What can be done about dog’s urine causing brown spots?
Add water right after the dog has been on the lawn. 1.8 Facelift for a new lawn [ – top – ] I planted a tall fescue lawn last spring. It looked beautiful until the heat hit. Now much of it is dead. We removed several trees from the area prior to planting. The area was tilled; also the remaining stumps were ground up and hauled off. The areas of dead grass are irregular and some areas; particularly shaded ones are in good shape. How do I replant these dead areas or do I need to? How do I know what to tear up and what and replant? Is it worth seeding back into the same soil? Will I have better results with fall planting? Tall fescue is a bunch-type grass, so it will not fill in bare or dead areas on its own. Those areas must be reseeded. Areas, which are dead, should have debris raked off and the soil surface roughened. You should be able to plant into the same soil. Prepare all the dead areas for reseeding but allow those areas that have survived to be left alone. Most likely the shade