Zipcode_77449
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My house lawn looks TERRIBLE (photos inside). How do I fix?

https://imgur.com/a/HpK35

Location: 77449

Where do I begin? Is this salvagable?

Thanks.

imafan26
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Location: Hawaii, zone 12a 587 ft elev.

Where do you live? Please update your profile with your zone and location.

I went to a lecture once and it was said that lawns should be renovated every 7 years. Reality is that people only do it when they buy or sell a house or if the lawn is compacted and mostly dirt 20 years or more later.

If it is an old lawn and the ground is compacted and the "grass" has more weeds than grass, then it is probably time to renovate.

gumbo2176
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Location: New Orleans

You could try aerating it with one of those heavy spiked lawn aerators to loosen the soil if it is compacted. Your lawn looks to have St. Augustine as the main grass, but I could be wrong. Like imafan26 mentioned, it would help if you put your location in the post or your sig line. I'm not one to look up zip codes to see where someone lives.

Perhaps in the spring you could use a weed and feed fertilizer to help get the grass going and rid the lawn of weeds that rob it of water and nutrients.

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Allyn
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Location: Mississippi Gulf Coast - zone 8b

I did the research just because I was avoiding work and bored. Zip code 77449 is Katy, Texas just outside Houston in zone 9a.



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