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- April 23rd, 2023, 8:57 pm
- Forum: Soil management and compost forum
- Topic: Taylor's Rear Yard - 2023
- Replies: 7
- Views: 495
Re: Taylor's Rear Yard - 2023
Is it that bad? No. But your idea that you can fix the soil with one weekend of effort after there has been a decade of poor care is misdirected. It will take 3-4 years of applications if you apply effort, and longer if you don't to turn it around. This not a glass that you just refill, it's closer ...
- April 23rd, 2023, 3:57 pm
- Forum: Soil management and compost forum
- Topic: Adam M 2023 Soil Test
- Replies: 3
- Views: 369
Re: Adam M 2023 Soil Test
19-19-19 at 5lb/k every month except July and August? Yup! [quote}How much time do I need to wait between the full dose of Milo and the 19-19-19[/quote] 3 weeks sounds OK Any benefit to more active OM work other than the leaves since the real number is probably in the 3's? Hell yeah!! But remember ...
- April 23rd, 2023, 10:53 am
- Forum: Soil management and compost forum
- Topic: Taylor's Rear Yard - 2023
- Replies: 7
- Views: 495
Re: Taylor's Rear Yard - 2023
With all the stuff that the installation crew plans to do, I wouldn't do anything now (maybe except the Humichar). I would do another test AFTER 6-8 weeks after the installation. We don't want to double-up anything, and with the shape the soil is currently in, it wills be several years before we get...
- April 23rd, 2023, 10:26 am
- Forum: Soil management and compost forum
- Topic: Spring 2023 SE Mass. Soil Test (logan Labs)...
- Replies: 2
- Views: 262
Re: Spring 2023 SE Mass. Soil Test (logan Labs)...
Without an explanation of your current status or previous test result link from previous tests, I have to assume a lot, but here goes... You don't see many tests from SE Mass with 12+ TEC soil or almost or 5.7 OM%. Nice long-term success there. The low Calcium and Potassium numbers though are lackin...
- April 23rd, 2023, 9:12 am
- Forum: Soil management and compost forum
- Topic: REPPEND's 2023 Soil Test
- Replies: 3
- Views: 303
Re: REPPEND's 2023 Soil Test
OK. 2 lbs/K of SOP, 2 lbs/K of MOP and 1.75 lbs/K of Urea every month. No Urea in July or August.
- April 22nd, 2023, 8:49 pm
- Forum: Soil management and compost forum
- Topic: REPPEND's 2023 Soil Test
- Replies: 3
- Views: 303
Re: REPPEND's 2023 Soil Test
The people that owned the lawn-with-a-house before you weren't lawnatics, were they? The soil has OK bones, but hasn't seen a bag of fertilizer in a long time. What does that mean? It means that it's a slightly heavy soil with a lot of silt, and very good OM% numbers. You don't need to listen to my ...
- April 22nd, 2023, 6:17 pm
- Forum: Soil management and compost forum
- Topic: Adam M 2023 Soil Test
- Replies: 3
- Views: 369
Re: Adam M 2023 Soil Test
Yeah, I have some doubts too about the OM%... I'm going to be conservative due to the questionable numbers. The TEC is pointing to a heavier soil, which is OK as long as it drains OK. It will hold nutrients well if true, but you're not holding nutrients. While the Calcium and Magnesium are holding (...
- April 21st, 2023, 5:41 pm
- Forum: Soil management and compost forum
- Topic: Soil Testing Guidelines Template - Opinions?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 367
Re: Soil Testing Guidelines Template - Opinions?
I don't believe that soil management can be done by a list. Every soil test that comes in has the context of its own properties that must be considered. I've tried to boil it down to formulas and ranges, but it just has too many variables. Maybe when Artificial Intelligence becomes common I'll try a...
- April 19th, 2023, 4:40 am
- Forum: Soil management and compost forum
- Topic: Spacklerstyle 2023 Soil Test
- Replies: 6
- Views: 376
Re: Spacklerstyle 2023 Soil Test
You can alternate Milo and balanced stuff monthly on either schedule. There is nothing magical about the 60 days - you can wait for the next date scheduled if you choose to.
- April 18th, 2023, 9:51 pm
- Forum: Soil management and compost forum
- Topic: Spacklerstyle 2023 Soil Test
- Replies: 6
- Views: 376
Re: Spacklerstyle 2023 Soil Test
I'm not surprised at all in either the test popping back to your "normal",or in Logan's handling of the matter... I see a heavy calcareous soil and the reason for the pH and TEC. I've also got to admit that I think differently about the solution. Yeah, the MAP and STP and it all sounds like the scie...
