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by MorpheusPA
Today, 2:15 pm
Forum: Soil management and compost forum
Topic: Spacklerstyle 2024 Soil Test
Replies: 4
Views: 48

Re: Spacklerstyle 2024 Soil Test

I have no strong opinion. Two weeks apart would be great, but if you want to drop them the same day, it's not really going to matter much. If you're using the Milo at that time, you can also slack back with the feeding to about half to two-thirds rate for that point (the Milo contains a lot of phosp...
by MorpheusPA
Yesterday, 8:10 pm
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: 2024: What Did You Do On Your Lawn Today (Cool Season)
Replies: 10
Views: 1260

Re: 2024: What Did You Do On Your Lawn Today (Cool Season)

Sprayed Tenacity and Round Up on lawn and garden weeds. I may have accidentally slipped up to eight feet over the line but...I'll never tell. Still waiting for my own soil tests, the soil arrived last Wednesday. :-)
by MorpheusPA
March 16th, 2024, 8:39 pm
Forum: Soil management and compost forum
Topic: Chris's 2024 Soil Test
Replies: 3
Views: 172

Re: Chris's 2024 Soil Test

Always skip April and don't force the grass. If you fed well last fall, it doesn't need it and it just forces growth you don't want or need to be forcing, particularly on Zoysia. You'll just end up with more thatch to deal with. If you'd rather use Milo, I'm fine with that, just add in an additional...
by MorpheusPA
March 16th, 2024, 8:35 pm
Forum: Water cooler
Topic: Weeping willow question
Replies: 2
Views: 30

Re: Weeping willow question

You do want to establish a strong central leader for a willow, yes. So sure, go cut those off. You can prune a willow in late winter, so do that now. I'd also be inclined to cut the one at 1 PM (on the lowest photo) off as well, to establish the central branch as, unquestionably, the leader. But I m...
by MorpheusPA
March 16th, 2024, 8:30 pm
Forum: Soil management and compost forum
Topic: 71GTO 2024 soil test
Replies: 3
Views: 64

Re: 71GTO 2024 soil test

If that were literally the last "organic" on the planet, I might be fine with it. It isn't, so I'm not. Those are slow release synthetics with some organics added. I'm not going to say "avoid, avoid, avoid" because they have their place, it's just not as an organic.
by MorpheusPA
March 16th, 2024, 1:37 pm
Forum: Soil management and compost forum
Topic: Spacklerstyle 2024 Soil Test
Replies: 4
Views: 48

Re: Spacklerstyle 2024 Soil Test

Hello, calcium soil. From last year, your OM is doing exactly what I expect--not that much. It takes a while for the stuff to work down, so continue onward with applying OM. And yes, there's a distinct front/back difference, which is fairly normal for a slope. We can fix that. Try to apply things wh...
by MorpheusPA
March 15th, 2024, 8:01 pm
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: Early treatment for Winter weeds
Replies: 4
Views: 78

Re: Early treatment for Winter weeds

"Before they seed" might be "next week" at this rate. My lawn is already greening up and starting to grow, which is a record.
by MorpheusPA
March 15th, 2024, 8:00 pm
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: New cool season turfgrass species: "TTRF"
Replies: 6
Views: 104

Re: New cool season turfgrass species: "TTRF"

I skipped it, mostly because my supervisor left and I kind of got dumped with half the workload. And I took a portraiture class. Then I got promoted. It turned out to be a busy fall and winter. There are entire subsections of the lawn that are not doing as well as I might hope, but I'm still torn be...
by MorpheusPA
March 15th, 2024, 1:27 pm
Forum: Soil management and compost forum
Topic: R2k 2024 Soil Test
Replies: 1
Views: 44

Re: R2k 2024 Soil Test

I'm mildly surprised elemental sulfur worked that well, but you really didn't have far to go. I've see recommendations on another forum to add it to calcium pit soils with a pH of 8.2 and just shake my head. Good luck with that, but the same person recommends tossing aluminum sulfate around wholesal...
by MorpheusPA
March 15th, 2024, 1:14 pm
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: New cool season turfgrass species: "TTRF"
Replies: 6
Views: 104

Re: New cool season turfgrass species: "TTRF"

Kinda ditto, and I'm unsure if this is a crossbreed or genetic insert. I'm trying genemod flowers this summer and I have modest hopes for them. If they work, wonderful.
by MorpheusPA
March 14th, 2024, 10:25 pm
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: Early treatment for Winter weeds
Replies: 4
Views: 78

Re: Early treatment for Winter weeds

Short answer: yes.

