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Hardy Grasses
Last year I filled an acre depression with some fill dirt. (I was lucky to have 50 tri-axles worth of fill dirt dumped there at no charge---some one needed to get rid of it...and it was clean stuff too!) The dirt is less than desireable stuff...no clay but very little if any top soil. I do not have the $$$ to bring in good top soil to spread over top of this area. I have resigned myself to the fact that this particular area will never be confused with a putting green but I would like to get it fairly presentable. Are there any grass seeds that are more tolerable to poor soils than others? Thanks in advance for your expertise!
Gary D
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Sorry about the delay in getting back to you all about my location. I live in northwestern PA, I think I am in Zone 5. I am not attempting to grow as we speak simply because of the time of year. The particular area I am speaking about is too far away from the house to water, so I am really relying on Mother Nature for water and this just simply isin't the best time of year for that as we all know.
Incidentally, the portions of this property that I could reach to water were seeded with something called "Lakeview mix", a blend specially formaulated for the Lake Erie lake shore...or at least thats what they tell me. Now I'm getting to far from the house and watering is going to be up to mother nature. What I did plant came in just OK, but I attribute that to nothing but the soil conditions.
Thanks again for any thoughts!
GaryD
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I will check on the seed percentages when I get home and let you know tommorrow. As far as loosening up this stuff, I'm doing the best I can with what I have. Before the rains quit for the summer I was able to get a couple of sections done (probably areas 20' X 100'.) I have a homemade York type rake (an old trailer hitch with a cross bar across the back with 3" re-bar spikes welded on the bottom.) I have had to drag each area (with my 14 HP lawn tractor) to kick up the rocks/stones, then hand rake the section. This needed to be done 3X to get the area ready to seed. Needless to say this is a major project for a one man wrecking crew.
I'm sure with the proper equipment I would have been done with this long ago but its easier to do it this way than explain to my wife why we need to bring someone in to do the job. That falls on deaf ears.
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OK, here's the breakdown of the Lakeview mix seed I have been using:
57% Perenial Rye
23% Annual Rye
12% Kentucky Blue
5% Creeping Red Fescue
of course there is the always interesting 2% "inert matter", whatever that is!
Thanks for all the thoughts, I'm enjoying reading them!
Gary D
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