Want to improve lawn quality..haven no idea where to start

[Ashful]

the only thing that makes something farmer grade is that it's still under a patent and can't be sold in stores. It's got nothing to do with strength or quality. Roundup was the same way before their patent expired. At most farm stores you can get just as good of stuff as a farmer can get, but the quantity obviously is not the same. The reason you need a license for herbicides and farm chemicals is for application, not for purchase reasons. Again, you can get the same stuff at the farm stores.

I buy many commercial fertilizers, herbicides, and fungicides that are labeled only for licensed application. I believe the loophole is that I am purchasing for personal use, not commercial application. It seems that the local interpretation is that they could not sell this product to a landscaper, looking to apply it to a customer's property without proper licensing, but they can sell it to me if I'm only applying it to my own lawn.

 

[rippinryno]

that is exactly right. As I said, you can buy them without a license, it's the application process that will require the license.

 

[jatoxico]

We have lift off on the new seed. Now just need about 3 more weeks before a frost. Thinking maybe some Miracle grow would be in order.

 

[Swedishchef]

Even if you have seed there in the winter, the spring thaw will help it germinate. Then again too much water from the snow melting could rot the seeds.



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[Lake Girl]

Lawn gurus, what do you recommend for moss infiltration?

 

[jatoxico]

Even if you have seed there in the winter, the spring thaw will help it germinate. Then again too much water from the snow melting could rot the seeds.



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Alright an Andrew sighting! Hoping the majority of seed/grass gets established now so I can treat for crabgrass and weeds in the spring w/o having to wait. Been so bad about getting down crabgrass pre-emergent and I'm paying the price. Good to hear from you. Hope your enjoying the adventure!

 

[Ashful]

Lawn gurus, what do you recommend for moss infiltration?

As a kid, I remember we had some mossy areas on my parent's property, and we made a conscious decision to leave it, then. These were shady areas where grass did not grow well enough to keep clover and weeds at bay, whereas the moss seemed to do a good job of it. The only difficulty we had was that the moss is fragile, and easily damaged with traffic / mowers.

If this is an area that can sustain grass, then there are products like "Moss Out", designed to eradicate moss from your lawn, without killing existing grass. I have no experience with it myself, but you can check it out here.

 

[lml999]

If you have a well, as I do, be very careful about what you put on your lawn!

As others have suggested, proper mowing and overseeding, along with some basic organic boosting (corn gluten, chicken poo, etc) will help the grass to crowd out the weeds. It takes a couple of years, but results in a much more robust lawn.

 

[muncybob]

Based on the apparent size of the dog in your Avatar you have some serious amounts of 'fertilizer' being applied though.

You should see what our horses produce

 

[lml999]

You should see what our horses produce

No sh_t!