[Brackin4au]

So I've been in my newly constructed house for about 2.5 years now. I've had some bare spots in my front yard from the beginning. The builder's landscaping crew was pathetic, but that's another topic that I could talk about all night and don't have the energy to do so. Anyway, one of the spots grew in fairly well, but I still have a few good sized spots. I just bought a pro plugger to try and transplant some healthy growing grass to the spots, and I realized why the spots were there in the first place. I could barely get the plugger in the ground in several spots. In the spots I could get the plugger in decently, it was basically 90% clay/rock, and MAYBE 10% organic matter from 2 full seasons of mulch mowing over it. I'm wondering what y'all think about the best plan of attack. Should I go ahead and place shallow plugs of the grass as planned? Or should I maybe fill the holes with sand for now and see if that helps the area some? I have some masonry sand.

 

[Colonel K0rn]

I've seen bermuda grow over concrete, so there might be something below the surface that's preventing any sort of healthy soil to be made in that area. I'd try working it over with a garden weasel, incorporating some sand there to give it some structure, and then try to put some of the plugs into the freshly tilled soil.

 

[Brackin4au]

I've seen bermuda grow over concrete, so there might be something below the surface that's preventing any sort of healthy soil to be made in that area. I'd try working it over with a garden weasel, incorporating some sand there to give it some structure, and then try to put some of the plugs into the freshly tilled soil.

Yeah I've seen Bermuda grow in ridiculous places as well. That's why I'm still a little curious about these spots. But they really haven't improved at all over time. I'll give the spots some working over and see how that does. Thanks!