Fescue – Wheat Straw
Q: I recently aerated my lawn, scattered some topsoil, overseeded with fescue and then covered the area with wheat straw. A neighbor told me that using wheat straw was a bad idea. Why?
A: It is a common landscape practice to cover newly planted fescue seed with straw. I foresee no problems unless you covered the seed too thickly (more than a bale or two per thousand sq. feet).You’ll see a few wheat seedlings in the lawn in May but you can mow them down and they will soon die.
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Lawn Insects – Soap Flush
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Cicada – Emerging from Shell
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Japanese Beetles – Employment for Son
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Pyrethrin Insecticide – Homemade
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Vantage Herbicide – Label
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Bulbs – When to Plant in Fall
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Poinsettia – Forcing to Bloom for Christmas
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Grass – Mixing Fescue and Rye
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Chinese Quince – Identification
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Saddleback Caterpillars
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