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- May 28th, 2010, 10:28 am
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: Why would an animal do this?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 517
Re: Why would an animal do this?
Don't credit them with too much intelligence. If they sense food where they are, they don't care that there is a 7-course buffet 50 feet away. Nature programmed them to take what is in front of them when the getting is good.
- May 28th, 2010, 10:25 am
- Forum: Soil management and compost forum
- Topic: 1st time homeowner in CT w/ bad lawn // soil test results
- Replies: 62
- Views: 1859
Re: 1st time homeowner in CT w/ bad lawn // soil test results
+1 Gary, with a few caveats and comments... I am of the belief that killing the weeds is first, so to allow some room for the grass to grow. ... good idea, unless you have "continents" of weed areas with no grass. Bare soil just begs for nature to populate it with new weeds. Do a blanket spray this ...
- May 28th, 2010, 8:12 am
- Forum: Soil management and compost forum
- Topic: Gbig2's soil test results, you called it Morpheus!
- Replies: 21
- Views: 588
Re: Gbig2's soil test results, you called it Morpheus!
Andy, how did you get your organic matter up on an acre lot? Sounds like you had a homemade compost pile? So you just used compost? I'm debating trying to get 30 yards of compost down or if I should just use lots of sbm and cracked corn? Also, will mulch mowing increase organic matter over the year...
- May 27th, 2010, 8:55 pm
- Forum: Equipment
- Topic: B&D cordless mower opinions
- Replies: 5
- Views: 293
Re: B&D cordless mower opinions
They lack torque, and many people report that mowing twice is a common occurrence to get a smooth cut. And that's not with 6"-7" TF.
- May 27th, 2010, 7:58 pm
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: Is this tall fescue?
- Replies: 40
- Views: 7817
Re: Is this tall fescue?
If so where is a good place to get truck load of soil? 1000 sq feet time 3 inch that is about 187 cub feet. Lots of soil to add. Check your math. One cubic foot of soil will cover 4 square feet of ground 3" deep. So, you would need 250 cubic feet of topsoil. A cubic yard is 27 cubic feet. So, you n...
- May 27th, 2010, 6:33 pm
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: What are these?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 578
Re: What are these?
Poa Annua most often has a "crinkled" look to the blades - they're not smooth. Poa Trivialis almost never is crinkly. When looking at pictures, it is one of the easiest ways to tell them apart, although not all pictures show the crinkles well.
- May 27th, 2010, 6:01 pm
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: Roll over Rover, we're overrun with clover!
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3622
Re: Roll over Rover, we're overrun with clover!
In the meantime, I'm going to mow high, water deep infrequently, and poke the milorganite to it about every two weeks or so...this make sense too? No, you're actually better if you do the soil samples REAL soon. The fertilizer probably hasn't reached the 3"-4" zone that we take soil samples from. T...
- May 27th, 2010, 11:42 am
- Forum: Water cooler
- Topic: A Horrible Thought...
- Replies: 11
- Views: 400
Re: A Horrible Thought...
A little Vinaigrette and we can call it a "Morph Salad".
- May 27th, 2010, 10:41 am
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: What is THIS!!!!
- Replies: 115
- Views: 2212
Re: What is THIS!!!!
I don't know that Simpson's experience offers any insight as to whether Certainty can control this weed or not. He experienced heavy rain 30 minutes after application - that would render any application results a "no decision" in my opinion, as there is no way to know whether any of the herbicide ma...
- May 27th, 2010, 9:34 am
- Forum: Soil management and compost forum
- Topic: 1st time homeowner in CT w/ bad lawn // soil test results
- Replies: 62
- Views: 1859
Re: 1st time homeowner in CT w/ bad lawn // soil test results
Kickflip:
Don't get the idea that I'm trying to talk you into a renovation. I get grief around here for always pointing out that renovations are Big Work. I just wanted to point out to you that the decision is easiest made now, before you make investments of time and money into the existing lawn.
Don't get the idea that I'm trying to talk you into a renovation. I get grief around here for always pointing out that renovations are Big Work. I just wanted to point out to you that the decision is easiest made now, before you make investments of time and money into the existing lawn.
