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As the title states, my dad’s lived in the same house for over 30 years and has never aerated his lawn before. He spent over 40 years working in the steel mills, so yard work was never top of mind when he had time off. His yard is infested with crabgrass and other weeds.
Fast forward 30 years, he now has a white collar son who spends entirely too much time on this sub lol. He has about an acre of land and I double even triple passed in some areas (I’m still sore 3 days later).
I then over seeded with 1.5x amount of recommended grass seed (Jonathan Green) and applied starter fertilizer.
My question is should I have killed off the entire lawn before rennovating? I assumed core aerating and over seeding was better than nothing, but I’m now second guessing my decision. If I apply pre emergent in the spring and stick to dedicated fertilizing routine throughout the year (along with annual aeration and over seeding) will the grass eventually take over the weeds/crabgrass? Zone 5A
Any recommendations or advice would be greatly appreciated!
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Yeah there’s really no insult. My kid knows about a lot of things I know nothing about because he has his own interests and hobbies. I imagine OPs old man probably doesn’t give a shit about the lawn but will appreciate it looking better at no cost or effort for him.