Now it is the second best time to re-seed your lawn. If you had white pines on your property is most likely you have acidic soil around the area where the trees were planted. Take a soil sample and send it to a lab like UMass soil tes lab

https://soiltest.umass.edu/fact-sheets/sampling-instructions-routine-soil-analysis

Re-seed with a mix of kentucky blue grass, fine fescue and Rye grass. Wait for soil test results and apply product as needed. If you decide to go with the safer alternative, you can use any type of organic fertilizer like seaweed, chicken poop, molases, or any organic fertilizer you can find at your local garden center.

Apply compost as needed, and mow the grass when it grows to 4" tall. Leave the grass clippings on the lawn because is a source of Nitrogen for your lawn.

I would refrain from using chemical fertilizers or pesticides like Roundup (EPA just labeled it as a "known to cause cancer" product.

I hope this helps

Javi

Did the Federal EPA label RoundUp as Carcinogen, or did California EPA? I only saw the news around California, not the Feds. Interesting if true.

Also as an FYI to those out there , Crest tartar control toothpaste is listed as Carcinogen, as are items such as Ajax with bleach cleanser, Alberto V05 conditioner, and Johnson & Johnson's baby powder.

Milk and hot dogs are also known as cancer causing carcinogens , according to Cancer Prevention Coalition.

And those who use laundry detergent, every one of them is cancerous. According to the CPC and potentially other agencies.

So just don't wash your clothes, brush your teeth, wash your hair, use bleach, conditioner, drink milk, or ever eat a hot dog. Oh, and don't spray round up on a weed. You should be good then.

Here are some useful publications from Ohio State on turfgrass. Hope this is helpful. There is nothing wrong with synthetic fertilizer or organic fertilizer. I use both. Roundup degrades and is released as simple elements to the atmosphere. It does not stick around in the soil. It does a great job killing weeds when you want to prepare a planting site so that your new grass seedlings aren't choked out by weeds.

So you can't eat the weeds you just sprayed Roundup on? Bummer, I was going to make a salad. What about rolling it up in a piece of paper and smo..nevermind wrong weed.

Definitely don't eat the weeds with milk or hot dogs either, or use conditioner while spraying Round Up.

I thinking smoking you know what weed is also considered a Carcinogen, yet people with cancer smoke it o treat the symptoms of radiation therapy (builds appetite/removes nausea). Kinda ironic.

Round Up would a great street name for some good stuff.