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by Adam_M
February 20th, 2024, 8:42 am
Forum: Equipment
Topic: Wire-Free Robotic Mowers
Replies: 3
Views: 532

Re: Wire-Free Robotic Mowers

Thanks for the advice! I was hoping you'd chime in because I knew you were on team robot. What do you mean you have to watch the wired ones a bit? So - how much of a pain is the wire installation? Given I've got 1/2 mile of guide wire to install if I go that route, do you think it needs to be trench...
by Adam_M
February 19th, 2024, 2:58 pm
Forum: Equipment
Topic: Wire-Free Robotic Mowers
Replies: 3
Views: 532

Wire-Free Robotic Mowers

I really quite like the idea of a robotic mower, particularly one that can mow in predictable patters, i.e., straight lines and ideally without guide wires. I'm also a big fan of not needing to install about 2500 feet of wire. I've got to imagine that the wire-supported systems are pretty much a sol...
by Adam_M
October 8th, 2023, 1:58 pm
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: Fall nitrogen and soil remediation
Replies: 2
Views: 846

Re: Fall nitrogen and soil remediation

I ended up going the conservative route and put down the full dose a couple days ago.

Urea will go down around Thanksgiving if the weather is typical.
by Adam_M
September 30th, 2023, 3:38 pm
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: Fall nitrogen and soil remediation
Replies: 2
Views: 846

Fall nitrogen and soil remediation

I'm about due to drop my next and final dose of 19-19-19 for the season and was pondering whether there's a benefit to spoon feeding to deliver the same amount of n as the aggressive fall program. The product I have is 11.6% urea and the balance ammoniacal nitrogen. I'd probably end up getting anoth...
by Adam_M
August 23rd, 2023, 12:56 pm
Forum: Flowers & Annuals
Topic: How to get rid of Hedge Bindweed
Replies: 4
Views: 1667

Re: How to get rid of Hedge Bindweed

I think I read about this approach on this website once upon a time. I tried it once with good results. Take a mason jar or pickle jar or similar and fill it part way with Roundup. Then work loose the leading end of the vine (cut it at a convenient point if you need to). Stuff the vine leaves and s...
by Adam_M
August 21st, 2023, 1:00 pm
Forum: Flowers & Annuals
Topic: How to get rid of Hedge Bindweed
Replies: 4
Views: 1667

How to get rid of Hedge Bindweed

Any suggestions on how to attack this foe? It seems to root all over the place and intertwines itself with shrubs/plants, which makes hitting it with roundup a little scary - even painting it. I've tried to RU leaves/portions that aren't way into the other plants, but with well ..no success.
by Adam_M
May 25th, 2023, 4:23 pm
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: Grass turning Yellow
Replies: 5
Views: 642

Re: Grass turning Yellow

Occam's razor eh? Water. So, I just pulled a plug from the problem area (and it always starts here, but varying on the year, I can lose the entirety of this area - ~6K), attached. And oddly enough, I do have both a soil test from the problem area (the 6K, not this specific spot - although take it so...
by Adam_M
May 16th, 2023, 4:50 pm
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: Grass turning Yellow
Replies: 5
Views: 642

Re: Grass turning Yellow

The soil is the spoils from my basement during house construction. Yes to the screwdriver test, the soil is remarkably uniform in the entire area. No rocks, and there was never a tree there. It is on a slight (and by slight, mean literally a few inches) knoll, but the problems spread to about 6k of ...
by Adam_M
May 14th, 2023, 11:40 am
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: Grass turning Yellow
Replies: 5
Views: 642

Grass turning Yellow

I've got a spot of my lawn, the spot where my inevitable summer decline starts. I'm hoping we're early enough to head off whatever is going on. Grass was planted in September 2022, and isn't even close to needing cut yet. I've actually sent this patch of grass to Rutgers in previous years and their ...
by Adam_M
May 8th, 2023, 10:33 am
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: Weed Control Regimen
Replies: 2
Views: 336

Re: Weed Control Regimen

Actually...

it seems like sulfentrazone may be an answer here to the clover/creeping charlie and nutsedge - the Ortho product is labeled for it. Would a blanket spray of a sulfentrazone herbicide be able to replace the sedgehammer and the triclopyr?
by Adam_M
May 8th, 2023, 10:05 am
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: Weed Control Regimen
Replies: 2
Views: 336

