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by Jason1604
June 29th, 2020, 4:50 pm
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: Propiconazole add surfactant?
Replies: 4
Views: 1067

Re: Propiconazole add surfactant?

My generic 14.3 propiconazole is labeled that a surfactant aids in efficacy, but treatment without won’t lessen the efficacy. Sounds kinda circular in logic. I always add a tablespoon on spreader sticker when tank mixing. My thought is that if the plant absorbs the product through its leaf, the more...
by Jason1604
June 29th, 2020, 4:15 pm
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: Grass/Grassy Weed ID Please
Replies: 1
Views: 221

Grass/Grassy Weed ID Please

My renovated TTTF is on year 4. This year is the first year I’ve noticed patches of the grass pictured. It’s very fine bladed and extremely dark. Although my TTTF is pretty dark, this stuff sticks out like a sore thumb to me. Ideas what it might be?? https://i.postimg.cc/18G1DT88/381-D4-D4-C-723-E-4...
by Jason1604
July 10th, 2018, 11:32 am
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: Brown Patch Treatment Success
Replies: 18
Views: 2076

Re: Brown Patch Treatment Success

Since originally posting this thread, I have had very minimal disease pressure even though temps have been generally 90's/70's with high dew points of close to 80. Fast forward to today. The latest wave of brutal humidity about a week ago has brought a small outbreak even though I have been applying...
by Jason1604
July 7th, 2018, 3:06 pm
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: Brown Patch Treatment Success
Replies: 18
Views: 2076

Re: Brown Patch Treatment Success

The AI in heritage is Azoxystrobin. You can buy it to be mixed called "Strobe". This is what I will be rotating with propiconazole this summer. A study I read put Azoxystrobin as the very best fungicide there is with very little chance of immunity. It's pricey but if you do the math it's alot cheap...
by Jason1604
July 5th, 2018, 1:03 pm
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: Brown Patch Treatment Success
Replies: 18
Views: 2076

Re: Brown Patch Treatment Success

Weather has still been in the 90's with dew points as high as 80 on a regular basis. I am happy to say that, other than two small spots, I've kept brown patch at bay. I've read some literature out of Clemson Univ. that recommends Headway (Heritage + propiconizole) since resistance seems to lesson wi...
by Jason1604
June 12th, 2018, 6:53 pm
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: Brown Patch Treatment Success
Replies: 18
Views: 2076

Re: Brown Patch Treatment Success

Great post, Jason! Glad you're having success. To anyone duplicating this approach: Just make sure you read and abide by the Headway/Heritage/Propiconzole labels as far as repeat apps and rotation are concerned! Headway contains a lot less than the 14.3% Propi, but exactly the same amount of active...
by Jason1604
June 12th, 2018, 10:39 am
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: Brown Patch Treatment Success
Replies: 18
Views: 2076

Brown Patch Treatment Success

I haven't posted in a long time, but thought this might be helpful: Weather in central Illinois has been in generally in the upper 80's low to mid-90's with lows in the 70's with dew points from 68-75 since the last third of May. I didn't get my preventative fungicide program started early enough an...
by Jason1604
June 5th, 2017, 9:03 am
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: No Peeing Signs?
Replies: 23
Views: 2405

Re: No Peeing Signs?

4 new observations about dog urine. 1. After installing a Nest doorbell camera, which also films my entire front yard, I've noticed that most dog walkers do not use the watering cans I set out to dilute dog urine. (Only 3 of 17 people on camera used it) I honestly thought people used it since the ca...
by Jason1604
April 22nd, 2017, 11:06 pm
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: No Peeing Signs?
Replies: 23
Views: 2405

Re: No Peeing Signs?

