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- September 29th, 2020, 12:22 pm
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: Status of POACure? (Updated 02/2020 below)
- Replies: 31
- Views: 1871
Re: Status of POACure? (Updated 02/2020 below)
I believe its designed to slowly kill off the poa-a and poa triv. If a golf course killed off all of its poa-a in a four weeks stretch, you would be left with unsightly bare spots and need to quickly over-seed. From the little I read it kills the poa-a and poa-triv over multiple seasons. So thats wh...
- September 28th, 2020, 11:12 pm
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: Status of POACure? (Updated 02/2020 below)
- Replies: 31
- Views: 1871
Re: Status of POACure? (Updated 02/2020 below)
Massachusetts just approved it, I would do anything for a bottle of it. The poa-a that made it through the summer is growing like crazy in my yard, Tenacity has never really worked great on mature poa-a for me. I always end up hand pulling a lot of good KBG with the poa-a. This POACure stuff is my o...
- September 28th, 2020, 10:07 pm
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: Question about when to do KBG plugs....
- Replies: 1
- Views: 140
Question about when to do KBG plugs....
So for the first time I feel like my KBG might be thick enough to take some plugs from one area and put it around the border that is always over run with poa-a and yellow every year. the KBG has worked its way in, but its taking a while for the KBG to gain a foot hold. I was thinking of taking some ...
- September 26th, 2020, 8:16 pm
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: Please help on drop spreader settings and TTTF
- Replies: 4
- Views: 158
Re: Please help on drop spreader settings and TTTF
How big is your lawn? I have to be honest, spreader settings are kind of trial and error. Measure your area, weight your product, then start with a low setting and gradually increase it until you use the all the product you measured our. That works great with granular fertilizer and things you sprea...
- September 23rd, 2020, 10:01 pm
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: More than Sprout and Pout?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 428
Re: More than Sprout and Pout?
Your complaining about 3 weeks, we haven’t had a decent rain since May 😢 This year has me thinking to never give anyone seeding advice if they don’t take watering seriously. Seriously meaning a sprinkler system or at least a semi permanent hose end timer. I just have no faith Mother Nature will get ...
- September 23rd, 2020, 10:34 am
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: Should I lower my HOC for Fine Fescue in the winter....
- Replies: 1
- Views: 112
Should I lower my HOC for Fine Fescue in the winter....
I have a few patches of fine fescue street side by a fence that gets mostly shade. After a few years of spring over-seeding its finally thickened up nicely. I find I need to keep it at 3 1/2" and not fertilize it a lot, but leaving it at 3 1/2" in the fall when it doesn't get a lot of sun has helped...
- September 22nd, 2020, 9:56 pm
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: Folks with Fescue - do you overseed even if grass survives Summer?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 550
Re: Folks with Fescue - do you overseed even if grass survives Summer?
I don't know much about your area VA, but whenever you over-seed your giving something up. In my case I have a bad POA-A problem, over-seeding in the fall prevents me from applying a pre-m for it. But I have a full KBG that will thicken up and spread on its own. Being patient allows me to prevent PO...
- September 15th, 2020, 7:33 pm
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: Adding OM - How much peat moss can the lawn take? (planning for 2021)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 549
Re: Adding OM - How much peat moss can the lawn take? (planning for 2021)
[quote=Adam_M post_id=343632 time=1600111491 user_id=8180] I got a peat moss spreader and it's kind of a game changer for me - takes 1/2 the time and 1/2 the effort to spread the peat moss, and it goes down wonderfully evenly/consistently somewhere around 1/8" thick.[/quote] The compost spreader was...
- September 13th, 2020, 9:37 pm
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: Thoughts on 2020 Summer Sesaon Results
- Replies: 20
- Views: 575
Re: Thoughts on 2020 Summer Sesaon Results
This year was tough, we missed every large rain event, we have had maybe 4-5 days of 1/2” of natural rain sine May. Add to that the local news reporting we had a record hot summer. I installed a DIY irrigation system and it was the only reason the lawn got through the summer. Last year I almost lost...
- September 12th, 2020, 3:13 pm
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: Winter Pre-M
- Replies: 2
- Views: 156
Re: Winter Pre-M
For the fall, actually some time around august you put down your 1st pre-m app for poa-a. Then around right now you put down a second app for the rest of the fall. Some people might even drop some late October. The spring pre-m is mostly for crab grass The late august / early fall apps are for poa-a...