Weed Control Regimen

I've got a little of everything growing, and had a few questions on my planned regimen. 2-4-D is down for the salad greens. Triclopyr will go down 2 weeks after the 2-4-D application. Is this timing correct? The weeds both of those affect are pervasive enough that I need a blanket spray. On to the o...
by Adam_M
April 23rd, 2023, 11:15 am
Forum: Soil management and compost forum
Topic: Adam M 2023 Soil Test
Replies: 3
Views: 350

Re: Adam M 2023 Soil Test

Sounds good. 19-19-19 at 5lb/k every month except July and August? How much time do I need to wait between the full dose of Milo and the 19-19-19, given it only went down a week ish ago? I've gone as close as 2 weeks before but I'm going back to basics too make sure I'm not making mistakes. I'll get...
by Adam_M
April 21st, 2023, 11:15 am
Forum: Soil management and compost forum
Topic: Adam M 2023 Soil Test
Replies: 3
Views: 350

Adam M 2023 Soil Test

I'm back for another year - thanks in advance! So - the story for 2022 was the lawn was OK, except for color in the younger grass, sort of until a portion of it died in the late summer, so I re-seeded, again, in the fall. It is probably easiest to tell the story with a link to a thread or 2. The gra...
by Adam_M
April 17th, 2023, 2:03 pm
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: Spot of really nice grass among ...less strong grass?
Replies: 10
Views: 434

Re: Spot of really nice grass among ...less strong grass?

We don't have dogs so my experience there is limited, but this is interesting nonetheless - especially that the burn only happens in hot months. Seems like we need some N. I just dropped Milo + Boron (yes, a guess on Boron, but I was at .51ppm last year around this time last year and missed an app l...
by Adam_M
April 17th, 2023, 9:16 am
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: Spot of really nice grass among ...less strong grass?
Replies: 10
Views: 434

Re: Spot of really nice grass among ...less strong grass?

There's definitely weeds. A lot of them. The wispy looking one is seed heads from bittercress. There's also clover, and a a myriad of other things. 2-4-D is going down soon-ish, followed by Triclopyr and then we'll re-assess.

I've got triv, but not here. I saw 1 p.annua plant too.
by Adam_M
April 16th, 2023, 8:43 pm
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: Spot of really nice grass among ...less strong grass?
Replies: 10
Views: 434

Re: Spot of really nice grass among ...less strong grass?

Thanks! Is this a stay the course situation and drop N in mid-late May or should I move that up?
by Adam_M
April 16th, 2023, 6:23 pm
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: Spot of really nice grass among ...less strong grass?
Replies: 10
Views: 434

Spot of really nice grass among ...less strong grass?

Hi! Any thoughts on what could cause this beautiful looking KBG plant to show up among a bunch of middling and not particularly happy KBG (and a lot of bittercress). I was thinking some of the local deer herd decided I needed fertilizer right. there. but I didn't see any remnants. I've got a couple ...
by Adam_M
April 14th, 2023, 1:16 pm
Forum: Equipment
Topic: Power Wheelbarrow thoughts?
Replies: 4
Views: 655

Re: Power Wheelbarrow thoughts?

Thanks to both of you for the advice! I very much want the yardmax. I'm not convinced I NEED the yardmax. The Dr Power Wagon is not a class of machine I was considering either, but Morph has me thinking about that one too - both of those are likely worthy upgrades from the more wheelbarrow-like solu...
by Adam_M
April 11th, 2023, 10:52 am
Forum: Equipment
Topic: Power Wheelbarrow thoughts?
Replies: 4
Views: 655

Power Wheelbarrow thoughts?

It is mulch year - ugh. I've got about 4K of mulch beds (thankfully, not all of it is highly landscaped), about 2k of which is 25 feet above where I can get mulch delivered (up a relatively steep hill) and another 1K is up a portion of that steep hill - about 10 feet of the 25. I don't really want a...
by Adam_M
April 10th, 2023, 7:55 am
Forum: Trees
Topic: Deer Resistant Showy Shrub Suggestions
Replies: 1
Views: 336

Deer Resistant Showy Shrub Suggestions

I'm having a bit of trouble tracking down a few large shrubs - I could go 6-8 feet in height and width, that are relatively showy. I'd love to give rhododendrons/azaleas/mountain laurels a shot, but well ...deer. I'm in southwest PA, the site gets partial sun, and there's a great layer of rich topso...