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- September 8th, 2023, 12:01 pm
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: Kelp Help with Prodiamine?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 453
Re: Kelp Help with Prodiamine?
That's fine. I actually do combine the BLSC with Prodiamine as well, I just follow behind myself and water it off for ten minutes to assure it's off the grass and down onto the soil.
- July 3rd, 2023, 9:37 pm
- Forum: Irrigation
- Topic: Waterlogged
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1466
Re: Waterlogged
As soon as you say "water" and "property," the only response should be "get a professional to evaluate this." We can't say much about the pitch of your land or where the water is entering or exiting, nor the laws that cover this in your locale.
Spitballing on the topic doesn't really help.
Spitballing on the topic doesn't really help.
- July 3rd, 2023, 9:35 pm
- Forum: Equipment
- Topic: Lysol for cleaning mower blades
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2599
Re: Lysol for cleaning mower blades
I can't imagine that would be a problem, hosed off or not. Apparently it can be used to disinfect pruning blades, but it's unknown how effective it is (ten percent bleach water is recommended for that; we know it works). Lysol is mostly water and alcohols, so it'll dissipate fast and that's most of ...
- June 30th, 2023, 9:03 am
- Forum: Flowers & Annuals
- Topic: New Guinea Impatiens - What's Wrong?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 404
Re: New Guinea Impatiens - What's Wrong?
I have ten minutes while I wait for others to get off their rear ends so... Just say no to Impatiens. At least lately in PA. I gave up on them about ten years ago. Even my shadier areas are getting sunnier plants that can take heat blasts. If you must say yes, give them more sun than you think you s...
- June 27th, 2023, 10:45 am
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: Soil Tests
- Replies: 4
- Views: 643
Re: Soil Tests
Still reading. Horrendously busy. Will catch up.
- June 18th, 2023, 12:52 pm
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: Foliar FAS application and time to take effect
- Replies: 2
- Views: 397
Re: Foliar FAS application and time to take effect
Really, once it's dry it stops absorbing. Redamping will restart the process, and I've taken advantage of a damp evening for that. Once redamping doesn't produce a noticeable scent when you swipe your hand across the grass, it's deactivated. FAS isn't harmful to animals in tiny amounts, so the re-en...
- June 14th, 2023, 3:46 pm
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: Mesotrione VS Clover, Landscaping, especially Juniper?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 382
Re: Mesotrione VS Clover, Landscaping, especially Juniper?
Tenacity isn't labeled for juniper, so use is not at all recommended.
- June 11th, 2023, 3:23 pm
- Forum: Water cooler
- Topic: Canada wildfires
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1626
Re: Canada wildfires
The weirdest part was that during a meeting I was complimented on my dark green shirt (most people I work with know I dye my own fabrics). I was wearing a plum shirt. The orange light from the windows, plus the weird camera interpretation on the laptop, turned it green. I had the interior lights off...
- June 11th, 2023, 3:19 pm
- Forum: Trees
- Topic: dogwood doomed?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2839
Re: dogwood doomed?
Agreed. That having been said, ten year old dogwoods aren't generally expensive trees, worth sinking a lot of money into, or difficult to replace in MA. I'd be inclined to cut away the damage, see if it recovers, and if it doesn't, replace it. Mine didn't; it got anthracnose. I put a Jane magnolia i...
- June 10th, 2023, 2:04 pm
- Forum: Water cooler
- Topic: Canada wildfires
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1626
Re: Canada wildfires
I got little sympathy from our California team members from the Los Angeles area, either. They just said, "That's our summer."
Yeah, but this is Pennsylvania. No earthquakes, no tornadoes, no wildfires, droughts are rare, the weather is temperate, and even hurricanes are almost unheard-of.
Yeah, but this is Pennsylvania. No earthquakes, no tornadoes, no wildfires, droughts are rare, the weather is temperate, and even hurricanes are almost unheard-of.
