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Repair lawn after years of dogs abuse!

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  • 10-05-2020 4:10pm
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    bergipau
    Registered Users Posts: 310 ✭✭


    Hi
    We have 2 terriers that spend most days digging the lawn. After 2 years it is in a bad way. I have pretty much decided to rotavate the full lawn and reseed. But I am not sure if I should kill off the existing grass first.
    Any advice on what I should do before I start rotavating.


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    _Brian
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    It’s amazing if you fill holes, over sow with good seed, feed little and often and mow regularly there is seldom need to dig up and rotavate a lawn.


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    bergipau
    Registered Users Posts: 310 ✭✭bergipau


    _Brian wrote: »
    It’s amazing if you fill holes, over sow with good seed, feed little and often and mow regularly there is seldom need to dig up and rotavate a lawn.

    That would be a dream. I might give that a go first. Getting soil to fill it will be the only problem. It shouldn’t take too much.
    I sear the must eat the soil, they leave a big hole and very little around the hole so it gets scattered when I cut the grass.


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    standardg60
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    Agree with Brian, certainly no need to dig up or rotovate, though killing the dogs off first is the best solution.


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    murph226
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    You could fill the holes with screened topsoil and smooth it out with a levelawn or lawn lute then reseed.


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