I have bermudagrass, just over 1.5 years old. The grass is doing great. I used corn gluten in November and again in February. I have mowed a couple of times since Nov., mainly to mulch up the live oak leaves.
Things are good except there are several areas in my yard that have little holes or areas that are not level and are slightly lower. This presents a couple of problems. 1) When I am mowing, I sometimes scald that low area when the mower dips down into it. 2) After rains, that low area doesn't drain the water off and instead I get standing water. This has happened before for say 2 days where it doesn't drain due to the low spots. In turn this can start to smell.
I showed this to someone who knows more than I and he recommended to buy some dirt and put the dirt in the hole to level it out. He said I could use mulch but that would be a very expensive way to do it. He said to do it once but not too much dirt. And then a few weeks later, add more dirt.
But how much dirt to add? How do I know if I haven't added too much to kill the grass?
THoughts?
THanks!
Things are good except there are several areas in my yard that have little holes or areas that are not level and are slightly lower. This presents a couple of problems. 1) When I am mowing, I sometimes scald that low area when the mower dips down into it. 2) After rains, that low area doesn't drain the water off and instead I get standing water. This has happened before for say 2 days where it doesn't drain due to the low spots. In turn this can start to smell.
I showed this to someone who knows more than I and he recommended to buy some dirt and put the dirt in the hole to level it out. He said I could use mulch but that would be a very expensive way to do it. He said to do it once but not too much dirt. And then a few weeks later, add more dirt.
But how much dirt to add? How do I know if I haven't added too much to kill the grass?
THoughts?
THanks!
