How to prep for seed

[Rich P]

Cut down overgrowth.
Spray round-up or equivelent. If doing it for hire, be sure you are properly licenced. Read and follow the label for mixing instructions. The label is the law.
Harley rake to get smooth surface.
Plastic rake small rocks out.
Spread seed and fert.
Plastic rake once to mix seed and dirt.

 

[Harvster]

Hey, there's a pool where that old trout pond used to be! What a transformation.

 

[thcri]

That is a big change. I wonder why it was left to go the way it did. Pretty nice looking once cleaned up.

Job well done.


murph

 

[heymack]

Wow, what a job!

Strange that there's no deck, walk, patio, etc. around that pool.

 

[thcri]

Wow, what a job!

Strange that there's no deck, walk, patio, etc. around that pool.

That is a good question. I know that the grass around the pool will never have a chance because of the Chlorine. So any spillage the grass will be dead. I guess I would put some kind of deck around it.


murph

 

[Rich P]

There will be some type of deck installed, customer wants to get some money together. As to CL killing the grass, it will harm it if left on in blazing sun, but should not kill it if it gets rinsed off by the irrigation.

 

[thcri]

There will be some type of deck installed, customer wants to get some money together. As to CL killing the grass, it will harm it if left on in blazing sun, but should not kill it if it gets rinsed off by the irrigation.

You could be ok. But you would have to sprinkle everytime someone splashes water out of the pool. The whole reason I brought that up was our neighbor about 5 houses over lost 6 large pine trees. These were large 12 foot trees spaced about 20 feet apart each. They figured out it was chlorine from their above ground pool the had a small leak.

murph

 

[Rich P]

It may have helped, but I would be very suspicious that CL was the only thing tha killed large trees.

 

[flusher]

There will be some type of deck installed, customer wants to get some money together. As to CL killing the grass, it will harm it if left on in blazing sun, but should not kill it if it gets rinsed off by the irrigation.

Nice place. Nice pool.

What kind of grass did you plant?

I'm landscaping my new place now. Here's my recipe:

Mow the weeds as short as possible (used my riding mower and weed whacker for this).

Hit the weeds with Roundup, wait 2 weeks

Plow the lawn areas with a middle buster (and the Kubota B7510HST).

Spread fertilizer (13-13-13).

Rototill using the B7510 and a 48"-wide Yanmar RS-1200 tiller (two passes at right angles). Plowing first makes it easier on the tiller. I was pleasantly surprised that the tilling left a very level and neatly pulverized seed bed ready for planting.

Spread tall fescue seed

Rake/drag to cover the seed.

Water like crazy.

It's been 3 weeks and the fescue is now starting to show up.

 

[Harvster]

Don't let them put grass around the pool. Then you have to mow it and trim it and all that ends up right in the pool. Cement is a beautiful thing.