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Tinkrock
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Username: Tinkrock
Post Number: 125
Registered: 3-2004
| | Posted on Friday, May 26, 2006 - 7:10 pm: | 
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So we just had our backyard landscaped...all fresh topsoil, with grass seed put down, at exactly the same time all those little helicoptery things were falling off nearby trees (clearly, I don't know what kind of tree they're from). Now, our grass is starting to grow...but so are all those tree seeds! It looks like a very dense forest is about to spring up in our yard. What can we do to stop their growth without killing the grass? If we just mow them down when we can finally mow the lawn, will that take care of it, or will the roots end up being a problem? Or, is this not something to worry about? |
greenthumb
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Username: Green_thumb
Post Number: 1
Registered: 5-2006
| | Posted on Friday, May 26, 2006 - 7:45 pm: |
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Congratulations-- it's some sort of maple -- why not just pot them up and sell them to a local nursery!! |
Fabulouswalls
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Username: Fabulouswalls
Post Number: 76
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Friday, May 26, 2006 - 8:00 pm: |
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They will not grow into trees that easily. We had the same thing in our yard. |
Pdg
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Username: Pdg
Post Number: 937
Registered: 5-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, May 27, 2006 - 12:58 pm: |
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Once your grass is, I think, four inches tall, mow it and it'll be fine. You'll be able to put down a weed killer I think 6 weeks after you mow and that'll kill anything the mowing didn't.
Just be sure not to let your new grass dry out. Also, I highly recommend two products sold at this website www.natureslawn.com .
One is a liquid aerifying product called "Aerify" which has turned my yard into actual soil instead of hard-baked clay! (Our street is a hill and my front yard is also fairly steep and gets harsh sun all afternoon. After using this product my watering actually is absorbed by the soil rather than running off and down the hill.) Any lawn would benefit from this product as you will end up with stronger plants with deeper roots.
The other product is something called "Nature's Soil Activator" which is a brown gunk that is good for the soil and supports the natural bio-life that thrives in healthy soil. Healthy soil = healthy plants.
I mix these two products and use a Dial n Spray hose end applicator and apply them every month. Ideally, healthy grass with healthy soil will crowd out weeds.
I also recommend beginning to apply Milky Spore to your lawn twice a year for three years - you're supposed to end up with a nautural 15-20 year protection against grubs. Additionally, I also apply a product called "beneficial nematodes" annually, which also naturally helps control lawn pests.
Good luck w/your new lawn! |
Travis
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Username: Travis
Post Number: 434
Registered: 6-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, May 27, 2006 - 1:51 pm: |
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Is it Norway Maple? This is an invasive species and will kill off any other plant life (including sugar maples) unless eradicated. |
Bob K
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Username: Bobk
Post Number: 11645
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, May 27, 2006 - 3:32 pm: |
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The whirly seed pods are from oak trees. Unfortunately, by seeding your lawn at this time of year you created the perfect enviornment for the seedlings and in fifty or so years you will have a great wood lot. 
Seriously, most should die off when you run the lawnmower over the area once the grass is established. The rest you will have to dig out. The main problem is that they will compete with the grass for water and nutriments.
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Shanabana
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Username: Shanabana
Post Number: 452
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, May 27, 2006 - 4:44 pm: |
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I hate Norway maples. They're evil. Not too fond of the silver maple either, as they rot so easily. I consider most maples to be weeds. Plant evergreens. |
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