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- Subject: Re: Is there grass that will survive dogs? (Was:
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.222240.647@news.wesleyan.edu>
- From: RGINZBERG@eagle.wesleyan.edu (Ruth Ginzberg)
- Date: 22 Jan 93 22:22:39 EDT
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- In <C1A1sy.5M7@portal.hq.videocart.com> mandrews@portal.hq.videocart.com writes:
- > In article <1993Jan21.175144.7575@newshost.lanl.gov> crs@beta.lanl.gov (Charlie Sorsby) writes:
- > >But do remember that the dog(s) will almost certainly kill all or
- > >most of the grass inside if they spend much time there. And don't
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- > Speaking of which. Our back yard lawn is about 70% bare where our dogs go.
- > I was going to look into getting some sort of "super-grass" for that area.
- > Does anybody know if *any* natural grass can live in a dog run or is the
- > only choice Astro turf?
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- I think if you want to get really scientific about it, you can go to the local
- Seed-'n-Feed (or Lawn & Garden, depending on how rural an area you live in)
- Co-op or Center, & get a soil pH test kit. Then sample the soil around the
- yard, run, etc., & figure out its average pH (this, I think, is what is screwed
- up by dog pee). Then go back to the Lawn/Seed/Garden Place & look for grass
- seed varieties that grow in soil with pH relatively close to what your soil is
- (different varieties of grass seed need different soil pH levels). If you
- REALLY want to, you can get into regulating the soil pH with chemicals, etc.,
- so that even after the dog pees on it, the grass will still grow. I'm not sure
- how great this would be for the dog(s), though. Some folks say that regular
- applications of lime help.
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- Ruth Ginzberg <rginzberg@eagle.wesleyan.edu>
- Philosophy Department;Wesleyan University;USA
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