New lawn help

[therev]

I need some input on how to repair or reseed my lawn. To provide a little history I purchased a 13 acre cornfield about 3 2 years ago. I chisel plowed the whole property during the fall and when spring came I ran a disc through it all. I grated the whole thing and I sowed grass in about half of it. The rest I sowed white and red clover for the deer and turkey. The grass seed came up beautifully but the clover really didn't take, just in places. Now I want to expand my lawn and not really sure how to go about it. Do I have to plow up the part I want I expand? Should I spray the weeds that's there now? I don't want the clover in my Lawn but its mostly weeds anyway. Also what do I need to put on my lawn around my house? When I built we drug the good topsoil away for drainage and I can't get any grass to grow, only green weeds. I hope I don't have to till this area up either because of the mud you have to deal with. Is there someway I can treat the soil that will help the grass seed to grow? Thanks and sorry I'm so windy...

 

[noma]

Hi therev

I think i would spray round up on the new part you want to seed with grass let that kill all the weeds and clover good. Then i think i would dig it up and get a good seeding bed for your grass to grow in, then light coating of fertilizer when the grass comes up and keep the ground moist for a month or so. A way to help keep it moist would be spreed some straw over the new seed area just after you plant the grass seed for ground cover to help so it don't dry out the ground so much and help with weed control at first. Only put about a 2 inch layer of straw or some thing like it that will resolve in time and go away when your new grass gets a good stand. You got a lot of work ahead of you good luck . Same thing around your house to, keep us posted how it worked and how you did it to work for you..:licking::licking::licking::licking::licking::licking::licking:

 

[possum]

You have to prepare the area around the house that has lost the good topsoil. If that means adding topsoil do so. If you need to dig it down somemore to add topsoil then do that. Probly have to work on it all spring. May have to keep it weed free until fall or plant it to a cover crop and then work it up and plant grass seed this fall. It is already getting to late to plant spring grass in my part of the country and expect very good survival in the soon to be here summer heat, not to mention all the weeds and crabgrass. The cornfield sounds like a project for the fall as well. Why not just keep the weeds worked off it with the disk until fall and plant grass. You could use the roundup now and a cover crop as well until fall. Or use the roundup and try the grass. If you have weeds now you are going to have weeds after you plant to grass. And ideal conditions for the weeds to beat the snot out of your program this summer. Fall would be better here on a big grass planting project. Maybe different where you are. Go to a lawncare place and ask around a bit. See what other folks are doing. or the golf places. Schools. You get the idea.

 

[SRLANDSCAPING]

Check the PH of your soil that the grass didn't take on.... Good PH of soil is about 6.5 to 7.0... Could be your problem, hope I helped