- May 27th, 2010, 9:03 am
- Forum: Soil management and compost forum
- Topic: 1st time homeowner in CT w/ bad lawn // soil test results
- Replies: 62
- Views: 1859
Re: 1st time homeowner in CT w/ bad lawn // soil test results
Sure, but you'll be killing everything you paid and worked hard to build. It will be a hard thing to get yourself to kill it.
- May 27th, 2010, 8:11 am
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: Roll over Rover, we're overrun with clover!
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3622
Re: Roll over Rover, we're overrun with clover!
C&C, you keep mixing those up - you want to be a Land Baron owner, not an owner of Barren Land.any chance of buying the empty lot next door for cheap? empty is good.
- May 27th, 2010, 8:06 am
- Forum: Soil management and compost forum
- Topic: 1st time homeowner in CT w/ bad lawn // soil test results
- Replies: 62
- Views: 1859
Re: 1st time homeowner in CT w/ bad lawn // soil test results
The direct costs of doing a 5,000 sq ft renovation are not huge. Figure 3 lbs per 1000 sq ft of Elite KBG at $6/lb delivered. That's $90. RoundUp, starter fertilizer, blah. blah, blah another $100. We're not talking the national debt here. There are fertilizer and lime, etc costs to prep the soil, b...
- May 27th, 2010, 7:33 am
- Forum: Organic lawn care
- Topic: New Organic Broadleaf Weed Killer
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4327
Re: New Organic Broadleaf Weed Killer
-Go Canucks!....er, I mean.....Go Canadiens!.....damn, they're out too.
Look on the bright side. At least you're not serving a lifetime sentence as an Islanders fan, like me.
- May 26th, 2010, 10:06 pm
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: Roll over Rover, we're overrun with clover!
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3622
Re: Roll over Rover, we're overrun with clover!
I actually find it very nice, but I'm sure that that is the last thing you want to hear... About the CCO Killer - it is a reasonably slow killer, roughly 14-16 days. Don't panic when you see nothing in 5 or 6 days, and don't hit it again until at least 14 days. I'd definitely find out what the exist...
- May 26th, 2010, 9:38 pm
- Forum: Organic lawn care
- Topic: New Organic Broadleaf Weed Killer
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4327
Re: New Organic Broadleaf Weed Killer
"Iron HEDTA undergoes rapid biodegradation in soil and water, and no unreasonable adverse effects to the environment are expected from the use of Iron HEDTA when label instructions are followed" Sorry, Freyja and NLG - those are the US toxicology results. Here are the Canadian studies: Iron HEDTA u...
- May 26th, 2010, 9:07 pm
- Forum: Water cooler
- Topic: A Horrible Thought...
- Replies: 11
- Views: 400
Re: A Horrible Thought...
Yes they do!! It's right between the Soybean Meal and the Manganese Sulfate.Cause they don't have it at Home Depot.
- May 26th, 2010, 5:53 pm
- Forum: Organic lawn care
- Topic: New Organic Broadleaf Weed Killer
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4327
Re: New Organic Broadleaf Weed Killer
Yeah. The lawn will be affected just like it would if you applied Chelated Iron. Do you know Why? Because it IS Chelated Iron. One-quarter of one percent. Google "Iron HEDTA" and see what you get... Does it come as RTU only, or as a concentrate also? The concentrate could precipitate out and lose th...
- May 26th, 2010, 5:39 pm
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: Certainty and heat/drought stress
- Replies: 4
- Views: 131
Re: Certainty and heat/drought stress
I can't speak for more than one lawn, but I applied mine in the last week of July last year and didn't notice any symptoms that I couldn't attribute to "normal" Certainty stress. The three week treatment included the infamous Dog Days of early August.
- May 26th, 2010, 1:51 pm
- Forum: Water cooler
- Topic: A Horrible Thought...
- Replies: 11
- Views: 400
Re: A Horrible Thought...
...and far more quantifiable.It's far less direct than observing the grass
Why is a $50 refractometer any more a "special tool" than a backpack sprayer is?plus requires special tools