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montesser
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Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2006 6:52 pm   Post subject: Help, mold on new lawn?


Help

I recently bought a new home that was only seeded once 6 weeks prior to my close date. They covered the planted areas with straw. It was early summer and there was little or no rain during this period so a lot of the grass seed died and the straw had blown away by the time I had moved in. After I moved, my mother told me that I should start watering the grass twice a day to that the seeds that survived would start to grow. It did for a couple of weeks, then stopped. We mowed the lawn with a mulch mower at 3 ½ inches high once a week to keep the grass level even. We then received two separate periods of heavy rain so I stopped watering. Now, in some areas of my lawn, there are black patches appearing. The soil that was originally used was red clay. They are appearing in areas where there would be standing water after the rain. Is this some sort of fungus or mold? How can I get rid of this and what do I need to do to save my lawn before we plant new grass seed in September? I love my mother dearly, but she's no expert, and I think what she has me doing is killing my lawn.[/info][/url]

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Pianolady
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Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2006 9:55 pm   Post subject:


Do you know what kind of grass you have, and would you happen to have a photo?

Might look here for a cause:
http://www.ext.nodak.edu/extpubs/plantsci/landscap/pp950w.htm#leaf

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montesser
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Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2006 10:46 pm   Post subject: grass pictures


Not sure what type of grass I have, but here are some pictures.

The picture with the house is what the grass looked like before I moved in.

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d153/montesser/Lawn%20Photos/SSPX0008.jpg

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d153/montesser/Lawn%20Photos/SSPX0073.jpg

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d153/montesser/Lawn%20Photos/SSPX0071.jpg

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d153/montesser/Lawn%20Photos/SSPX0070.jpg

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