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by rough-cut
June 19th, 2017, 12:35 pm
Forum: Warm-season grasses
Topic: St Augustine grass disease?
Replies: 3
Views: 144

Re: St Augustine grass disease?

Could be either bugs or fungus. How much water or rain have you had? To much water will bring on the fungus. Any brown spots on the leaves (an indication of fungus)? Have you done the soapy water test in the evening to check for bugs? It doesn't look like cinch bugs. They'll usually take out a small...
by rough-cut
May 20th, 2017, 9:16 am
Forum: Warm-season grasses
Topic: 2017 Southern Lawn Pics
Replies: 40
Views: 4154

Re: 2017 Southern Lawn Pics

Some pics from this morning. I need to mow and possible drop the HOC from 3/4 to maybe 5/8 or less.
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by rough-cut
November 5th, 2016, 9:00 am
Forum: Water cooler
Topic: What do You plant in Winter?
Replies: 10
Views: 776

Re: What do You plant in Winter?

My wife and I usually plant our full vegetable garden. Down here we can't carry the garden through the summer months. To hot and humid. Come September we start the prep work. Once planted we might have to cover the tender stuff a few times due to frost, but winter is our big production time.
by rough-cut
October 8th, 2016, 9:15 am
Forum: Water cooler
Topic: Anybody here have bees?
Replies: 7
Views: 372

Re: Anybody here have bees?

Interesting about all the insects trying to invade the hive. The u of m has a bee lab and offer a class this fall, the wife and I will probably attend it so we can have a better understanding of what to do. :good: We've attended 3 classes. Bee keeping 101:life cycle of bees, introduction to the hiv...
by rough-cut
October 7th, 2016, 3:45 pm
Forum: Water cooler
Topic: Anybody here have bees?
Replies: 7
Views: 372

Re: Anybody here have bees?

We have 2 hives. Why are you thinking of getting into bees? Eventually make honey for a wine hobby. But Id be happy if I can keep them alive, do you run into much issues with mites? From what I've been reading people fail a lot just from them. We started with 2 hives this past spring (April). June ...
by rough-cut
October 6th, 2016, 7:53 am
Forum: Water cooler
Topic: Anybody here have bees?
Replies: 7
Views: 372

Re: Anybody here have bees?

We have 2 hives. Why are you thinking of getting into bees?
by rough-cut
September 8th, 2016, 8:08 am
Forum: Lawn Care Basics 101
Topic: What kind of weed is this??
Replies: 8
Views: 621

Re: What kind of weed is this??

Crabgrass maybe? Was the Ortho Weed-b-gone just regular or was it the one that says "and Crabgrass control"? The regular WBG really won't touch Crabgrass and most places aren't selling the one with CG control until temps drop to the mid 80's. At least this is what others have said on this site. I've...
by rough-cut
September 6th, 2016, 8:08 am
Forum: Warm-season grasses
Topic: To Sod or not To Sod
Replies: 25
Views: 1522

Re: To Sod or not To Sod

Have you priced a triplex? Care and feeding of one these is more than 3x the cost of a single reel walker. Time is another issue. People on this site talk about how long it takes to backlap and tune one reel. It takes a couple of hours to remove, backlap, adjust, adjust again, cleanup the lapping co...
by rough-cut
September 3rd, 2016, 7:49 pm
Forum: Water cooler
Topic: Dogs of ATY
Replies: 98
Views: 4583

Re: Dogs of ATY

Our son Magnum
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He loves the cut of the grass
by rough-cut
September 3rd, 2016, 1:19 pm
Forum: Water cooler
Topic: You might be a lawn crazy if...
Replies: 60
Views: 2985

Re: You might be a lawn crazy if...

