Cutting lawn short for overseeding...too much too soon?
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13 years ago
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13 years agoDavid Moore zone 6a nw new jersey
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Overseeded too soon??
Comments (1)Couple of problems. First is when you water a lot when it's hot, you are asking for fungus. However, you have to water frequently for the seeds to sprout. Seeds need water, oxygen, and warmth to sprout. I'd be surprised if they don't sprout due to the heat. If the ground dries out, that may do it, though. I would keep waiting to see what happens. If you lawn was relatively thick already you may not notice the new seedlings anyways. It also depends on the type of grass. If they planted KBG, you are just now getting to the point where the seeds typically start to sprout. If it's Fescue, that was about a week ago. Even then, all seeds don't sprout at once. It takes a while for all of the seeds that will sprout to come up. Don't worry about it for now. Keep watering and watch for fungus....See MoreHow short can I cut my Zoysia lawn this winter?
Comments (12)John here are my recommendations. Maintain current height for now until it goes dormant for winter rest. Then next spring with you see signs it is starting to turn green, scalp it down to 1 inch and bag all the debris. I will warn you it will look like crap with nothing but stems and twigs. As soon as you see it starting to recover and green up a bit after scalping, apply your first of 3 yearly fertilizer applications. Be sure to water the fertilizer in. Then maintain the lawn at 1-1/2 to 2 inches with a rotary mower with a good sharp blade. Zoysia is a very tough grass and hard on lawn mower blades so keep the blade sharp. Otherwise you will just tear the grass and it will look brown on the tips and spoil the color, not to mention open it up for pest and disease issues. If you use a reel mower maintain at 3/4 to 1-1/2 inches with sharp blades. Lastly fertilize only 3 times per season spaced 8 to 10 weeks apart. DO NOT over fertilize Zoysia. Good luck and don't forget to check in next year and let us know how it went....See More5'4' two inches too short!!!
Comments (22)anicee - an inexpensive(Squarely cut a length off the pipe with a hack saw or such - dress the ends to remove burrs/etc and dry fit the two cap ends to make a 4 inch diameter cylinder slightly shorter than the width of the ribbed rubber cover on the pedal. Carefully measure the outside diameter of the ribbed rubber pedal cover. Drill a thru hole in the center of the two end caps to a size mebbe 1/16 inch smaller than the the ribbed rubber pedal cover outside diameter. The idea is to create a tight "interference" fit between your home-made cylinder and the pedal cover diameters so that once tapped on using a hammer and a piece of scrap plastic tubing, the plastic tube will stay firmly in place. Once the plastic tube assembly is successfully dry-fitted and looks like it will fit tightly to the ribbed rubber pedal cover, glue the two end caps together on the tube and let cure for an hour before doing any hammering. If you you really want to embellish the cylinder, cut a pretrimmed piece of wet/dry sandpaper (coarse grit) - glue it to the plastic tube outside diameter grit side out to give you a less slippery surface for your foot to contact. If the company rep gave you good info, the resulting 2 inch pedal extension should work for you. Good luck - and perhaps other contributers on this forum can improve on above....See MoreWhen is fall overseeding too late?
Comments (4)Generally speaking, it is too late for much success this season. Even in my very mild climate, the middle of October is typically considered the cut-off point (and we are yet to experience nighttime temperatures below the mid 40's). Sometimes, later seeding will offer germination but the rate is poor and the germination very slow. Often the seed will rot in the winter rains and snow before it is able to germinates....See Moredchall_san_antonio
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