Oops! Sorry grass!

White95Max · 06-17-05, 09:46

I went camping in northern WI last weekend and it rained every night. Fortunately I had a big tarp that I laid under the tent so that no water could seep through the floor.
Well when I got home, I spread out the trap behind the shed to dry in the sun. I forgot about it, and left it there for maybe 36hrs. When I went back and folded it up, everything looked fine. The tarp was dry, and everything was normal. So yesterday afternoon I was walking around the yard with the dog and noticed this..

Since my parents are on vacation for a while, I'll keep watering it every evening and see what happens. My neighbor walked out while I was watering yesterday and said, "Hi Paul...trying to bring that grass back from the dead?" LOL obviously the neighbors noticed it right away. Oh well.

pragma · 06-17-05, 10:37

I once washed off my pool's solar cover and then put it out to dry on my grass. It only took a few hours to kill off the grass. It left a pool size brown patch in my lawn and I needed to reseed the entire area. I should have taken a picture.

White95Max · 06-17-05, 10:41

Hmm some grass seed may be in my future?

I still get a crack out of it when I walk behind the shed. There's a nearly straight line where the grass is dead! I wonder what my other neighbor thought. She's with her lawn/garden like Autopians are with cars.

Lowejackson · 06-17-05, 10:52

Green paint?

One option (expensive) would be to buy new turf or just reseed (cheap).

norahcrv · 06-17-05, 10:56

Putting a tarp/cover over the soil is how they "sterilize" the soil here in AZ to prevent weeds, so if you go ahead & reseed now, weeds should not be a problem in that area!!

When are the folks coming home??

ScubaStevo · 06-17-05, 11:16

I accidently did that with our solar cover for the pool. A 25x45 section of solar cover does horrible things to a front yard...

White95Max · 06-17-05, 11:30

Quote:

Originally posted by norahcrv
Putting a tarp/cover over the soil is how they "sterilize" the soil here in AZ to prevent weeds, so if you go ahead & reseed now, weeds should not be a problem in that area!!

When are the folks coming home??

Well I can tell my dad that I got rid of the weeds behind the shed for Father's Day!

They're coming home next weekend.

Dave N · 06-17-05, 05:20

Just send that picture into the Coast To Coast AM website and say it was a UFO that landed in your back yard. If they publish it on the CTC website, then you can show your dad the "proof" that it was a UFO.

klnyc · 06-17-05, 06:03

Its time for that Green Thumb to drop by, Pual