random_bunny75 said:I need some help.
We bought our first home last year and front and backyard already had established grass. In the backyard though, there was a large area covered with brush and trees which we cleared last Fall, graded the ground and planted new grass seed. The people who did this job for us used, I think, Sta Green sun and shade grass seed.
The grass has come stronger this Spring but we hate it, here is why:
- it is a different shade, lighter than the established grass which is darker green. and we don't like it. Not sure if this is only because the grass is brand new.
- It is stiff, not soft and each blade comes out straight and has whitish hue.
- It grows straight up and when you walk on it, it bends, looks weird.
- Not sure why but it retains so much moisture that when I am mowing it, it gets stuck in blades and mower keeps stalling until i flip it and take out these wet clumps.
Not sure if the grass seed was too cheap. And what we can do about this problem.... we don't want to spend killing this grass and start new. We have already put in a lot of $ last Fall.
Anybody have any advice, recommendations?
Thank you,
Random
Having read your previous posts, you seem to have gone from not having good enough, or enough grass to too much grass the wrong color of green.
Not all grasses are the same color of green over time they tend to blend but not always.
Thick grass can clog mowers.
Healthy grass contains moisture, if you get a dry spell it will not be too moist, though it might also be dead.
How sharp is your lawn mower?
Fescue is the soft grass so you most likely have little to no Fescue in your blend.
Yours was not a cheap seed but you should have been more finicky in picking the seed.
