Zoysia can be killed, some old posts of mine talk about it. The short answer is that you need to kill it in summer when it is growing. In my experience, it takes 3 applications of Glyphosate spaced two weeks apart to be sure it is dead, so you have to be willing to accept a brown lawn for 4+ weeks p...

Personally I hate the stuff (and we are warmer here than NJ), but it will work. As long as you are OK with the brown and understand it can be hard to remove once established, go for it. It can be much lower maintenance than TTTF or KBG.

You can apply Tenacity at seeding and it will carry you for ~30 days depending on dose. You may want another dose depending on how fast the seed is germinating/establishing. Once established, you can then apply a traditional pre-emergent (with Tall Fescue you should be OK without needing a second Te...

My back yard is starting to pick up growth again. It always starts before the front. The roses are also starting to grow which means, as usual, I missed the spring pruning window on many of them.

Manure products are very common in commercial agriculture - not just with the Amish. Pig and Poultry are what is typically used. If anyone is interested in a non horse powered application video...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1ew5vW7yYM

Prodiamine won't move much in the soil. If you are spraying and careful, you can theoretically spray right up to the edge of the seeded area, but... I would leave a 1-2 foot space like suggested.

I have looked at the data on Fungicides on lawns. There is definitely an effect. While total fungal population numbers stay roughly the same or decline slightly, there are dramatic shifts in the members of the population with non targeted fungi taking the place of the the targeted fungi. After stopp...

I assumed there is a small narrow spot between two garden beds or something like that so OP would need coverage for 0-55 and 180-205 with no spray coverage in between them from 55-180 and 205-360. Otherwise why the question?

OP only has one post so who knows if they are coming back.

As a general rule: More aggressive pruning of spent blooms will give fewer, but larger flowers. Less aggressive pruning (i.e. not cutting as far back on the stem) will give more but smaller blooms. Not pruning at all will give fewer, smaller blooms. This varies a bit by rose type. Hybrid Teas respon...

I'm going to guess that roses in your area are going to need winter protection to prevent losses. Even in St. Louis, some of the more fragile roses won't make it over winter without a covering of mulch. I have gravitated to non-grafted roses on their own roots which tend to tolerate winter temps bet...

Ideally, you want to water just before the lawn starts to show drought stress. That is tricky to do as there will be at best subtle signs of low water levels. As you get to know the lawn better, you will start to get a feel for when to water. It will depend on factors that affect water loss such as ...

Yup, a battery powered backpack sprayer is amazing for frequent applications. The effectiveness of a biological prevention plan depends on frequent applications and may not be enough in areas with heavy disease pressure or with certain diseases. For example, I have been unable to effectively control...

Yellow Nutsedge will grow through any small crack in the fabric and then start growing in the mulch on top. I have areas that still have Yellow Nutsedge after 5 years of treatment. I just keep hitting it every time it pops up. I figure in about 10 years or so, it might be eradicated.

I grew a small ~4x5 foot patch of KBG that went unmowed in my garden to see what would happen. It got fertilizer and watered when the roses got watered, but I didn't spray to prevent disease. It died out after 2 years. It would be good in the spring, but towards the middle of summer it would start t...

I don't know of any heads that allow two adjustable arcs. I think your only option is two install two heads - one for each arc.

Yellow Nutsedge is very hard to kill. It has a tendency to come back next year even if you were on top of spraying. Roundup isn't a guaranteed kill with multiple applications in my experience. I even solarized a garden bed for an entire year and it is coming back.

You might try maintaining the lawn at ~1.5-2 inches with what you have before dropping the bucks on reel mower. They aren't cheap. Trying the lower height will give you chance to see if are OK with the increased work of maintaining the lower height. You will have to mow more frequently to avoid taki...

Some of the issue is competition for water and other resources by the tree. Some is directly related to shade from the tree. While Zoysia will tolerate shade better, I don't tend to think of it as a shade tolerant grass. I also don't have a lot of experience with warm season turf. You might get more...

I have used water dispersable granule products in a backpack sprayer (it is a Chapin battery powered sprayer) without agitation just fine. I simply shake the backpack at the end of each pass by dancing around a bit. I have never had a problem with clogging. If the application is uneven, it is not en...

Moisture will lead to clumping of lime. I would bet the long term outside storage is the culprit. Even plastic bags seem to have some permeability to water.