After having my rear patio built, the front lawn got destroyed by the bulldozer going back and forth. I knew it was late in the spring season to re-seed here in New York but the lawn looked so bad that something had to be done. The front lawn was already in bad shape before the bulldozer with a lot of bare spots, weeds and crabgrass. In late April I sprayed the entire front lawn with "Roundup kills weeds not lawns" and several weeks later I ripped out the dead stuff.
Fast forward to June 1st. I raked the yard to remove anything loose/dead, cut the existing grass real low and had 10 yards of screened topsoil delivered that covered the entire lawn by a little more then 1 inch. I already had 50lbs of seed mix that a friend gave me (check the pic for the mix). After spreading the soil, the seed was laid out followed by scotts starter fertilizer. The front lawn is roughly 5000 square feet and 25lbs of the seed mix I had was enough to cover that much area according to the company. However, I wound up using about 35lbs of seed. I lightly turned the soil with a rake after the seed and fertilizer was down followed by a roller. I have been watering 3x a day for roughly 6-8 minutes.
Here we are 12 days later and the grass is growing but there many areas that are still bare. I know for a fact that the seed/fertizler was evenly spread and the entire area was covered. Can I do anything at this point? Add more seed? Wait it out a little longer to see if it fills in?
Fast forward to June 1st. I raked the yard to remove anything loose/dead, cut the existing grass real low and had 10 yards of screened topsoil delivered that covered the entire lawn by a little more then 1 inch. I already had 50lbs of seed mix that a friend gave me (check the pic for the mix). After spreading the soil, the seed was laid out followed by scotts starter fertilizer. The front lawn is roughly 5000 square feet and 25lbs of the seed mix I had was enough to cover that much area according to the company. However, I wound up using about 35lbs of seed. I lightly turned the soil with a rake after the seed and fertilizer was down followed by a roller. I have been watering 3x a day for roughly 6-8 minutes.
Here we are 12 days later and the grass is growing but there many areas that are still bare. I know for a fact that the seed/fertizler was evenly spread and the entire area was covered. Can I do anything at this point? Add more seed? Wait it out a little longer to see if it fills in?
