I live in the Jersey shore area and see all my neighbors struggling with growing a nice lawn. I have had the soil tested at a Rutgers Soil Lab and it is acidic. How often should I be adding Lime and retesting the soil? ALso my back yard has a beautiful canopy of trees but needless to say I cannot grow any grass. When we moved in 8 years ago there was a huge patch of moss covering most of the yard. I dug it up and tried unsuccessfully to get grass to grow(I wish I had the moss back)!! I also have ivy that is trying to take over my back yard. One neighbor said he has spread over 800lbs of lime over the years and his back yard is finally growing some grass. Please help!!
are you putting down the right type of grass seed?? if the area is very shaded, you'll need grass that can grow in shade. and, yes! there ARE different types of grass! i wish i had more shade on my lawns - i just love the type of grass that does well in shade (i love to walk barefoot in the summer and the shade grass is very soft). oh, just make sure to not get zoisa - it may look nice once it's well established...it's extremely invasive and will get into everything.
the amount of lime applied is useless information without the soil test results and the size of the area being defined. Also what type of lime (prilled, dolomite, hydrated?) was used, that can make a difference as well.
