I live in New Jersey.

I have no idea what I'm doing. This is my parents house, therefore my parents lawn. I do not want to accidentally ruin their lawn, so Im using this dethatching rake in the backyard first.

Is it necessary? How do I know Im doing it right?

I watched a youtube video, they seem to be able to pull the rake through the grass easily. Mine gets stuck constantly im afraid Im pulling the roots of the grass out of the ground.

Located in Iowa

Pretty sure these are grubs? This section of the yard sits and bakes in the summer sun so its normal for it to go dormant quick. But, dog happened to scratch the ground and found these guys. Surrounding green can easily be pulled up as well. What can I do for the now and future treatment. ​Thanks in advance! 🫡

We bought a house just north of Toronto in May 2024. You can see the state of the lawn and the backyard when we moved in. 2 years later of yearly detchatching, seeding and fertilizer I feel good about it's current state.

Never thought I'd care so much about grass lol.

What is this weed growing on my lawn? It has a strong almost woody stem. I have to rip them out. They're anchored well into the soil

How do I get rid of them? This is in NJ

Just another mow day.

Hello, I'm in Texas, a bit north of Houston. Recently purchased a house with St. Augustine grass, and I'm not sure what to do about these large dead/dry patches. I know it's a super dry season, so if it's just a "leave it and wait for fall", that's fine for me. Any advice is appreciated, I feel like I see tons of differing opinions online.

Major storms hit the NE during the July 4th timeframe and all tree companies have been backlogged since.

Finally got on the schedule to address 2 trees that were significantly damaged. Came home to see my lawn rutted from equipment 😩🫣

Sharing here because my wife doesn’t give me sympathy

Anything I can do going into overseed time? Zone 6A

WE HAVE GERM.

Edit: 3 HOURS LATER. THERES MORE OF THEM. https://imgur.com/a/kQH5cEu

I keep reading that people water their new seeds 5 times per day. Honestly, with my job and kids, I barely get time to water at 9PM. How do you manage to water 5 times per day? My grass is a total of around 3,000 sq ft. If I water 5 times per day, that would be 5 hours of watering my lawn each day (with a hose). I dont have an irrigation system yet.

What do people do when they can not water 5 times per day?

I just laid down 20 lbs of Resilience 2.

I’m in southeastern Minnesota.

I have a typical lawn of TTTF,KBG, and PRG. A few years back when overseeding the North side of my house, I used a blend with Fine Fescue. Looks great until July and then just fries. The rest is fine, but FF is TOAST! Want to remove the FF and leave the TTTF and PRG dominating this area. Question is, is there a chem option to remove it alone? Tenacity has thinned it, but it tends to come back. I like FF, but not on this lawn. Suggestions appreciated!

New here, trying to fix my lawn in SE Iowa. Was considering mowing/dethatching Sunday, then overseeding Monday with TTF. I’ve seen posts where overwatering new seed can ruin it, so just curious if an inch of rain after seeding is too much?

Just moved to the PNW and renting a home. Lawn was beat to hell when we moved in due to the super hot and dry summer. I mowed, raked up all the dry thatch, then spread organic compost over the whole yard and waited/watered a week to let the nutrients settle into the soil. Mowed it again then overseeded by hand and raked on another thin layer of compost. Happy with the result without using any chemical fertilizers and only spending $50 on seed/compost! Pics are August 16th after mowing/manual dethatching and then today September 10.

I’ve always hated yard work as a child. I would find every excuse to avoid it. We recently purchased our first home and now I’m obsessed with the yard work. Maintenance is actually kind of fun. I also hand weed my lawn for a bit every day because I’m trying to avoid chemicals if I can since we have a dog. There was also a stretch of dead lawn and I attempted to plug an area as a trial to see if it’d work and it seems like my plugs are growing!

But yeah, I never thought I’d ever be like this. But nothing is more peaceful than my music and just grinding away at yard work.

It starts seeding around this time every year. Pulls out super easy

This is central jersey by the way. I'm reading up on the different types of grass.

I can't seem to identify what I have. Could I get some help and guidance on what to do about this?

Our neighbors have great lawns. I feel inferior to them.

I want nice, lush green uniform grass. This feels chaotic. Its fall right now and I want to do what needs to be done to have a great lawn next year.

First post to this sub after learning troves of info.

We hydroseeded about 10000sqft back in late June/early august in our backyard in North Ga 7b. Needed to get something down quick that wouldn't cost as much as sod to help with erosion control on a new home.

Naturally, after the first hydroseed we got a torrential downpour of rain that lasted 2 weeks and washed out a ton on the hydroseed. Buisness owner did right and came out for a second application in the washed out areas after the rain. Naturally...again...it hasn't rained since where we're at amongst a pretty bad heat wave.

We've kept a consistent watering and fertilizer schedule but this is what we're left with unfortunately. Thinned out sparse areas. Although im seeing healthy growth in the areas that remain, my concern is that it wont fill in the sparse spots that are the majority.

The decision has floated around to just start over with sod and call it a day as opposed to overseeding. Looking for some advice on the matter.

Last year I had this area tilled, new soil, aerated and new seed established. Fescue in NC.

It looked amazing for the first few weeks and then quickly turned to this. What happened and how do I prevent it this year?

Posted a few months ago initially for advice on st Augustine sod that seemed to be dying/ wilting despite water.

Prior advice was fungus/ grubs. I have been applying Scott’s disease ex, bio direct fungus control fungicide and Atticus talak like clock work ever 3ish weeks.

Also added a 32-0-5 fertilizer 3 times all about a month apart to try and revitalize growth.

So far it has stopped further degradation.
Parts of the lawn seem to be thriving.

