[Sinclair]

I mentioned in another thread that I had worked on my lawn intensively all spring and summer to get the house ready for our wedding reception earlier this month. I am very pleased with how it looked on the day of the event:



The day came and went, and the city came through to cut down all the ash trees in the neighbourhood due to emerald ash bore. Thankfully they ground out the stump down to a depth of about 12". This leaves me with a full sun exposed lawn, and quite a bit of damage from the tree and stump removal equipment.

Now's the time to do a bit of leveling and seeding with pure KBG.

The lawn was previously seeded with sun & shade mix due to the tree, but I really don't care at all for the texture of the creeping red fescue that dominated the shadier areas. To my luck, dragging the heavy steel tine rake around seemed to selectively rip out mostly fescue and very little of the bluegrass! Bonus.

So, this is what I have as of tonight:



I scalped the lawn, spread a half yard of compost/sand mix, and brought the low spots closer to level. There were some very low areas that my 4" HOC was hiding. I think it will take a few more seasons of leveling efforts for me to compete with wardconnor. :lol: Leveling is a marathon, not a sprint.

I dropped the following seed mix:

25% America KBG
25% Blue Velvet KBG
25% Granite KBG
25% Shamrock KBG

Now the worst part...water & wait.

 

[Sinclair]

Morning of Day 3 since seed down. Existing grass is loving the frequent water and cool weather.

Watering morning and late afternoon.

I painted the neighbour's lawn with Glyphosate Sunday morning. Will be scalping, leveling and putting seed down this weekend. Going to have the best combined lawn in the town.

 

[ericgautier]

I mentioned in another thread that I had worked on my lawn intensively all spring and summer to get the house ready for our wedding reception earlier this month. I am very pleased with how it looked on the day of the event:

Looked fantastic day of! :thumbup:

 

[Sinclair]

Looked fantastic day of! :thumbup:

Thank you, sir!

It feels strange now without the tree, but I won't miss trying to make red fescue look good!

 

[GrassDaddy]

Looking good!

 

[Sinclair]

Looking good!

Thanks!

I'm already having the impatient "why did I choose KBG" thoughts. :lol:

 

[jimmy]

I'm already having the impatient "why did I choose KBG" thoughts. :lol:

I have similar thoughts with my seed down on Saturday for my renovation, but looking at my small pots I started in July, I know the grass quality is worth it. I'm hoping I'll be one of the special ones who get 7-day germination on their KBG.

 

[ericgautier]

I'm already having the impatient "why did I choose KBG" thoughts. :lol:

Slow and steady guys! :thumbup:

Here's a progress pic weekly... by day 63 you should have something decent - http://www.elusivemedia.com/gallery/v/members/eric/lawn/front/

 

[Sinclair]

Neighbour's lawn looking good. :thumbup:

 

[g-man]

^ that's one way to make your yard look better, kill the neighbors yard.

 

[Sinclair]

Slow and steady guys! :thumbup:

Here's a progress pic weekly... by day 63 you should have something decent - http://www.elusivemedia.com/gallery/v/members/eric/lawn/front/

Thanks! Day 63 would be 3 days before Halloween. :thumbup:

 

[Sinclair]

^ that's one way to make your yard look better, kill the neighbors yard.

:lol:

 

[ericgautier]

Thanks! Day 63 would be 3 days before Halloween. :thumbup:

Yes, once you start mowing and feeding the new grass it is amazing how much growth happens.

 

[Sinclair]

It's alive!!!

 

[Pete1313]

Oh yeah!! :clapping:

 

[Sinclair]

Things are happening for real now. I have widespread green fuzz!

 

[Sinclair]

Day 10:

 

[Sinclair]

Touched up some of the longer established grass with the manual reel mower and applied Scott's liquid starter fertilizer 7-12-15.

 

[social port]

Day 10:

Wow, it looks like it is coming in thick. Nice color already. Looks moist and healthy.
Did I read somewhere that you are only watering twice per day??
You must be really encouraged with things so far. Do you think it is getting ready to go into the infamous 'pout' phase?

 

[Sinclair]

Wow, it looks like it is coming in thick. Nice color already. Looks moist and healthy.
Did I read somewhere that you are only watering twice per day??
You must be really encouraged with things so far. Do you think it is getting ready to go into the infamous 'pout' phase?

It is coming in VERY thick. I'm surprised by the germination percentage and time.

I am only watering twice per day as I don't have irrigation set up, so I water before work and after work. I have ~1/4-1/2" of peat moss all over, and it holds a lot of water. We've been getting some help from mother nature too.

The early sprouters might be getting ready to pout, but my mix has cultivars with listed germinations of 7-14 days and 21-28 days, so when these early sprouts get sad, I should have new ones coming in.