You sit down and start adding up all the $$$$ you've spent in the last 10 years on mowers, backpack sprayers, trimmers, spreaders, misc equipment, milo, fertilizers, premo, chemicals, tests, and time and realize you could have bought and paid for the fine Italian sports car you've dreamed of since a...
by rough-cut
September 3rd, 2016, 1:05 pm
Forum: Water cooler
Topic: My New Car
Replies: 11
Views: 1021

Re: My New Car

and do you sleep much? Does the word "retirement" mean anything to you? Can't wait to see the finished product. Try and post a video WITH SOUND! PLEASE!! :clapping:
by rough-cut
August 26th, 2016, 7:54 pm
Forum: Warm-season grasses
Topic: Reseeded pasture. What's growing?
Replies: 10
Views: 499

Re: Reseeded pasture. What's growing?

I'm NW of Orlando too. Mt. Dora area. I've got 8 acres of Bahia. Looks like you have a host of problems. Picture 1 looks like you have some Nut sedge, Dalisgrass and some crab grass. That's just in the 4 corners of the picture. The 2 light colored seed pods in the center clump of grass is not from B...
by rough-cut
August 26th, 2016, 7:36 pm
Forum: Equipment
Topic: Not to happy with my honda hrx 217
Replies: 37
Views: 4976

Re: Not to happy with my honda hrx 217

Am I the only one on this site that does a full detail on their mowers after use? Blow, wash top to bottom, power wash under the deck or on the cutting reels, wipe down, grease all fittings, spray lube, top off the fuel tanks and a fresh set of sharp blades for the zero turn. Make sure it's all dry ...
by rough-cut
August 26th, 2016, 3:18 pm
Forum: Equipment
Topic: There's no school like the old school
Replies: 19
Views: 1650

Re: There's no school like the old school

:clapping: Wonderful restoration! Looks better than new. Would be a shame to crank it up and mow with it :shock:
by rough-cut
August 23rd, 2016, 7:56 am
Forum: Warm-season grasses
Topic: Over fertilized on Bermuda Help :(
Replies: 22
Views: 1633

Re: Over fertilized on Bermuda Help :(

The backyard picture has a line of brown grass and a green area back by the fence. Did you use a drop spreader? If so, then yes it looks like over fertilizing. Water and wait. You have Bermuda, you can't kill it. When it comes back it'll sure be GREEN!!! :razz:
by rough-cut
August 20th, 2016, 10:09 pm
Forum: Warm-season grasses
Topic: 2016 Southern Lawn Pics
Replies: 893
Views: 39482

Re: 2016 Southern Lawn Pics

ajmikola wrote:So today was like..
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Then i was like...
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You certainly have been bitten by the turf bug!
by rough-cut
August 19th, 2016, 10:23 pm
Forum: Equipment
Topic: Mclane greens mower?
Replies: 20
Views: 1682

Re: Mclane greens mower?

ajmikola wrote:I bet. Magnificent looking machine. I wish i had the sq footage to justify that beast.
Thanks, plus that hill you have out front would be really interesting to cut.
by rough-cut
August 19th, 2016, 10:15 pm
Forum: Warm-season grasses
Topic: Help with St. Augustine
Replies: 13
Views: 588

Re: Help with St. Augustine

Chinch bugs? From another web site: Symptoms Chinch bugs only attack grass growing in sunny areas. They will not touch shady areas. This is so much the case that you can see the patterns of destruction that precisely align with the sunny spots in a lawn. So be on the lookout for damage in sunny area...
by rough-cut
August 19th, 2016, 9:51 pm
Forum: Equipment
Topic: Mclane greens mower?
Replies: 20
Views: 1682

Re: Mclane greens mower?

I only have one chick, boss! I heard that! I will eventually go with a real greens mowers. To be honest, i really like jacobsen, i have gotten close a few times to pulling the trigger, but i just need to wait till next season. We only have 3 months or so left in the season. That will give me time t...
by rough-cut
August 15th, 2016, 2:08 pm
Forum: Equipment
Topic: Toro 1600 vs JD 260
Replies: 8
Views: 511

Re: Toro 1600 vs JD 260

Check both of them to see what's their maximum height of cut. Very important! If one only goes to .500" you'll regret buying it. Trust me. You'll spend additional $$ to get the taller brackets to raise the cut above .500" and then have to disassemble the mower to install them. Mine were $90 a set, 3...