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I only get daylilies rarely, so I really don't track their promotions on those. I tend to buy Hosta 100 at a time from them, so the price is generally 100 hosta for $100, and there i generally a Sprinf promotion of 10% off, and I watch for that (100 hosta for $90).

Congrats! You probably want to update your profile - that's a big change from the previous lawn size. I'm not a big fan of dormant seeding - I find it hit-and-miss, and it becomes tougher to determine when the germination occurs. That means that it's also tougher to determine when you can use herbic...

While it's always best not to leave horizons (layers) in the soil, the moss will decay pretty quickly if you put down 3" of topsoil in the wet months of Spring. You will most likely get away with ignoring the moss, and it turns into organic matter. Scratch it up a little to break up the layering and...

Warm-season 2020 version of the popular short-comment thread

2020 Version of the short-comment thread.

A Happy New Year to all !!!

Have you thought over what your 2020 plans and changes you want to make yet, and if so what are you planning to do?

There is only a short 2-3 week period following the stoppage of top growth where root activity continues, and the roots will store the "winterizing" Nitrogen. Once root growth stops, the application of Nitrogen will not have the desired effect, and is useless. If the ground has been frozen after tha...

I have a Japanese Maple that didn't drop its leaves this Fall - they're brown but still on the tree. Then I visited my son's place on Christmas Day and saw the same thing. That made me look at lots of them on the way home, and they're all showing the habit. Is it just my area, or is the pattern more...

Wishing all a Merry Christmas and/or a Happy Hanukkah during the Holidays. Hoping you all have time with Family and a little time to relax and enjoy it all.

As if you need to be reminded, the depressing days the march up to the shortest day of the year have finally gotten us to the last marker: the Winter Solstice arrives today with less than 9 hrs of sunshine.

The good news is that we start the path back to the longest day beginning tomorrow.

Treat the area with two doses of the Dawn dishwashing solution (use the Search function to find it) before seeding -- that should buy you the needed time for seeding. But make sure to find out what the reason is that Moss (which only succeeds where other plants won't) and address them. The Dawn solu...

*** Topic by JHazzardB moved to its own topic "Oak Tree: Heat/Water/Light" ***

Actually, it could be four factors, or some number in combination. Heat, Light, Water are all possibilities - but some Oaks show degrees of allelopathy too. Does the pattern of less-robust grass follow the area right under the canopy for the most part, or does it follow the shade pattern of the tree...

I'm going to move the specific question to a thread of its own, so you'll get more responses.

When it gets quiet in the early Winter, we have the opportunity to discuss big topics in detail -- ones that we wouldn't have the time to handle when the topics/threads are flowing fast in the main season timeframe. Does anyone have some topic(s) that you'd like to see discussed while there is lots ...

Now that the 2019 season is in the rearview mirror, it's time to start looking forward to 2020.

Who is considering making big changes to their lawn/landscaping in 2020, and why do you plan to make the effort/investment next season?

Oh, Manganese -- one of the weirdest profiles in nutrients! At very low pH levels, Manganese can be so available that it is toxic. At high pH levels (like your's) it is not very available, but the calculation is highly affected by the Iron levels. If there is a high level of Manganese that is close ...

There is no single formula that delivers a "correct answer". There are formulas that calculate numbers, and formulas that calculate ratios of one nutrient to others. I have couple dozen of them, and use a goal-seeking formula to try to find the "sweet spots" to achieve the best impact to the formula...

Plans are generally made for one season or one year. If I don't think you'll make a whole year, I will generally say "make two applications" or similar.

Soil chemistry is far too complex to be able to predict the resulting PPM levels in advance.