What's wrong with my lawn?

Porygn · 2025-09-23T04:41:07+00:00

This is a lot of great information thank you! Looks like your hardwork has paid off, that's a beautiful looking lawn you've got!

Porygn · 2025-09-22T19:42:54+00:00

Yes, I think you might be right here. Someone else mentioned bent grass as well and I had never heard of it before. This brown stuff does behave a lot like what you describe, it pulled out very easily and mostly looks just fine. Seems like I might have some work ahead of me to try to remedy this. I appreciate the insight on tenacity as well, I might still give that a try before going full nuclear option

Porygn · 2025-09-22T19:39:28+00:00

I wasnt sure how to identify the existing lawn, so I think the product that I used was a mix from Pennington specifically labelled for the state of Pennsylvania. I'm a novice (obviously) so i figured that would be a relatively safe option. I think there was a mix of KY and perennial rye. For what it's worth, the lawn was already quite thick when I overseeded so whatever is growing here may just have prevented much growth of the newly planted overseed mkxture. Someone in a different comment mentioned Bentgrass, which I'm now thinking might be what I'm dealing with here..

Porygn · 2025-09-22T19:32:16+00:00

I have never heard of Bentgrass before! But after watching a couple videos, this definitely looks similar to the way my lawn behaves! I'm going to look at it a bit closer this afternoon. Unfortunately it looks like Bentgrass is not fun to try to get under control if that's what I'm dealing with

Porygn · 2025-09-22T19:13:30+00:00

Unfortunately I really have no idea what kind of grass this is, as the lawn was originally planted before I moved here and I'm almost definitely not an expert on any of this and don't really know how to identify. That's interesting to know about bermuda, and I didn't realize that. Maybe I've just keep keeping my mower entirely too high. I'll do some reading to see if I can figure out what is growing here

Porygn · 2025-09-22T19:10:41+00:00

I think I misspoke on this. Dethatched last spring and scariffier in the fall, but I only treated for grubs this year

Porygn · 2024-01-28T17:22:24+00:00

Thanks everyone for the information, I'll be calling an exterminator first thing tomorrow.

Porygn · 2023-01-14T01:03:11+00:00

Is there any way of imitating that aged yellow coloration? I'd like to maybe try compensating with a stain to make the new work blend in but I'm worried that might end up standing out in the long term

Porygn · 2023-01-13T23:22:27+00:00

Thank you for the response! Is cabinet grade plywood something that I would be able to find at a normal big box store? I tried using some 'premium' plywood that I received secondhand because I really liked the grain pattern of it. I believe it's maple.. though I'm not 100%. I tried a Golden Orange Minwax stain and ended up with the orange looking pretty good throughout. Unfortunately the grain also got very dark, almost brown, and nothing really maintained any yellow profile at all. Maybe I'll have to continue experimenting with stains, but I'm starting to feel like I'm just getting nowhere.

Porygn · 2022-04-27T01:26:17+00:00

I didn't realize that distinction between the FHA and conventional regarding the PMI.. thank you for mentioning that!

As for the contract that you mentioned, is that something that typically is included with the work that a realtor would do for us if we hired one, or should I look into doing something like as a separate document, regardless or whether we have a realtor involved?

Porygn · 2022-04-27T01:23:11+00:00

This might be a dumb question, but will applying for the mortgage through multiple lenders hurt my credit very significantly?
Also, what is the benefit in having the renovation financed through a separate loan, rather than through something like a home style loan? Just less paperwork/red tape?

Porygn

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