Lawn fertilizer
 The grass is old- like from the 40's The back of the backyard is especially bad- and has a huge rust problem. The dogs seem to like to pee on top of each others pee spots- Now we have dead spots all over the lawn, but also extra green spots where either only one dog went, or it was diluted enough to just fertilize it with "dog nitrogen" I'm hoping someone can help me choose a safe fertilizer, kill my rust fungus, and revive my dog pee spots? (I don't ask for much, do I???) Where do I start? |
|
|
| Do you have rust or red thread? Rust: Increase sunlight and decrease moisture. Easier said than done. Diseases need three things: a pathogen (rust), a host (old bluegrass) and the proper environment (shade and moisture). Remove one and you don't have the problem. In this case the one to eliminate is the environment. Second, rust likes grasses stressed for nitrogen. So you need to fertilize as required for your area. Once you have the growing conditions better, better sunlight, better control of moisture (haha, you live in Oregon), better soil nutrients, then you can over seed with some of the newer grass cultivars more resistant to rust. You'd have to contact your Cooperative Extension Service there to determine what cultivars are available now, I've lost track. You've got a problem because the dogs are plowing thru the rust, moving spores around the yard. Even lawnmowers should be washed if they've gone thru a rust area. Fungicides work better as a preventative, early in the year before the rust becomes real active. OSU Cooperative Extension Service is pretty darn good! They have a whole network of people to help you and a pretty good on line bulletin service, here's one on lawn restoration: http://a.yfrog.com/img620/2310/ngcof.jpg |
Didn't find exactly what you're looking for? Search again here:
Custom Search
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|