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   Doug Cooper to Mike Powell   
   Re: Gardening Tricks   
   29 Mar 21 09:54:35   
   
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   REPLY: 77.fi_gardn@1:2320/105 24c5bb15   
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    MP> Thanks!  I had to dig up a dead bush yesterday, so I will have some   
    MP> seeding to do here soon.  I had better do it soon, too!  Once May gets   
    MP> here, it will often be above 80ish.   
      
   Not sure what area you're from, but here most lawns are Kentucky Blue Grass /   
   Perennial Rye Blend, or Turf Style Tall Fescue. Both can have a germination   
   rate of 30 days, so if you get in the 80's in May, definitely look at the time   
   it takes for the seed your buying to germinate.  I have a few patches to fix   
   as well, I tend to use my sod cuttings from edging my flower beds, and just   
   stomp them into place to fill in any bare areas.  One area is too big, from   
   dog we had, that I'll have to wait until fall to fix and will require tilling,   
   adding soil, seeding, straw, starter fertilizer, and fencing it off with   
   temporary fence, to keep the dog and kids off of it.  But it's been that way   
   for too many years so I'm kinda getting used to it.  I may just throw some   
   spare flagstone down to hide it for this season, since it's the main walk way   
   off our patio to the kids play area.  It's been a real pain to get growing,   
   and stay growing. I've been dealing with it yearly and can get grass growing,   
   but it dies off by July/August.    
      
   -tG   
      
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