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04-18-2018, 03:30 PM
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Lawn is bumpy. Cause/solution?
My front lawn is super bumpy. We've been in this house for a couple of years and it has always been this way. Specifically my front yard on one side of my sidewalk. My adjoining neighbour's lawn seems to suffer the same. Pushing the lawn mower feels like I'm on a gravel road.
Any thoughts on what could cause this and what the fastest or easier or cheapest solution(s) could potentially be?
Thanks!
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04-18-2018, 03:35 PM
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Do you have any spruce trees
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04-18-2018, 03:35 PM
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Sounds like dew worms.
Regarding a solution, good luck.
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04-18-2018, 03:44 PM
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Might be ants.
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04-18-2018, 03:46 PM
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04-18-2018, 03:48 PM
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Lawn is bumpy. Cause/solution?
Almost certainly worms of some sort. Mine is a lost cause cause of them. Free bait anytime I want though lol.
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04-18-2018, 04:16 PM
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Last edited by crosman177; 04-18-2018 at 04:21 PM.
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04-18-2018, 04:21 PM
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Are there holes in the lawn? How big?
Where are you located? Voles are murder on a lawn.
We need a bit more information to help you out here.
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04-18-2018, 04:25 PM
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Go out at night when it warms up, take a light and check for dew worms and slugs.
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04-18-2018, 05:02 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Double-Eh
My front lawn is super bumpy. We've been in this house for a couple of years and it has always been this way. Specifically my front yard on one side of my sidewalk. My adjoining neighbour's lawn seems to suffer the same. Pushing the lawn mower feels like I'm on a gravel road.
Any thoughts on what could cause this and what the fastest or easier or cheapest solution(s) could potentially be?
Thanks!
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Fill the low spots with loam or top soil...It will eventually drop in the ground and level your yard out.
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04-18-2018, 05:24 PM
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Hope to see my lawn by the weekend.
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04-18-2018, 05:31 PM
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Dew worms I'm thinkin.....
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04-18-2018, 07:59 PM
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My lawn has been the same way, during the first warm rain the next morning they are out in my driveway and street by the thousands. Not sure how to treat the lawn other than what Crossman177 said. Good luck!
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04-18-2018, 08:28 PM
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Dew worms. Get used to it.
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04-18-2018, 09:29 PM
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Can’t walk in a buddies yard for fear of spraining an ankle, worms. Made the mistake of transplanting some rose bushes, now the back yard is lumpy, worms.Don’t know if there is a remedy.
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04-18-2018, 09:31 PM
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Dew worms. Not much you can do.
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04-18-2018, 09:34 PM
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Dew worms. Spray with lorsban.
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04-18-2018, 10:43 PM
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Dew worms......and good luck. There's no getting rid of them.
No amount of electronic rods, powder, rollers or sand will get rid of them.
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04-18-2018, 11:08 PM
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You can make a fortune harvesting them and selling them for bait. Put electronic prod in ground, collect and sell. If you are lucky you will never run out. They sell for 5 bucks a dozen.
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04-19-2018, 10:59 AM
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Hire a robin or two
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04-19-2018, 12:23 PM
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A deep thatching will cut the high spots or bumps off, They will likely come back but just do the same next year
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04-20-2018, 01:26 PM
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Just drop the garden hose on the ground (with no spray nozzle) and flood a spot. If it's dew worms, you'll see some come to the surface in a few minutes. They live about 6 feet down, and they are fast. I've had some that I swear were a foot long and as fat as a pencil.
I sprayed once with some incredibly stinky Diazinon, but it only helped for a while.
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