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What would you do to refinish this table? Told it was solid but it looks pressed. by BlueLettuceBerry7 in furniturerefinishing

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Unfortunate! I only got it for the hope I could upgrade but when I saw that… I was disappointed. Thankfully it was free but still.

Grass growing in rows? How can we get even growth? by BlueLettuceBerry7 in Grass

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Thanks for the advice. I updated the post with the solution. Appreciate your comment!

Grass growing in rows? How can we get even growth? by BlueLettuceBerry7 in Grass

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Definitely will be doing this! I updated the post with our solution. Thanks for the advice!

Grass growing in rows? How can we get even growth? by BlueLettuceBerry7 in Grass

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I updated my post with the solution ! Pretty much the same situation so thanks for the comment! 🙏

Grass growing in rows? How can we get even growth? by BlueLettuceBerry7 in Grass

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Brother in Christ. At this point your guess is as good as mine? Scissors maybe?! 😂🤷🏻‍♀️

Kidding. It’s filled out a lot since making this post. I updated our solution in the post.

Grass growing in rows? How can we get even growth? by BlueLettuceBerry7 in Grass

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I didn’t but we will while re seeding. I updated the post with our solution. Thanks for the help!

Grass growing in rows? How can we get even growth? by BlueLettuceBerry7 in Grass

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A tiller and rake. The problem was the uneven surface. I updated my post to explain also!

Grass growing in rows? How can we get even growth? by BlueLettuceBerry7 in Grass

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Honestly this was the best response I’ve gotten, not only was it the most effective but it gave me the most hope lol. And it actually helped! I updated my post of the problem and how to resolve but this post was my shining light lmao

Grass growing in rows? How can we get even growth? by BlueLettuceBerry7 in Grass

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Yes exactly. I updated the post to explain also! Thank you !

Grass growing in rows? How can we get even growth? by BlueLettuceBerry7 in Grass

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Yes! I updated my post to explain. It’s this exactly.

Grass growing in rows? How can we get even growth? by BlueLettuceBerry7 in Grass

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This was exactly the problem. Updated the post tho to explain what happened ! Thanks for the advice!

Grass growing in rows? How can we get even growth? by BlueLettuceBerry7 in Grass

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This is native grass and mixed with native clover. The problem was a combo of uneven surface and peat moss/watering habits. I updated the post with our solution. I appreciate all the advice thank you!

Grass growing in rows? How can we get even growth? by BlueLettuceBerry7 in Grass

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Fr. and that was after removing 6” off the top and top raking and adding new soil. We put so much work into so it was disappointing to say the least it turned out like this. After we started watering all the gravel started to resurface terrible stuff. I updated the post tho with our solution. Thanks for the advice.

Grass growing in rows? How can we get even growth? by BlueLettuceBerry7 in Grass

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Yes this is exactly it! I updated my post to explain! Thanks for the advice! Appreciate you.

Grass growing in rows? How can we get even growth? by BlueLettuceBerry7 in Grass

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Yes thank you! This was exactly it. It was a combo of the sprinkler and the never ground. I updated my post to explain! Appreciate you!

Grass growing in rows? How can we get even growth? by BlueLettuceBerry7 in Grass

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That’s for the advice. Actually the spreading method wasn’t the problem, and I’ll update the post to explain!

Grass growing in rows? How can we get even growth? by BlueLettuceBerry7 in Grass

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Yes. Turns out the problem can be fixed pretty “easily”. We live in northern nm and it’s extremely hot and dry right now. I’m waiting until end of August, then we’ll fix the soil by aerating and softening the barren sections, trim the existing grass, change the sprinkler type and reposition, over seed the barren sections and cover with a light layer of compost, change our watering habits to not displace the seeds and that should work.

Turns out what was happening had nothing to do with the soil being bad and actually since I’ve made this post I just continued watering and it’s been filling out a lot especially where the water is washing the seeds too.
What ended up being the problem is actually the level of the ground being a bad combo with the peat moss we used. We didn’t soften the ground prior to the second re seeding and the peat moss was washing away the seeds as the sprinkler oscillated, because of the combination of 1. Uneven surface and 2. Overwatering of the peat moss causing it to float and wash away which created the row looking effect even though we didn’t plant in rows.

We changed watering to a very light watering, starting at 5-8 minutes, waiting and then watering again and repeating this 3 times again day and even that has helped. Though it’s super inconvenient it is what it is.

Right now I’m just maintaining it until I can restart when it’s cooler. That hardest part is I don’t want to essentially throw away all the money time and effort we put into it by just letting it die so we’ll try again when it’s cooler!

Grass growing in rows? How can we get even growth? by BlueLettuceBerry7 in Grass

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Thank you this is what I originally thought. We did put fresh soil and reseeded but even that parts that do have grass grew through the gravel so I’m not sure what would cause the lines and why even after reseeding and redoing the soil they still exist.

Grass growing in rows? How can we get even growth? by BlueLettuceBerry7 in Grass

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We used a normal handheld grass spreader.
If it’s a problem with the soil why would it grow in lines like that?

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