Hi everybody. Novice here. I moved to the mountain region of NC about 2 years ago. Really started working on making my yard better in the spring. I over seeded the front and back and even laid sod down in one area. Well, the sod completely died- the seed seemed to work for a while and some of it died, but the yard still looks better than it did.
My problem now-- I now realize that basically my entire front yard is crab grass. I don't want to kill it all off at once as I want it to be presentable. And even though there's so much crab grass at least it's green...?
My plan was to over seed this fall (coming very soon) and start applying pre-emergent in the spring. Then maybe I can seed again after the pre-emergent and again in the fall? Can anybody critique me? Give me recommendations? I have read so much about this I feel my head is going to explode. I am concerned that there is so much crab grass, it would be a waste to over seed this fall?
I had my soil tested and even the UNC professor said to overseed but I don't think he realized how much crab grass I have. I just want to be sure I am not wasting the seed and it will grow. I know crab grass dies every year, but I do not remember my yard being completely dead last year. Maybe it wasn't as green but I still had grass, so I'm a little perplexed at that too.
Please help me!!!!!
My problem now-- I now realize that basically my entire front yard is crab grass. I don't want to kill it all off at once as I want it to be presentable. And even though there's so much crab grass at least it's green...?
My plan was to over seed this fall (coming very soon) and start applying pre-emergent in the spring. Then maybe I can seed again after the pre-emergent and again in the fall? Can anybody critique me? Give me recommendations? I have read so much about this I feel my head is going to explode. I am concerned that there is so much crab grass, it would be a waste to over seed this fall?
I had my soil tested and even the UNC professor said to overseed but I don't think he realized how much crab grass I have. I just want to be sure I am not wasting the seed and it will grow. I know crab grass dies every year, but I do not remember my yard being completely dead last year. Maybe it wasn't as green but I still had grass, so I'm a little perplexed at that too.
Please help me!!!!!