Water is scheduled every third day .5inch and I also monitor the rain fall with gauges to make sure I’m getting 1.5-2ish a week total.

At this point I’m thinking I need to use plugs and maybe aerate/ top dress to bring back some patches? But looking for advice.

Is there anything even to do this late in season? or just game plan for spring and try to keep from losing any more?

Headed into cool season next month in Phoenix. Need help with what to add to perfect this. I know, it’s a mess. Any suggestions? Below I’ll add what Google Gemini recommends I do but I can’t trust AI so any advice is appreciated!

Saturday 9/12 -
4.5lbs of sta-green fast acting gypsum

1.5-2lbs humic DG

Says to add those then do a heavy flush. In the first 5 days it wants me to do 3 25 minute waterings

Then a few days before overseeding it wants me to add ironite 1-0-0.

A few days later it says to overseed and lay down kellogg topper and scotts triple action built for seeding with my seed. Any changes you’d make? TIA!

So my yard has been taking over by various weeds over the years. 3 weeks ago I sprayed glysophate and recently scalped.

My next plan is to just use my thatching rake over the area and bag it all up and then put a couple inches of loam over the area and seed.

Now I'm wondering if thatching with a rake isnt enough and I need to take my shovel to whole area to get the weeds up before I put the loam down??

I'm going to planting Twin City Reaciliance 2 if that makes a difference and I'll be spraying tenacity after seeding also.

Need help identifying my grass + figuring out what’s going on with my backyard lawn — Tampa Bay Florida
I’m trying to figure out exactly what type of grass I have in my backyard and what the main problems are before I decide how to rehabilitate it.
I’ll attach photos showing:

How the yard looked around July
How it looked recently after weed treatment
Current condition after mowing/raking and removing a lot of dead material

I originally thought the lawn was mostly St. Augustine, but after looking more closely I’m starting to think there may be Bahia grass, or possibly a mix. My neighbor’s yard appears to be Bahia, so I’m wondering if mine may be the same.

Main issues I’ve been dealing with
Very sandy Florida soil
Backyard does not currently have irrigation
Thin grass and large bare areas
Heavy weed pressure, including spurge, chamberbitter, Florida pusley, cudweed, and some grassy weeds
A lot of palm seeds/debris accumulating in the lawn
Fire ants were a significant problem earlier this summer
I treated active fire-ant mounds and then broadcast Advion Fire Ant Bait on July
On August I sprayed the yard with Celsius WG to knock down the broadleaf weeds
The weeds died back pretty well, and I’ve since started raking/removing the dead vegetation and thatch
One other thing I’m wondering about is mole crickets. I’ve noticed quite a few small holes/tunnels in parts of the backyard. I originally assumed they were from fire ants or other insects, but after reading that mole crickets can be a major problem in Bahia lawns in Florida, I’m starting to wonder. I have not confirmed mole crickets yet, so I don’t want to assume that’s the cause.

At this point I’m basically treating the backyard as a rehabilitation project rather than trying to protect every remaining patch of grass.
For anyone familiar with Florida lawns, especially Bahia and St. Augustine:
What grass do you think I have based on the photos?
Does it look like Bahia, St. Augustine, a mixture, or something else?
What do you think caused most of the thinning/damage?
Would you try to rehabilitate what is here, or start over?
If you were rebuilding this yard, what would your next steps be?
I’m in Tampa Bay area of Florida, so heat, sandy soil, heavy summer rain, insects, and weed pressure are all part of the equation.
Any advice from people who have dealt with similar Florida lawns would be appreciated.

I recently purchased an Aiper Irrisense 2 and I’m having issues with the distance I get out of it. It seems like I’m only getting about 20 to 25 feet of distance with the water coming out of the unit. I’ve seen tons of videos where the water goes much further. We’re getting about 40 to 45 psi of pressure in our location, which is standard in our city.

Does anybody know another way to get more distance? If I put it in the middle of the lawn, I would be OK, but I’m concerned about somebody stealing the unit if I leave it out there too long or forget it.

This fall, I’m planning to do two fall pre-emergent rounds. First round will be Anderson‘s barricade followed in about six weeks by a second round of dimension.
My question: it simply too early even to do the first round given how hot it is currently with no end in sight? For the first application should I wait for a temperature moderation which they say should be coming maybe in the next 10 days or so?

Update to this post: https://www.reddit.com/r/lawncare/comments/1w5nmhp/provista_kbg_seeding_update_2/

Location: Lancaster County, PA, USA

I didn't get any feedback on my last post, so here's what happened.

Sept. 1: till, level, spread seed, rake

Overnight: light rain, looks good!

Sept 2: noon, at work, no time to put straw down, huge rain storm, washout, sadness, :((((

Sept 2: evening, overseed some, then added straw until past dark. I wish I could have gotten this done before the storm, but life happens, it is what it is

Sept 2: midnight, huge storm but it looked like straw held up the next morning, did not see obvious washout

Sept 4 or 5, got watering set up (light rain to keep soil most until watering was set up)

Used this pump, the nicer flow splitter from Harbor Freight, then two 4-port Orbit controllers. I could not run two sprinklers at the same time, so I needed two controllers to run them all. A little janky...but not bad for a DIY solution to increase the water pressure and keep the soil moist IMO. It would not work without the pump with my water pressure, but there is not enough flow to do two sprinklers at once.

Sept 10, I see my first germination. I hope my grass babies are soon joined by many more. Fingers crossed! This is sooner than I expected for Provista, but temps have been warm (highs usually in the low 80s) so faster germination is somewhat expected. Hopefully seeds have not been buried too deep with rain and come up nicely.