have to get a sprinkler on the end of it too.
* Around September, when the soil temperature is right, take your rake and break up the soil to about 1 inch deep on all of the blank spots. Give it a good sprinkling to it’s saturation point(that means to the limit of the soil soaking up the water, just at the point where the water starts to run off). Then put your seed down. Yay! You’re done- Nope!
* Water that location ‘to saturation’ every day for at least 14 days, I prefer twice a day, but once will be enough. Make sure there’s no walking on it for that time. Keep watering it even after the seed sprouts.
* Which seed? Great question. Find out what your USDA Hardiness Zone is. I’m here in St. Louis, it’s zone 7. You can google it and find a map, or even look it up by your zip code. Surf around.
Edit: https://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/
* Once you find out your ‘hardiness zone’, do some internet surfing for ‘best grass for zone (yours)’ or something like that. Also, you can just go to your nearest Garden store (NOT Home depot or Lowes) and ask a bunch of questions.
* Thrift store books: If you have a thrift store nearby, there should be a bunch of gardening books there. I got a ton of gardening books in thrift stores, I hope you can too. These are for you to read in the winter time. Like I say: There’s always something to do in the garden, or FOR the garden.
* There’s lots of things to go over, but I’ll leave it at this. You are welcome to send me a message if you get stuck. I am a professional Gardener, in my 9th year. I’m home right now because I did my customers for today already, because it’s about 97f out there w/heat index of about 340f (or so it seems)!