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Question

It says it "neutralizes" urine and the rest just seem to grow grass only? Reg seed has not seemed to help.

Answer 1

i doubt it works. well i do not mean it does not work, i do not actually know, it probably does actually.

but the agent they say &#039;neutralizes&#039; is likely to be a salt dissolver. and if it is, you can do that on your own. but anyway, you do not have to. all u have to do is rinse the urine out with water.

to flush the urine out of the area u can use regular water because nitrogen is soluable in water&lt;&lt;it is the nitrogen in the urine that is causing the yellow spots/overfertilization.

It does take quite a bit of water. like if u want to flush a 1x1 cubic area of soil, then u have to use a 1x1 cubic area of water.

when i said u can dissolve nitrogen salts on your own, i was thinking of sugar. Adding sugar to the water you flush with can help rinse away old bad salts which inhibit plant growth.

btw, why i said it is likely to be a salt dissolver, because on their page of products they sell:

&quot;Designed to repair the damages from de-icer or road side salt or anything Spot may have done or continues to do!&quot;

so if u wanted to buy their product, it is likely to be cheaper if u buy that form of it.

it is likely that their grass seed has a lot of filler in it. that is why they say you can just pour it on as is&lt;&lt;otherwise they would be telling you to scatter it thinly. it will only be a certain percentage of seed.

when u buy grass seed, it will have a certain percentage of TYPES of seed sometimes. &lt;&lt;that is even if it doesn&#039;t have a certain percentage of filler. maybe use a type of seed that

matches the type(s) f grass you already have growing.

to grow grass seed it needs to be kept moist the whole time. if it dries out even once it is probably going to die. You can try using a cover to keep it moist. like soaked cardboard. maybe uncover it at night to re sprinkle the area and re wet the cardboard. i think if u are in a summer like ours u will need two layers of cardboard or such to make sure the soil does not get too hot. &lt;&lt;i might even try to elevate that second layer so the air gets between them and keeps it unhot, especially if i was having a heat wave. &lt;&lt;i am very paranoid but my stuff always grows.

the darkness cannot be tolerated once the grass starts to  come above ground. at that time u can switch to using a

moist white bedsheet for a couple of days.

Preparing the soil before putting down the seed needs to be done. loosen it 6 -10 inches down. add a bunch of crushed up leaves or compost or such to make the soil porous and loose and rich. like if ur hole is 8 inches deep, you can add about 2 inches of porous stuff.

the grass seed will need a light covering of dirt on it. so save out a bucket of it to cover the seed with.

the layer of dirt that you sprinkle over the seed needs to be real shallow. so use nice fine dirt, like flour or sugar size grains.

here is a forum where you can talk and ask about lawns:

http://www.lawncafe.com/forumindex.php

and a general garden forum that has a subforum on lawns:

http://www.gardenstew.com/

ps - if the spots are not actually dead yet, like if they were not brown yet, you might be able to save it by flushing it very well with water the way i described above. &lt;&lt;in this case i WOULD advise using sugar. first because it will help to dissolve things but also because it will feed the soil and the soil will feed the grass.

maybe sprinkle on enough white sugar to make it look like a light snow fall before you put the large volume of water through the soil. i am thinking a 1/2 cup per square foot of soil would be nice.

if u fed the soil right before wanting to germinate delicate seeds&lt;&lt;the soil is likely to continue on it&#039;s eating spree and eat the seeds.

pps - another way to grow grass, cheap and will match the stuff u already have&gt;&gt;you can dig up a clump and tear the roots all to shreds and then those shreds will grow into grass. maybe treat it like seed to guarantee it grows well.

ppps - about dogs. if take them first thing to a certain spot to let them pee, then they can learn to go to that spot themselves. like if u have a strip of naked dirt where you want them to do it. U can try this with a dog that is already used to the yard&lt;&lt;it MIGHT work if they were house dogs. like before letting it outside, put it on a leash and walk it to the spot and stay there until it pees. do this every time. &lt;&lt;to train a puppy like this only takes a few trips.