The University of Findlay is replacing about 75 percent of its grass after an apparent lawn care error.

According to the Findlay Courier, weed killer was somehow sprinkled on the campus' grass instead of fertilizer. Now the school has to undertake an expensive project to re-seed as much as 54 of the school's 72 acres of land.

"It's just unfortunate because we work so hard to keep the campus looking nice and then something like this happens," Brianna Patterson, Findlay's media relations coordinator, told the newspaper.

Tim DeHaven, owner of DeHaven Home and Garden Showplace, said the school could spend at least $400,000 but as much as $2 million-plus. Re-sodding the grass will cost about $40,000 and re-seeding will be about $8,000 per acre.

"It's a costly proposition to replace all of that," DeHaven told the Courier, noting the real expense comes paying laborers to do the work.

Patterson said the school does not have an official estimate for replacing the grass. She also said the school will not disclose what company made the mistake, but that it took place toward the end of April. She asked for "patience and understanding" while it is corrected.

From the Courier newspaper, the parts of campus being treated:

Grass is being replaced at the university president's house, also called Carrothers House, and at the Old Main building, Alumni Memorial Union, Egner Theater, the Virginia B. Gardner Fine Arts Pavilion, the main mall area of campus, the Women's Resource Center, the Davis Street Building, the Alumni House, and Bare, Fox, Morey and Myers residence halls.

Luckily, the weed killer will not hamper efforts to grow new grass.

"It only kills what it touches," DeHaven said. "There shouldn't be any residual chemicals preventing them from growing new grass. It's not that potent."

The job should take several weeks, Patterson said.