Agree! I'm doing 13 hr days right now. Really sorry. It should end July 1st.

I was in Manhattan (NYC) Tuesday - Thursday. With 500 pts possible, it was 484 pts. The sky and air was completely pumpkin-colored, and just breathing was a chore.

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Interesting!! It only takes a minute to figure out that those are different soils you sampled. Both soils have a nice TEC at 8 and 9, and it's probably the organic matter being higher in the Back that is lifting the TEC a bit. The OM is not high enough though, and you should push lots of compost, pe...

Sorry, I don't really know Blindside nor the use of it for Japanese Stilygrass.

I guess I just don't get it...

With pre-soaking the grass will germinate in 5 days. Seeding into the lawn germinates in 5-8 days for TF. And 5 lbs of TF won't even cover 1000 sq ft.
Changing water twice a day in how many buckets? I don't see the value or time saved.

There are a lot of questions we need to ask in order to offer opinions: (1) what do you mean by "reseed"? Are you completely redoing the yard, or just reseeding bare spots? It matters as it takes 6-8 lbs per 1000 sq fr for Tall fescue if you're doing full areas from scratch. That's 33' x 33'. (2) Ho...

Yes. I dredged up an old thread I wrote in 2010, and it discusses using Quinclorac as both a pre-emergent and a post-emergent. While many companies now include Quinclorac, back in 2010 it wasn't a popular ingredient yet. Check this old thread: https://aroundtheyard.com/forums2/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=17...

It uses Quinclorac.

You might want to dig a hole with vertical sides, and see what a profile of the soil looks like. You could also fill the hole with water once you've seen the profile, See how long it takes to drain to empty. That will teach you a lot about the makeup of the soil. Post the results.

I recommend waiting 4 weeks before testing after nutrients are applied.

I don't recommend paste tests any more. I haven't seen one in a long while that told me anything I didn't already know.

This is the quote that got me thinking that you thought that it could be done with a "one and done" treatment before the installers get to work: I want to address any soil deficiencies as I can before they come the sod job is about 3-5 weeks out. As you mentioned, they will be putting down fertilize...

Is it that bad? No. But your idea that you can fix the soil with one weekend of effort after there has been a decade of poor care is misdirected. It will take 3-4 years of applications if you apply effort, and longer if you don't to turn it around. This not a glass that you just refill, it's closer ...

19-19-19 at 5lb/k every month except July and August? Yup! [quote}How much time do I need to wait between the full dose of Milo and the 19-19-19[/quote] 3 weeks sounds OK Any benefit to more active OM work other than the leaves since the real number is probably in the 3's? Hell yeah!! But remember ...

With all the stuff that the installation crew plans to do, I wouldn't do anything now (maybe except the Humichar). I would do another test AFTER 6-8 weeks after the installation. We don't want to double-up anything, and with the shape the soil is currently in, it wills be several years before we get...

Without an explanation of your current status or previous test result link from previous tests, I have to assume a lot, but here goes... You don't see many tests from SE Mass with 12+ TEC soil or almost or 5.7 OM%. Nice long-term success there. The low Calcium and Potassium numbers though are lackin...

OK. 2 lbs/K of SOP, 2 lbs/K of MOP and 1.75 lbs/K of Urea every month. No Urea in July or August.

The people that owned the lawn-with-a-house before you weren't lawnatics, were they? The soil has OK bones, but hasn't seen a bag of fertilizer in a long time. What does that mean? It means that it's a slightly heavy soil with a lot of silt, and very good OM% numbers. You don't need to listen to my ...

Yeah, I have some doubts too about the OM%... I'm going to be conservative due to the questionable numbers. The TEC is pointing to a heavier soil, which is OK as long as it drains OK. It will hold nutrients well if true, but you're not holding nutrients. While the Calcium and Magnesium are holding (...

I don't believe that soil management can be done by a list. Every soil test that comes in has the context of its own properties that must be considered. I've tried to boil it down to formulas and ranges, but it just has too many variables. Maybe when Artificial Intelligence becomes common I'll try a...