Long answer: yes, but the herbicide will take noticeably longer to work in cooler temperatures. I've already sprayed some in my lawn and gardens, but I'm not really expecting them to die until April.
by MorpheusPA
March 13th, 2024, 11:08 am
Forum: Soil management and compost forum
Topic: 71GTO 2024 soil test
Replies: 3
Views: 64

Re: 71GTO 2024 soil test

I have fifteen minutes until my next meeting and I'm burned out. Congratulations, that means you win. :-) I don't have any major issues with this soil. Phosphorus, calcium, and magnesium are good. Sulfur's fine. I'd be OK with any organic feeding you wanted as Ocean Gro is kind of high in phosphorus...
by MorpheusPA
March 9th, 2024, 9:53 pm
Forum: Soil management and compost forum
Topic: Chris's 2024 Soil Test
Replies: 3
Views: 172

Re: Chris's 2024 Soil Test

I'm late this year and had to work today to recert another system. It's been hectic. Sorry. I always read soil tests like they're your first (I do the same with mine; literally, what would I do if I were seeing this soil for the first time?) In your case, the answer is, "Develop a slight migraine an...
by MorpheusPA
March 9th, 2024, 9:45 pm
Forum: Soil management and compost forum
Topic: Clemsonfan Winter 2024 Soil Test
Replies: 1
Views: 44

Re: Clemsonfan Winter 2024 Soil Test

We really only read Logan Labs soil tests (the reason is that we can't familiarize ourselves with every soil tests' accuracy, which is generally not that great, measurements, and range of recommendations terribly easily). But I don't mind taking a very general stab at it, with the realization that I...
by MorpheusPA
February 20th, 2024, 9:11 am
Forum: Equipment
Topic: Wire-Free Robotic Mowers
Replies: 3
Views: 427

Re: Wire-Free Robotic Mowers

Oh, they're not perfect, far from it. I'm not a personal fan of my Landroid, actually, and currently give it 2 1/2 stars. It strongly dislikes major issues like...smaller areas of thick grass, tiny bumps in the lawn. Corners. Typical for Germany, there's a German kit to add to the wheels that gives ...
by MorpheusPA
February 19th, 2024, 3:59 pm
Forum: Equipment
Topic: Wire-Free Robotic Mowers
Replies: 3
Views: 427

Re: Wire-Free Robotic Mowers

They don't pattern predictably and even the wired ones have to be watched a bit (I work from home so not a problem). I've heard a bit of this and that about the GPS ones, some very good. Some not so good. They tend to have specific drop points where they seem to get lost and the patterning software ...
by MorpheusPA
February 5th, 2024, 11:48 am
Forum: Soil management and compost forum
Topic: 2023 Soil Test Interpretation Queue
Replies: 17
Views: 10020

Re: 2023 Soil Test Interpretation Queue

I'm awake, I'm awake. Assuming I don't go back into torpor again, that is.

Heads-up, though, my supervisor quit and I got promoted again, I'm now running the entire library and then some, so I have even less time than I did last year. Be ye forewarned.
by MorpheusPA
February 5th, 2024, 11:46 am
Forum: Flowers & Annuals
Topic: Firefly Petunia
Replies: 0
Views: 468

Firefly Petunia

I admit it, this one got me. They've inserted glowing mushroom genes into petunias to create the Firefly petunia that glows in the dark. https://light.bio/ I've ordered two for the season. At $84 for two, that wasn't exactly cheap. Updates to follow. Sadly, reproduction at home is illegal, so it wou...
by MorpheusPA
December 30th, 2023, 10:00 pm
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: TTTF Fertilizer & Pre Emergent Schedule
Replies: 3
Views: 679

Re: TTTF Fertilizer & Pre Emergent Schedule

Yeah, sounds about right. With highs around sixty, it's just about flawless for grass. It'll want a feed about every six weeks or so at that temperature, assuming perfect watering (with the atmospheric river I hear you guys are getting, that should be relatively true). Most of the people I work with...
by MorpheusPA
December 30th, 2023, 9:55 pm
Forum: Water cooler
Topic: Christmas Goodies
Replies: 4
Views: 1368

Re: Christmas Goodies

Same. Santa actually delivered a large number of blank canvases and new paintbrushes, mostly.