Reviving an Abused Lawn?

Joe · 2005-04-16T23:09:48+00:00

I had a very nice lawn up until this year when I got lazy in the fall andinstead of raking up all the leaves I did a combination of raking andrunning them over with a mulching mower.Major mistake, as now I have half dead grass, lots of bald spots andthatch.I have aggressively raked up all the thatch and things are looking better,but I see signs of ant hills, moss, weeds and bare patches.The grass looks off color green instead of bright greenSo how do I repair this situation?I am located on Eastern Long Island NY so the soil is sandy and like Isaid I had a pretty decent looking lawn up until this point.BTW this is a fairly decent sized property so installing a new lawn is notthe option I want to take.Up until this point I was using Lebanon 5 step process every year (thelawn is only 5 years old, new construction house) but I was never reallyhappy with it and was thinking of going to Scotts this year. I did use itin October though, step 5 I think.I appreciate any and all advice on how to make things better!Joe

Apr 16, 2005 21 Replies

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Joseph Meehan 21 years ago

I agree that most commercial fertilizers contribute greatly to thatch problems and are bad in other ways as well. That may not be the only cause of thatch, but in the US I would say it is be far the most common. On top of that it is bad for the overall health of the grass.

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