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lendaddy, i read an article in sports illustrated once, where they interview three dudes that take of of sports lawns. i seem to remember both baseball and football sods. it was a great article. it was along time ago, but from memory. you have to rake up the thatch, if it is really bad, you need to rent a thatcher and rake up the spoils. this allows water to get into the ground efficiently. then you take the local favorite grass seed. whatever kicksA in your neighborhood. you put the seeds into a cheesecloth sack and soak them in a bucket of water. you change the water daily. the killer part is i dont remember how long you soak them (sorry). then once the seed are germinated, or activated, whatever....you dry them out, put them into your spreader and put them out there. birds dont like them like this, activated ones, and they said you will have grass in 10 days you can play on. maybe do a seed germination search on google. my memory is suspect these days....good luck.

cliff