Disclaimer: I am passionate about lawn care and love researching, but I'm aware that I'm comparatively a novice. Literally any tips/general advice is welcome.
This is my parent's lawn, my dad takes pride in having seeded this himself 30 years ago rather than opting for sod.
That being said, the seed was planted before the front had any trees that now provide significant shade for a large portion of the day. Additionally, the grass has been infested with moss interwoven throughout it everywhere. After multiple months of different treatments, dethatching, and fertilizing. I simply cannot get this lawn to thicken.
Is it time to admit that the grass simply isn't healthy enough to beat out any invasive competitors? Should I start looking into killing the lawn and starting from scratch?
Tl;dr 30 year old sickly, weak fescue/rye lawn. Time to start over?
by Bugatti_Dane
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Other then being seeded 30 years ago, Have you tried aerating and overseeding?
I wouldn’t kill it, I would detach and overseed this fall.
Get soil samples from various parts of the yard to determine if any deficiencies are causing issues then you can determine next steps.
Need to do that soon though
Even though it’d just July 4th, it won’t be long before the fall growing season is upon us which is the best time for overseeding cool season grasses.
Mine is similar. Aerate the patchy areas, seed and topsoil, fertilize, early fall.Water several days a week. Its fixed a lot of places especially at the bottom of pine trees
I would scrap it. That’s what I did to my lawn when I bought my home last year. Get some new cultivars!
Using new improved cultivars is like lawncare on easy mode.
I wasted so much time and effort trying to baby a lawn of builder-grade sod from 1995 it’s not even funny.
Anyone who intends to baby their lawn will save themselves a lot of frustration, time, and money *and* have much better results by just replanting with modern improved varieties.
I’ve never heard of anyone regretting it.