Show ryegrass Ry egrass helps new lawn new ilens lawns that are seeded during the summer will please the home owner if domestic ry egrass is used at the rate of 5 pounds per 1000 square feet according to the penn state college agricultural extension service demonstrations conducted by fred V grau and charles K hallowell of the penn state office show that results in establishing good lawn grasses are satisfactory if the following program is followed worle work at least 50 pounds of lime and 25 pounds of a complete fertilizer ti such as a 4 12 4 or 4 16 4 into each 1000 square feet rake the soil until it is fine and firm then seed the domestic ry egrass mow when grass is more than 3 inches high at a height of 1 inches september 1 cut grass at 75 inch apply 25 pounds of organic nitrogen fertilizer such as cottonseed meal to each 1000 square feet seed with a mixture of two pounds of kentucky bluegrass and one pound of chewings fescue to each 1000 square feet after that continue cutting at idt 1 A inches |