- April 18th, 2023, 8:12 pm
- Forum: Soil management and compost forum
- Topic: JPack's Soil Test Results - 2023
- Replies: 9
- Views: 567
Re: JPack's Soil Test Results - 2023
Ummm, yeah. Please note that there is a big difference between the 30 lbs/K that we used to apply and the fast-acting stuff. The stuff is not the same ol' garden Gypsumand I've dumped up to thirty pounds per thousand without impact, but I'm known to be daring).
- April 17th, 2023, 8:43 pm
- Forum: Soil management and compost forum
- Topic: JPack's Soil Test Results - 2023
- Replies: 9
- Views: 567
Re: JPack's Soil Test Results - 2023
Morph, you're making be think, and it hurts...
If I were trying the Gypsum trick, I would have tried a test patch for 2 weeks. I don't think Gypsum is gonna cause Chlorosis, but I would have tested the idea. But that's me.
If I were trying the Gypsum trick, I would have tried a test patch for 2 weeks. I don't think Gypsum is gonna cause Chlorosis, but I would have tested the idea. But that's me.
- April 17th, 2023, 7:08 pm
- Forum: Soil management and compost forum
- Topic: Spacklerstyle 2023 Soil Test
- Replies: 6
- Views: 376
Re: Spacklerstyle 2023 Soil Test
How could it change so drastically like that? It can't - unless you sent a limestone boulder to Logan. That's exactly what I'd expect to see if somebody didn't do an AA test, when an AA test was warranted. Call Susan at Logan Labs and ask for a retest if they have enough soil left from your samples...
- April 17th, 2023, 6:18 pm
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: Spot of really nice grass among ...less strong grass?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 473
Re: Spot of really nice grass among ...less strong grass?
Ummm, how to put this gently...
I don't think the offender is deer pee. More likely it is deer-doo. It happens that I get deer a dozen at a time, and I find the evidence that matches deer pellets.
I don't think the offender is deer pee. More likely it is deer-doo. It happens that I get deer a dozen at a time, and I find the evidence that matches deer pellets.
- April 17th, 2023, 6:10 pm
- Forum: Soil management and compost forum
- Topic: Ruth 2023 Soil Test
- Replies: 5
- Views: 209
Re: Ruth 2023 Soil Test
SOP doesn't force top growth, so you're fine to go when you'd like.
For the very same reasons (avoiding applications during stressful period), you can apply any non-freezing weather.
For the very same reasons (avoiding applications during stressful period), you can apply any non-freezing weather.
- April 16th, 2023, 10:37 pm
- Forum: Lawn Care Basics 101
- Topic: Quackgrass are Back
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1043
Re: Quackgrass are Back
R2K, I've used Certainty for Poa Triv, but not Quackgrass. I can't say for sure whether a couple of treatments (what they recommend) finishes the job in one season. My experience with the product and research indicates that it works best when the first treatment is near the "stressful heat", and fol...
- April 16th, 2023, 10:27 pm
- Forum: Soil management and compost forum
- Topic: BD13 soil test 2021
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1436
Re: BD13 soil test 2021
Nothing happened since last year? A couple of paragraphs on what your seeing or experiencing would go a long way to help us help you. No context means we have to give you a generic interpretation. We'll do it if you say so, but we'd rather help you move forward each year...
- April 16th, 2023, 9:20 pm
- Forum: Lawn Care Basics 101
- Topic: Quackgrass are Back
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1043
Re: Quackgrass are Back
"Certainty" is labelled for Quackgrass, but it isn't exactly a cheap product (although "Sertay" generic is cheaper), so I'd get a Cooperative Extension to say that you have in fact Quackgrass. Upon validation, try "Certainty/Sertay" on it (if you haven't already tried it). Please follow up with us i...
- April 16th, 2023, 8:54 pm
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: Spot of really nice grass among ...less strong grass?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 473
Re: Spot of really nice grass among ...less strong grass?
If the "super green" spots are greening up, you can hit the lawn with Nitrogen.
- April 16th, 2023, 7:02 pm
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: Spot of really nice grass among ...less strong grass?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 473
Re: Spot of really nice grass among ...less strong grass?
I think the Deer Theory is top candidate.