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lawn care question empress2454 09-21-2006
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Posted by on September 21, 2006, 12:56 pm
I recently removed 2 good sized pine trees from my lawn, that have
filled the front lawn to about 1/2" with thatch. I'm planning ion
thatching the lawn, but don't know the best time to do it. Obviously
before the ground freezes, but should I do it now or wait a little
longer, I will need to plant seed afterward.

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Posted by JoeSpareBedroom on September 21, 2006, 1:00 pm
>I recently removed 2 good sized pine trees from my lawn, that have
> filled the front lawn to about 1/2" with thatch. I'm planning ion
> thatching the lawn, but don't know the best time to do it. Obviously
> before the ground freezes, but should I do it now or wait a little
> longer, I will need to plant seed afterward.

Any idea where you live? That's useful info for a question like this.



Posted by Phisherman on September 21, 2006, 3:16 pm
Remove the thatch just before you seed. The seed must be direct
contact with the ground.

On 21 Sep 2006 09:56:55 -0700, empress2454@wowway.com wrote:

>I recently removed 2 good sized pine trees from my lawn, that have
>filled the front lawn to about 1/2" with thatch. I'm planning ion
>thatching the lawn, but don't know the best time to do it. Obviously
>before the ground freezes, but should I do it now or wait a little
>longer, I will need to plant seed afterward.
>
>Empressess #124457
>
>
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>
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Posted by on September 21, 2006, 3:44 pm

empress2454@wowway.com wrote:
> I recently removed 2 good sized pine trees from my lawn, that have
> filled the front lawn to about 1/2" with thatch. I'm planning ion
> thatching the lawn, but don't know the best time to do it. Obviously
> before the ground freezes, but should I do it now or wait a little
> longer, I will need to plant seed afterward.
>

I would also suggest that you lime the area heavy prior to planting the
seed. Pine trees tend to live in an a acidic (SP?) soil. If you live
in the north east, then now is a great time to seed......

Paul


Posted by z on September 21, 2006, 4:17 pm

flansp78@hotmail.com wrote:
> empress2454@wowway.com wrote:
> > I recently removed 2 good sized pine trees from my lawn, that have
> > filled the front lawn to about 1/2" with thatch. I'm planning ion
> > thatching the lawn, but don't know the best time to do it. Obviously
> > before the ground freezes, but should I do it now or wait a little
> > longer, I will need to plant seed afterward.
> >
>
> I would also suggest that you lime the area heavy prior to planting the
> seed. Pine trees tend to live in an a acidic (SP?) soil. If you live
> in the north east, then now is a great time to seed......
>
> Paul

Yeah to all of the previous; grass seed needs to be in contact with the
soil to germinate, and evergreens drive the ground to be more acidic.
Lime now to allow it to "sweeten" as they say during the winter. You
can use powdered lime in a dump spreader, or pelleted lime in a rotary
spreader (which would make powdered lime turn into a vast fog all over
the neighborhood). But don't try to use crushed lime which is sometime
sold for rotary spreading, it will not dissolve into the soil within
your lifetime. The pelleted stuff is actually lumps of powdered lime in
a water soluble adhesive, works much better. Lots of folks routinely
just put down 1 bag per 1,000 sq feet every year, others are horrified
and insist you should have the soil tested for pH and follow the
recommendations. I have the soil tested every year, (see my recent post
re the CT ag station, who do soil testing for free), and...... they
recommend every single year that I put down 1 bag of lime per 1,000 sq.
feet.


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