I'll let other, smarter, members chime in as well. But my understanding is that as long as that first rain is a lighter rain, it'll get it soaked in. From there, it binds extremely well to the soil. I'm in a similar boat but off a week. I out mine down around April 1st and got a light rain around 1/...

I'm about ready to give up guys! This high pH (8.4) calcareous soil sucks. I put down urea in November. Can't tell. I've been fighting this crap lawn for 6 years. It also doesn't help that I have crappy cultivars of KBG. I'd like to kill it and switch to TTTF for better drought tolerance. Here's a p...

I'm going into my 7th season in our "new" house, which was spec built with sod. The lawn is becoming quite bumpy in spots as things have settled so I'm considering rolling it. I have a couple options and what your input. 1) Rent a pull-behind water filled roller and try to borrow a lawn tractor from...

Mid August through mid September is go time for some major lawn activities. But its also the time my lawn color / quality is almost the worst during the growing season. Theres fungal pressure. It's hot. I have poor KBG cultivars from my 6yr old builder-grade sod... I get brown blades peppered throug...

I cleaned out my "dry products" bin, mixed up some organics including Earth Works, Rich Lawn, alfalfa meal, and cracked corn. It equated to about 0.5lb nitrogen per M.

It seems like my lawn has taken longer to green-up than my neighbors, but it finally popped and its looking good for April. I have pesky yellow foxtail trying to grow thru in places. I'm going to attempt hitting the whole lawn with some Quinclorac tomorrow. https://i.postimg.cc/62LxS4V5/20230424-192...

I've got a small section of my lawn that keeps getting foxtail trying to grown in it. I keep mowing it so it never goes to a seedhead, but I know thats what it is.

I've tried killing it with Tenacity 2x and it still comes back. Is there anything else that'll kill foxtail in a KBG lawn?

I put down prodiamine last Friday 4/7/23. I got my irrigation RPZ valve rebuilt and installed last night and watered it in this morning.

It's been above 80°F a couple days this week and forecasted the same the rest of the week. The lawn could stand to get mowed.

Thanks for sharing your experience and thanks for the photo! Your lawn looks amazing. It looks like Husqvarna and Toro are both coming out with bounday wire-less options this year. I guess I don't have an issue with a boundary as long as i can get one that doesn't interfere with my invisible dog fen...

Thanks Morph. I like the idea of constantly mowing. I mow every 2-3 days spring, summer, and fall. I have an irrigation system so growth doesn't slow "that" much in July/August. I rotate my push mower 45° every mow as to not develop a pattern or ruts, but with mowing so frequently it still happens. ...

turf_toes wrote: ↑

February 18th, 2023, 9:45 pm

Morph has been using a robot mower for years. He’s going to be the guy to listen to on this subject

Hopefully he sees it and chimes in.

BTW - how do I get status to friend and PM people like we used to he able to do 10+ yrs ago?

It may seem this post belongs in the equipment section, but hear me out... I've always been a staunch gasoline powered mower guy. I ran the zero turn when I had an acre, mow the Super Recycler on my 1/3 acre. But I'm becoming more and more intrigued buy lawn bots. I already mow every 2-3 days and so...

Hi All! As fall is getting into full swing, my lawn is doing some funky stuff and I'm really not liking what's going on. I could genuinely use some guidance here. I'm diligently working Morph & Andy's plan after my Spring 2021 soil test were analyzed. ( cliff notes: calcareous soil, ph=8.4) (See thr...

With all due respect; I don't think the question is valid. It's like asking "hammer vs wrench"? I need both a spreader and a sprayer. My spreader is used for fertilizers (lots of organic varieties as well as some synthetic), grub control products, and sometimes fungal control (Bayer Advanced). My sp...

turf_toes wrote: ↑

September 19th, 2022, 6:14 pm

Most folks repeat the same bad advice they’ve heard all their lives....
...Chalk it up to people believing and repeating bad advice.

Thanks @turf_toes , that's what I needed!

I want to make sure I'm not crazy and looking for validation. Please put me in place if I'm out of line. I've been hanging out here on ATY/BL for 11+ years. I recently joined a cool season lawn group on FB. It seems like there's a huge push for people to aerate and overseed. Also, it seems like folk...

2. What could I have done differently to get better germination? I personally have had good luck with quicker germination of KBG if I spray the area with kelp-help after I put the seed down. Call me a [banned word], but I've seen sprouts in as little as 7 days doing this. (100% KBG seed) I can't sp...

I've been fighting yellow fox tail. Tenacity didn't kill it in June (2 apps, 21 days apart). I'm going to try straight Quinclorac soon.

2. What could I have done differently to get better germination? I personally have had good luck with quicker germination of KBG if I spray the area with kelp-help after I put the seed down. Call me a [banned word], but I've seen sprouts in as little as 7 days doing this. (100% KBG seed) I can't sp...

This has been my battle for the last 4 years! I recently found a "better" way. I used to have a 1 acre lot with a commercial zero turn. We moved to a smaller lot and I purchased a Honda HRX217. It was horrible above 3" - especially this time of year. I was probably one of the people who wrote about ...