- September 10th, 2020, 11:55 am
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: How many weeks when it's green again?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 623
Re: How many weeks when it's green again?
Last summer in an attempt to kill off the poa-a in my KBG lawn, I really stretched our the watering, I felt like I border line killed it. I had high hopes for the fall fertilizer plan, but the truth was that September had temps in the mid 80’s and we never got much rain. Last years lawn never really...
- September 5th, 2020, 8:03 pm
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: Fall Nitrogen Regimens
- Replies: 1169
- Views: 70786
Re: Fall Nitrogen Regimens
How does everyone keep them selves from over doing it with the Urea? :-) This is my second week; I carefully measured out the 1lb I needed for about 1,000sf, I then "feed the birds" as my SO says, and once again I found myself going for just a little more to get some spots I missed :-) The problem m...
- September 4th, 2020, 8:31 am
- Forum: Equipment
- Topic: Spreader settings
- Replies: 7
- Views: 450
Re: Spreader settings
I used to have a classic drop spreader that finally died on me, it was a perfect size for my small lawns and best of all, folded up nice and small when I wasn't using it. I am still looking for a used one on Craigs List to replace it. I found that it was really good for dropping BSF (Milo), because ...
- September 3rd, 2020, 5:12 pm
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: Fungus or Heat Stress
- Replies: 7
- Views: 271
Re: Fungus or Heat Stress
MorpheusPA: Just curious to compare my experience from last year, how long does that take to get back to normal?
Will that get back to normal by the fall, or does it take until next spring before the KBG is back to growing well and spreading?
Will that get back to normal by the fall, or does it take until next spring before the KBG is back to growing well and spreading?
- September 2nd, 2020, 10:23 am
- Forum: Lawn Renovations
- Topic: Correct steps for lawn reno when dealing with triv?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 270
Re: Correct steps for lawn reno when dealing with triv?
Triv is a real nightmare to deal with. If you do have it aerating and dethatching will just spread it as it spreads by staloons that creep along the ground, every time you cut one it’s now in a new spot. The triv also goes dormant in summer, so even if you spray it with glyphosate it’s not doing any...
- August 31st, 2020, 7:07 pm
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: Fall Nitrogen Regimens
- Replies: 1169
- Views: 70786
Re: Fall Nitrogen Regimens
[quote=MorpheusPA post_id=343052 time=1598908399 user_id=112] None, technically. If rainfall is expected within a week, you'll be absolutely fine. If you have an extraordinarily high pH, you might potentially lose some nitrogen to the atmosphere if the urea gets damp from dew. But the amount is unli...
- August 30th, 2020, 7:16 pm
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: Calculating Cost for Aggressive Fall Nitrogen Regimen
- Replies: 5
- Views: 562
Re: Calculating Cost for Aggressive Fall Nitrogen Regimen
Got my 1st urea app down and watered in Friday night before the storm we never got, but thats another story. :-) But I already notice the lawn perking up today when I cut it. Lawn made it through this summer much better this year than last year, can't wait to see how the weekly Urea apps works when ...
- August 29th, 2020, 12:29 pm
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: How to tell if your Prodiamine 65 WDG is still good?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 141
How to tell if your Prodiamine 65 WDG is still good?
I thought I read somewhere that Prodiamine 65 WDG goes bad and isn't effective after a few years. Is this true?
and if so, is there anyway to tell what year it was made from container?
I have a jug of it I have been using for 3 years, I hate POA-A more than buying another jug :-)
and if so, is there anyway to tell what year it was made from container?
I have a jug of it I have been using for 3 years, I hate POA-A more than buying another jug :-)
- August 22nd, 2020, 3:29 pm
- Forum: Lawn Care Basics 101
- Topic: Handy chart for various chemical ratios?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 476
Re: Handy chart for various chemical ratios?
[quote=bpgreen post_id=342758 time=1597801403 user_id=66] [quote=schreibdave post_id=342748 time=1597763591 user_id=408] If I cant read the fine print on a label I take a picture with my phone and then blow it up. [/quote] I do something similar, but instead of taking a picture, I just aim the camer...
- August 16th, 2020, 11:17 am
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: Weed ID......
- Replies: 2
- Views: 110
Re: Weed ID......
Thanks, thats what I figured but they are right near and area across from a rose of sharon bush in my neighbors yard.