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- October 10th, 2022, 9:58 pm
- Forum: Flowers & Annuals
- Topic: Potted daylillies
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3495
Re: Potted daylillies
The issue with planters in general, and tall narrow planters in particular, is the the planting medium gets much colder than the ground. I would not expect even daylillies to survive without bringing them into a garage or other cold location. You want the storage area to be at or just above freezing...
- October 10th, 2022, 9:48 pm
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: New grass wilting, damping out?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1358
Re: New grass wilting, damping out?
Azoxystrobin is safe on new grass and is labeled for use on new seedlings.
- May 24th, 2020, 10:01 am
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: Seeding after pre-emergent and glyphosate
- Replies: 4
- Views: 630
Re: Seeding after pre-emergent and glyphosate
Dethatcher may help, but I wouldn't count on it though I don't have personal experience trying it. You probably need to break up the top 1-2 inches of soil to be sure you have broken down the Prodiamine barrier. How big an area are we talking about?
- May 23rd, 2020, 10:09 am
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: Seeding after pre-emergent and glyphosate
- Replies: 4
- Views: 630
Re: Seeding after pre-emergent and glyphosate
Prodiamine will prevent the roots from growing past it. If you place topsoil, the grass will germinate, but roots won't grow below the new soil and will struggle. A better option would be to pull plugs from elsewhere in the lawn and transplant them into the dead spots.
- May 23rd, 2020, 10:07 am
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: Yellowing in known problem area
- Replies: 6
- Views: 758
Re: Yellowing in known problem area
Leaf spot seems to be very common this year and right now. Summer Patch would be early, but if it has been very dry you could be seeing some. Ideal treatment window for Summer Patch is early spring. The fungus does its damage to roots then, but you don't see it until it gets hot as the turf is able ...
- May 17th, 2020, 6:10 pm
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: POA Triv or something nightmare
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1958
Re: POA Triv or something nightmare
Doesn't look like Annua or Triv. Quack has distinctive clasping auricles. No matter what specifically, grassy weeds get painted with round-up, dug up, or pulled in my lawn.
- May 17th, 2020, 6:07 pm
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: Fungus? Does it require treatment?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1660
Re: Fungus? Does it require treatment?
This spring has been terrible for fungal disease around me also. Cool, lots of rain, and not enough time for the ground to dry out. It should break here this week, hopefully the lawn will recover enough to hit summer strong. Getting through summer looking good is the real challenge.
- May 13th, 2020, 4:32 pm
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: Reno - Seed Superstore Recommendation
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2129
Re: Reno - Seed Superstore Recommendation
The ss1100 blend has very good cultivars in it. I would go with that of what you listed. I have seen some pictures of beautiful Ryegrass lawns so a Perennial Rye blend should be on your list. If you have a lot of shade, then Bluegrass may not be great. I would try Tall Fescue before Fine Fescue with...
- May 13th, 2020, 4:28 pm
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: Struggling to control fungus
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1754
Re: Struggling to control fungus
Great outcome and proof that you don't always need to jump straight to the big guns. Often fungi are a product of temporary conditions and as conditions change, the disease will fade. The hard part is determining what needs to be dealt with and what can be waited out.
- April 19th, 2020, 2:21 pm
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: Late frost today 4/17
- Replies: 8
- Views: 836
Re: Late frost today 4/17
We had a very light frost 2 days ago. Not enough to wilt the lettuce, but noticeable. Lawn and roses (even the fragile ones) weren't phased either.
- March 27th, 2020, 11:40 am
- Forum: Soil management and compost forum
- Topic: Masbustelo's 2020 Soil Test
- Replies: 7
- Views: 470
Re: 'New' House old lawn Restoration 2020
Nice looking numbers on that test. If you want it read here, make sure to post a thread in the soil test forum.
- March 27th, 2020, 11:35 am
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: bluegrass care
- Replies: 4
- Views: 795
Re: bluegrass care
Starting the spring after a fall seeding, the lawn is considered established and you can treat it like an adult lawn even though it will still be more fragile than a more than one year old lawn.
- March 26th, 2020, 3:21 pm
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: bluegrass care
- Replies: 4
- Views: 795
Re: bluegrass care
Mixing different fertilizer types is fine. Just keep the total water soluble nitrogen per application below 1 lb/M. As for the back lawn, it will definitely take longer to wake up than the TTTF. My bluegrass is always behind the fescues in my area. My back lawn also gets more AM sun than the front a...
- March 26th, 2020, 3:14 pm
- Forum: Equipment
- Topic: My 4 sons backpack sprayer
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1533
Re: My 4 sons backpack sprayer
I have used mine (Chapin 24V backpack sprayer) for Barricade WDG (water dispersable granulaes) and Heritage 50 DF without issues. I just make sure to do a little dance at the end of each pass to agitate the mixture since my sprayer does not have built in agitation. This https://www.northerntool.com/...
- March 26th, 2020, 11:13 am
- Forum: Equipment
- Topic: My 4 sons backpack sprayer
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1533
Re: My 4 sons backpack sprayer
I don't have this particular backpack sprayer, but battery powered sprayers are well worth it.
- March 26th, 2020, 9:53 am
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: Ack, contractor must have not used Starter plus weed preventer!
- Replies: 3
- Views: 583
Re: Ack, contractor must have not used Starter plus weed preventer!
I don't know what the lawn looked like before, so keep that in mind. Hard to say, but the third photo looks like turfgrass from the photos (grass ID from photos is hard so I may be wrong). I'm not sure what the lime green fine bladed stuff is. For the turf grasses, it may just be small areas of high...
- March 26th, 2020, 9:36 am
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: Tracking the Forsythia Line
- Replies: 31
- Views: 4094
Re: Tracking the Forsythia Line
Forsythia blooming here in St. Louis. Pretty much right on schedule.
- March 24th, 2020, 12:38 pm
- Forum: Lawn Care Basics 101
- Topic: Fertilizer w/ Weed Control
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2037
Re: Fertilizer w/ Weed Control
Generally, you want to wait for the lawn to be growing well before any spring Nitrogen. That is typically well after you would want to apply pre-emergent. The combo fertilizer and Pre-emergents tend to be too much early Nitrogen for most areas. Early nitrogen will promote a greener lawn early at the...
- March 16th, 2020, 1:49 pm
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: Serious lawn problems (long post)
- Replies: 40
- Views: 2956
Re: Serious lawn problems (long post)
Looking much better and a good start to the marathon.
- March 16th, 2020, 1:48 pm
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: Green-Up Watch
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1347
Re: Green-Up Watch
Green-up is happening her in St. Louis. TTF is definitely starting in selected areas of lawns. I haven't seen much KBG green-up, but it is usually a bit behind the TTTF.