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by Jackpine
December 27th, 2011, 6:31 pm
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: Been contemplating a Chewings fescue stand..
Replies: 21
Views: 742

Re: Been contemplating a Chewings fescue stand..

Hard to say in Maine as I've been trying to transition to KBG. Some sections did wash out with Irene and the follow up storms, but KBG can surprise you in a shady area. I've found it to sprout, pout and go to sleep to the point you think its gone, only to re-appear and thrive the following spring. ...
by Jackpine
December 26th, 2011, 6:04 pm
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: Been contemplating a Chewings fescue stand..
Replies: 21
Views: 742

Re: Been contemplating a Chewings fescue stand..

I think its a good idea, you are far enough north that you might get winter kill with TTTF. I have it in Maine and it does very well, this past summer it got a bit stressed as the temp did hit 100 for a day, but if you have cool nights it won't brown out like it does here on LI. I think it's worth ...
by Jackpine
December 26th, 2011, 3:47 pm
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: Been contemplating a Chewings fescue stand..
Replies: 21
Views: 742

Re: Been contemplating a Chewings fescue stand..

TTTF does very well here....at least for me it it does. See my lawn pics from end of July with temps in the mid 90's....http://aroundtheyard.com/northern/lawn-pics-july-t5114.html The fine fescues struggle in the however even with watering. Hah, I'm just the opposite... Hoping the TTTF I seeded thi...
by Jackpine
December 26th, 2011, 2:52 pm
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: Been contemplating a Chewings fescue stand..
Replies: 21
Views: 742

Re: Been contemplating a Chewings fescue stand..

I would think that fescue would struggle in North Carolina, but looking that he is in Michigan, he might not face the onslaught of heat that you might go through. I just know that in a climate of New Jersey that it seemed to do very well. So well that i had a tough time killing the darn thing. That...
by Jackpine
December 26th, 2011, 2:49 pm
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: Been contemplating a Chewings fescue stand..
Replies: 21
Views: 742

Re: Been contemplating a Chewings fescue stand..

I think people have chewing fescue mixed with other fine fescues and/or tall fescues for shade purposes...but not sure if anyone here has a stand alone of it. I undestand it is used primarily as a mix for shady areas but it does very well in full sun in cooler climates according to the info I have ...
by Jackpine
December 26th, 2011, 1:04 pm
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: Been contemplating a Chewings fescue stand..
Replies: 21
Views: 742

Been contemplating a Chewings fescue stand..

I have a corner of the property that is seperated from the main lawn and gets little care. May just do an experiment using Longfellow II chewings fescue. The area gets full sun and is typical Michigan sandy loam (roughly 60% fine sand, 40% silt and a touch of clay) slightly alkaline. Average rainfal...
by Jackpine
December 17th, 2011, 6:36 am
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: Venting re long term weather predictions
Replies: 9
Views: 353

Re: Venting re long term weather predictions

NOAA weather does seem to be doing a good job as far as weather "alerts" and "Warnings" go when they activate the weather radio. The forecast they give always seems to be hedging to me though. Accuweather seems more definitive. Hedging is a good description of NOAA/NWS weather forecasts. My local N...
by Jackpine
December 16th, 2011, 7:32 pm
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: I'm done...
Replies: 61
Views: 1858

Re: I'm done...

My perennial guy just left. 5 guys plus the boss from 8 am until 5. They took away 14 yards of debris. Amazing how much more you can get done with a crew. Based on what they took away I figure I mulched about 25-30 yards of tightly compressed debris into 5500 sq. ft. Of lawn. Place does look great....
by Jackpine
December 16th, 2011, 7:03 pm
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: I'm done...
Replies: 61
Views: 1858

Re: I'm done...

Up here in da nort woods if I waited until the soil temps hit 40 it would probably be too late to get the full effect. At that point full freeze up is imminent most years (but not this one). Looking at the posted info on how soil temps affect growth I take the term optimum to mean just that and infe...
by Jackpine
December 15th, 2011, 1:16 pm
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: I'm done...
Replies: 61
Views: 1858

Re: I'm done...

JG if the length of time between top growth slowing/stopping and soil temps falling below 40 is quite long, say a 3 to 4 week interval, why not fertilize twice. Once at onset of slow growth and once more at the 40 degree threshold. That way you have all the bases covered... root growth and carb stor...
by Jackpine
December 15th, 2011, 5:36 am
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: I'm done...
Replies: 61
Views: 1858

Toss in your feeding schedule

as a variable and it gets really confusing to me. JG was after optimum spreading so feeding heavily. A "normal" fall feeding schedule would have a different effect on the balance of top growth to root growth during the transition period as soil temperatures drop would it not? On a new reno I would f...
by Jackpine
December 2nd, 2011, 8:49 pm
Forum: Soil management and compost forum
Topic: Shall We Play A Game
Replies: 5
Views: 236

Re: Shall We Play A Game

I'm in

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by Jackpine
December 1st, 2011, 5:43 am
Forum: Equipment
Topic: new spreader
Replies: 23
Views: 1404

Re: new spreader

Well my old Ortho rotary (30 some years old) is still going strong. That is a good thing since there is no room in the budget for a new spreader. While I would like a spreader with the edgeguard feature, the better ones are pricey. Thanks for linking the LSU reports on spreader patterns. I having be...
by Jackpine
November 23rd, 2011, 1:16 pm
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: What You're Changing Next Year...
Replies: 28
Views: 1042

Re: What You're Changing Next Year...

Making sure to get the old crap lawn growing to assure a good kill when nuking. Had to fallow longer than planned to kill the dormant cr*p that took off. This set my seeding date back to the first of Sept which is borderline "way up north".
by Jackpine
November 17th, 2011, 10:06 am
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: Winterization Tips
Replies: 46
Views: 1431

Old MSU KBG sod farming nitrogen study

Hi guys and gals! :wave: Newbie first post gotcha.just surprised there are not University trials or something similar comparing different levels of fertilization,from none to tons per season and the results from the different levels- someone must have done a controlled study by now? archive.lib.msu....