How to Reseed A Bare Spot In A Lawn

This Article will show how to reseed a bare spot in a lawn.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Grass seed
• Steel bar
• Hammer
• Water pipe
• Potting mix

1. 
   Sprinkle the spot

   First thing is to wet your dry spot so the soil can be more easily worked.

2. 
   Poke some holes in the bare spot

   Drive a rod into the ground to make holes about 6 inches apart and half inch deep. A pointed old broom stick would work just fine.

3. 
   Shows using a water pipe

   Or, if you have a water pipe as seen in the picture you can poke holes in the ground with that. A water pipe is merely a pipe that has been connected to the garden hose.

4. 

   Broadcast (spread by hand) some grass seed around the bare spot. Concentrate on getting seeds into the holes you just made.

5. 
   Add topsoil mix

   Cover the area with about a half inch of top soil mix. Water very gently so as to not wash any topsoil or seeds away.

6. Sprinkle lightly 4 times (or more) a day for a week and you should begin to see some green popping up. Keep it damp.

7. 
   One week later

   This picture was taken one week later.

Tips & Warnings

• Poking holes in the area does far more good than just raking it. Be sure to be gentle with your sprinkling.

[kristara]

on 6/23/2009 Great lawn care tip 5*