I live a block from my city's most popular park. My house is on a side street that leads to the park. We have lots of foot traffic, which means many dog walkers. As a dog owner myself, I know how hard it is to control where your dog pees while walking it. So, about three years ago I decided to buy t...
by Jason1604
April 14th, 2017, 8:43 pm
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: Houston we have a problem -- TTTF turning brown/dying
Replies: 6
Views: 240

Re: Houston we have a problem -- TTTF turning brown/dying

Had sour mulch dumped on my driveway a few years back. Some spilled onto the edge of the front turf. Browned the grass. The advice I got my Gary was to let it be and don't overwater it. It could suffocate the roots of already stressed turf. In two weeks and a few mows, you couldn't even tell it was ...
by Jason1604
April 14th, 2017, 9:49 am
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: Grub Control, Fungus Control, & Dimension
Replies: 11
Views: 349

Re: Grub Control, Fungus Control, & Dimension

Man, it's almost as if Spring is not a good time to seed. ;) Don't ask me how I know this, but the wait time to apply a pre-m when spring seeding could lead to applying so late that the pre-m is still strong enough to prevent seeds from germinating come late summer when "the optimum seeding window" ...
by Jason1604
April 12th, 2017, 11:44 pm
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: Soil Temps are now in the upper 60's in TN - Grub Preventative?
Replies: 4
Views: 240

Re: Soil Temps are now in the upper 60's in TN - Grub Preventative?

Bayer has Metit/Imidacloprid and doesn't need as much time to work into the roots as does Chlora... Grren is correct. You are going to need to target the next generation of grubs. These grubs come from the eggs that the beetles will lay in late summer and hatch thereafter. You are south of me, but I...
by Jason1604
April 11th, 2017, 10:44 pm
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: What can I salvage??
Replies: 10
Views: 345

Re: What can I salvage??

+1 on waiting until fall. I, too, have TTTF and you get that patchy/chunky look this time of year when some of your turf is waking up, while surrounding areas are hitting the snooze button. Plus, TTTF is a bunch type and doesn't look as uniform as KBG when waking up. My turf looked like yours 3 week...
by Jason1604
December 24th, 2016, 10:20 am
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: The Dreaded Traffic on Frozen Grass
Replies: 5
Views: 485

Re: The Dreaded Traffic on Frozen Grass

That's my hope Green. Now, if I can keep the rabbits from feasting on the grass...When you have the only green lawn on the block, it's like having a big "Open" sign for those pests. I've already filled 2 of their warrens, trapped 3 and relocated them, I spray Liquid Fence weekly, and I have a solar ...
by Jason1604
December 22nd, 2016, 1:21 pm
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: The Dreaded Traffic on Frozen Grass
Replies: 5
Views: 485

The Dreaded Traffic on Frozen Grass

I know this topic has been beat to death, both on Best Lawns and other forums, but a recent real-life example has me convinced. No traffic on frozen grass is good traffic. We had an ice-event last weekend. The mailman was delivering on Sunday and his safety trumped the health of my renovated front t...
by Jason1604
October 16th, 2016, 10:14 pm
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: Rabbits!
Replies: 16
Views: 577

Re: Rabbits!

So, I think I may have found the solution. They were living under my porch. We have an older bungalow, with a long porch where leaves and other debris collect. I read where Rabbits hate soggy conditions. So, I sprayed water everywhere, basically making a soggy mudpit. Fingers crossed.
by Jason1604
October 16th, 2016, 10:11 pm
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: Rabbits!
Replies: 16
Views: 577

Re: Rabbits!

Heres one I shot a few years ago off my back deck with an air rifle. http://s18.postimg.cc/6fhs5t7x1/20140311_102110_resized.jpg [ Post made via Android ] http://aroundtheyard.com/forums2/images/mobile/Android.png This is the route I want to take. My wife has other thoughts. She keeps quoting the "...
by Jason1604
October 15th, 2016, 9:45 pm
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: Rabbits!
Replies: 16
Views: 577

Re: Rabbits!

human urine wait. did you pee on them? throw urine bottles? Mark the perimeter of your lawn like an alpha male after drinking beer or coffee? :good: I drink a lot of coffee.... Actually, I have a colleague whose husband swears by the "peeing on Hosta" method of control. So, yes, took a squirt right...
by Jason1604
October 15th, 2016, 9:43 pm
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: Rabbits!
Replies: 16
Views: 577

Re: Rabbits!

I don't know if this is an endorsement or not. I found that the only thing that controls deer long-term is Liquid Fence. It says it is a rabbit repellent too. If it's half as good as it is on deer, there's your solution. I am currently going through another spray bottle of it as we speak. Hasn't se...