Half good half bad

MK4570 – posted 04 June 2007 19:12

Any reason why one half of my backyard lawn would grow thick green full grass and the other barely green up and feel like concrete? Any tips/help would be appreciated!

MK

AZBermudaman – posted 05 June 2007 10:04

A number of possible reasons :

Too little water & compacted soil caused that issue for me.

I aerated and threw down some gypsum to help soften the ground.

I also increased watering in that zone and even supplimented by hand watering a few really troublesome spots.

Then I threw down some calcium nitrate in the very early spring and followed up with Naturesafe Organic 5-6-6 and some triple 15 over the next couple of months.

Lastly, I threw down some iron/sulfur manganese mixture to neutralize the salts and bring the pH in line. It greened up really nice.

Now I’m just overwatering because I’m afraid it will go back

MK4570 – posted 05 June 2007 12:29

AZburmudaman, thanks for the tips. Water is not the problem as it’s been raining a ton here in Texas. I think you maybe onto something with the compacted soil, so I’ll give some of your tips a shot.

Thanks,

MK