Fixing Brown Spo ...

By David Shifflett

A brown spot on your grass happens to everyone at some point. Brown spots can be cause by many different things; compacted roots, animals, insects, high traffic areas, not enough water and not enough sun. Here is a quick and simple fix to help make that lawn look great.

You don't need to buy expensive products to fix your lawn. All you need to fix your lawn is, seed, fertilizer, and compost. To get started we are going to want to rack the affected area with a firm rack, to rough it up. Then with a hoe, cultivator, or a garden fork loosen the soil down a couple of inches to give the grass the chance to germinate and grow long and healthy roots. Following the manufactures instructions place the fertilizer down and work it into the soil with a garden fork or your hands. Make sure that you use gloves when dealing with fertilizer. Once that fertilizer is worked into the soil lightly sprinkle the grass seed over top of the soil. You want to sprinkle the seed like you would salt on some French fries. When buy the seed to use you want to use a type that is a perennial type that is right for your area, not one that is annual and dies after the season. Then once you have the seed is in place cover, the area with compost to aid in the growth of healthy grass. Step on the patch to set the seed. Finally water the seed thoroughly to give the planted seed a great start.

If you think that a pet or animal created the spot with urine, you will want to add lime to the soil to neutralize the acid in the urine. If you are not sure if it was an animal, you can test the soil with a PH tester that you can buy at the store. For grass to grow right it prefers a PH level of 6 - 7.

When dealing with a lot of fixes, you can place the seed fertilizer and the compost into a bucket. Mix the bucket up good to make sure that everything is dispersed evenly. Now you're going to want to roughen up all the areas that need to be fixed. Then place the mixer on to each stop and press it down with your foot. Water the patches daily till the new grass is about two inches high. Then water every other day till the grass is hardy and well rooted.

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