Planting Grass Where I Have a Concrete Patio

RE: Planting Grass Where I Have a Concrete Patio Post By mela (Guest Post) (09/03/2007) Just curious what you decided to do? I would like to grow some grass for my dog to go potty, but my backyard consists of a small concrete patio. Its a bottom floor condo. Any thoughts, especially how to get the drainage problem fixed. Does the patch grass work for something like this? Does it have to be replaced often? RE: Planting Grass Where I Have a Concrete Patio Post by nan1132 (4) | (07/26/2007) Contact removing the concrete is not an option, can holes be drilled into it for some drainage? RE: Planting Grass Where I Have a Concrete Patio Post by Noella (52) | (05/25/2007) Profile | Contact I don't know how big your patio is, but I bought a house several years ago with a very large back yard. As I mowed the lawn, I discovered that quite near the back door was an area of lawn that felt "different" - the ground was harder. I traced the harder part around and discovered that it was an old patio. A little while later, I got a steel spatula and started removing the grass that had grown there so that I would have less to mow and also a grass-free patio. So grass will grow over a patio quite well. It may not look like the rest of the lawn for a while, but given time, nature will claim it. RE: Planting Grass Where I Have a Concrete Patio Post by Noella (52) | (05/25/2007) Profile | Contact I don't know how big your patio is, but I bought a house several years ago with a very large back yard. As I mowed the lawn, I discovered that quite near the back door was an area of lawn that felt "different" - the ground was harder. I traced the harder part around and discovered that it was an old patio. A little while later, I got a steel spatula and started removing the grass that had grown there so that I would have less to mow and also a grass-free patio. So grass will grow over a patio quite well. It may not look like the rest of the lawn for a while, but given time, nature will claim it. RE: Planting Grass Where I Have a Concrete Patio Post By chp off the old Block (Guest Post) (05/20/2007) By all mean remove the concrete, your grass will not grow with out proper drainage, the concrete will hold the water and there will be rot and you will have quit a mess on you hands.