I think my neighbor killed his lawn with too much nitrogen and it bounced back in 3 months. Want to hear both sides before saying something.

So my neighbor put down that cheap Scott's Turf Builder in April. Then did it again in May. Then again in June. By July his grass was yellow and crunchy. I told him he was burning it. He said the bag says every 6-8 weeks. I said the bag doesn't know your soil. He ignored me. Fast forward to October and his lawn is actually greener than mine now. So either he got lucky or the grass just needed time to recover from his overdoing it. Anyone here ever seen a lawn come back from over-fertilizing that fast or was it something else like the rain we had?

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valc9110d ago

Oh man, the grass didn't bounce back from the nitrogen burn, it was likely the clover taking over since nitrogen kills clover but grass loves it, lol.

claire8729d ago

Whoa wait really? I always thought clover was just this tough weed that laughs at everything lol. I had a similar thing happen with my lawn last summer but it was all about the moss taking over after I got too carried away with some weed killer. The grass basically dipped out and left this spongy green blanket that looked kinda cool but also felt like walking on a wet carpet. Took me forever to figure out it was the pH being off, not the nitrogen. Lawns are so dramatic honestly.

ward.kim9d ago

@claire872 nailed it with the moss thing. That spongy green blanket is exactly what happens when you nuke the wrong stuff. I did the same with a high nitrogen feed once and ended up with a lawn that looked like a bad toupee. The clover moved in like it owned the place. Took me a full season to fix.