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4.5
I have a few spots in my tiny urban lawn that had gone to weeds, and were generally a pain to maintain. We've had some success with the larger cultivars of clover, but their "self-limiting" size is a good bit bigger than I really want. And, with this urban soil in such lousy condition, a nitrogen-fixer is certainly in order.So, this one hasn't had time to grow to full size yet, but I'm happy so far. With minimal care (the only kind I have to give), it sprouted in just a few days. It's already visibly closer, not just some pair of cotyledons indistinguishable from any other. It's filling in well, and look like it might come in thick enough to out-compete the many unwanted species.I tend to seed with a generous hand, and that's worked well in the past for patching the lawn. I might have over-done it a bit in places with this. I'm getting good growth over most of the area weeded, dug up, and seeded, but a few spots have very dense growth - too dense. The poor little seedlings seem to spend so much effort elbowing their way into the sunlight that there's not much left over for getting as big as their better-spaced neighbors. OK, I've learned, and when I clear the next patches of weeds, I'll let the seeds have more room to themselves.I'm trying some pachysandra in another area. That's working well too, but in a very different way. I'll keep using this as I try to reclaim the yard from way too much deferred maintenance. If nothing goes too badly, it should come in as a low-maintenance ground cover, with little need for mowing or weeding.So far, so good.-- wiredweird
