New Lawn Question

kadesmith · 06-21-2012, 11:58 AM

I am putting in a new lawn and found that about 6" under a spot where I often have very brown looking grass there is an old asphalt bed.

I'm wondering if it would be bad to till through this or if I should just leave it there and not worry about it? It is very soft and I can go through it with a hand shovel so my tiller should have no problem, I'm just wondering if I'll be worse off.

Canarywood1 · 06-21-2012, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by kadesmith

I am putting in a new lawn and found that about 6" under a spot where I often have very brown looking grass there is an old asphalt bed.

I'm wondering if it would be bad to till through this or if I should just leave it there and not worry about it? It is very soft and I can go through it with a hand shovel so my tiller should have no problem, I'm just wondering if I'll be worse off.

Why not just take the old asphalt out?

kadesmith · 06-21-2012, 01:05 PM

Because it's buried under 6" of dirt and I don't want to have to fork up the money to haul it out and bring in new top soil.

Canarywood1 · 06-21-2012, 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by kadesmith

Because it's buried under 6" of dirt and I don't want to have to fork up the money to haul it out and bring in new top soil.

In that case i would guess that you wouldn't be any worse off by tilling it and hope for the best,might even help the browning.