- June 10th, 2023, 10:20 am
- Forum: Water cooler
- Topic: Canada wildfires
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1626
- June 10th, 2023, 10:17 am
- Forum: Soil management and compost forum
- Topic: Borax and Copper Sulfate - Safe for trees?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 686
Re: Borax and Copper Sulfate - Safe for trees?
Boron and copper are both required for every plant on the planet. Bork it up and you just rendered your soil completely sterile. However, the amounts we recommend aren't easily in the "borkable" range. We're usually targeting 0.5 to 0.7 PPM for boron, 2 PPM or so for copper. Sterility starts around ...
- June 4th, 2023, 12:09 am
- Forum: Soil management and compost forum
- Topic: Chris' Soil Tests - Spring 2023
- Replies: 7
- Views: 654
Re: Chris' Soil Tests - Spring 2023
Then it does seem unlikely you're related; he's Ukranian via the wilds of Maryland.
You can certainly use another carrier, although we haven't tested them, but anything granular really should work just fine.
You can certainly use another carrier, although we haven't tested them, but anything granular really should work just fine.
- June 3rd, 2023, 2:26 pm
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: 2023: What Did You Do On Your Lawn Today (Cool Season)
- Replies: 129
- Views: 10834
Re: 2023: What Did You Do On Your Lawn Today (Cool Season)
I'm watching mine dance on the edge of dormancy as we're now 26 days with no appreciable rain. There are 3 major cities with low rainfall this month, mine is #2 at 0.26" in May...the beginning of May. I broke down and watered and it's running now. There's a 30% chance of showers which will fall to 0...
- June 3rd, 2023, 2:24 pm
- Forum: Soil management and compost forum
- Topic: 2023 Soil Test Interpretation Queue
- Replies: 20
- Views: 10088
Re: 2023 Soil Test Interpretation Queue
I pulled Chris' just because of the last name.
- June 3rd, 2023, 2:23 pm
- Forum: Soil management and compost forum
- Topic: Chris' Soil Tests - Spring 2023
- Replies: 7
- Views: 654
Re: Chris' Soil Tests - Spring 2023
Sorry for the delay. Work's insane. They're literally throwing awards with money at us to keep us happy. Huh. With that last name, you might be distantly related to my husband. For the landscape bed, you just gave a literal definition of "acidic, neutral, neutral, low phosphorus, high phosphorus, av...
- June 3rd, 2023, 11:15 am
- Forum: Soil management and compost forum
- Topic: Gregt848’s 2023 soil test
- Replies: 5
- Views: 464
Re: Gregt848’s 2023 soil test
Sorry for the delay here, work's been...irregular. At least I got an award out of it for not throwing a fit.
29-0-4 would go at about 4 pounds per thousand. 10-10-10 goes at 10 pounds per thousand.
29-0-4 would go at about 4 pounds per thousand. 10-10-10 goes at 10 pounds per thousand.
- June 3rd, 2023, 9:46 am
- Forum: Irrigation
- Topic: Irrigreen Irrigation System
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6253
Re: Irrigreen Irrigation System
I'm going to figure that I do better calculations in my head for far less money. When the grass wilts, I water. My yard has complicated shapes, handled by setting half circles at the correct spots, quarter circles at the correct spots, and so on. And similarly, I never water if it's windy--another m...
- May 26th, 2023, 7:58 am
- Forum: Soil management and compost forum
- Topic: Rocks in the soil
- Replies: 2
- Views: 321
Re: Rocks in the soil
There's not much you can do, really. If you want to lift the sod, dig the soil, sift the rocks, and put it back (replacing it with new soil--not potting soil as that's organics and they'll just rot, you'll want to match your soil type), you could, though. It's a lot of work. I have a burn point at t...
- May 26th, 2023, 7:56 am
- Forum: Lawn Care Basics 101
- Topic: What's with Milo pricing this year (at least near me)?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3510
Re: What's with Milo pricing this year (at least near me)?
Plus the delivery because my butt is superlatively lazy lately. This happens when Tuesday rolls around and "Oh, did I forget to mention our one entire manufacturing facility is having an audit today? I didn't know either, sorry. Can you support it? Great, thanks." On the up side, for payment I got a...