Thanks for the replies, the caps are just what I'm looking for! Now to figure out what bodies are in the ground, I've seen a hodgepodge of Hunter and Rain Bird. I've also not yet dug up a head (done 5 probably) that aren't end-of-the line. Maybe I have a strange install... Depending upon how much o...

Day 27 (22 Sept 2014) We finally finished the last of the "major work" associated with this year's back yard renovation / side yard overseed! "Day 1" of our renovation was "seed down" in the back yard. However, we had decided to hold off on the overseeding of the side yard until after the return fr...

Begotten wrote:thanks, went ahead and used them. now to find this laundry soap

Bought mine at Walmart. It's right with the other laundry detergents... AKA Borax

where does one find copper sulfate and in what form? I recently ordered copper sulfate and zinc sulfate from the web store of an eBay seller, Alpha Chemicals. It was convenient as it was a one-stop shop for both the copper and the zinc, so I only had to pay one set of shipping charges, which were r...

In any case, if you are in 04496, I wager your average first frost is more like that of Bangor than Corinna. I think this year was an outlier, and the trend isn't really for cooler temperatures, but the "actual first frost" was more of a short blip. FYI, I just looked at the AccuWeather Temperature...

Each winter, on average, your risk of frost is from September 23 through May 18 - zip 04496. I should mention that I'm not sure I have much trust in the way the Dave's Garden freeze/frost dates by zip code picks the station to use for a given zip code. Your situation is further complicated by the f...

Day 25 (20 Sept 2014) Applied 11 pounds of Scott's TurfBuilder Starter (24-25-4) over the back yard / side yard combined area of 5800sqft, for a rate of 0.46#N/Ksqft. This is the first fertilizer I've applied since seed-down. Hand-weeded the crabgrass and other germinated weeds out of about two-thi...

Thenka, Ocelaris, laadams85, Green, and JustAGuy, for the tips and references on distinguishing between KBG/PRG/FF. I'm still not sure about what I have growing where, but I'll keep learning!

Evan aside from the urea, is there any reason other than saving on the water bill, since you have irrigation, to not start watering regularly to get the lawn out of dormancy? Doesn't seem to me that the lawn can prep for winter if it's still dormant... Even though there is no rain in the forecast, f...

GeorgeH wrote:This is what my lawn looked like before applying Prograss.

Wow. Beautiful!

OK, I've been reading along on recent soil test threads to learn from watching ST6. With this one, though, I'm clearly way over my head! Accordingly, I have a few questions. I don't really want to derail this soil test thread, but will ask a couple of the questions directly related to JG's tests her...

greenbum wrote:Great to know, thanks. It doesnt corrode it does it? Salt eats my concrete. I was worried about the lime doing the same.

As bernstem mentions, I've never seen lime damage concrete like salt does.

It's only the 5th day today. Looks like seeds won't germinate anymore because of our light frost this morning. Had to scrape off the ice covering my car. Front lawn was a bit white. However, weather right now is beautiful, mid 60s but will go down to 45F tonight. Ground temp though is different fro...

Just FYI, I'm monitoring this thread -- I'm particularly looking to figure out how to distinguish the bluegrass from the fine fescue and perennial ryegrass in my year-old KBG/PRG/FF front lawn to see what has done best in which areas...

Any tips on how to distinguish each from the others?

Having a little bit of a germination issue if the first picture. I'm figuring that's the prodiamine causing some issues. When did you last apply the prodiamine and at what rate? I've been already starting to think a bit about what to do next year -- I've never used a pre-emergent before and have be...

As noted above, I have 20,000 square feet Oops! I missed that - even though it was in your original post right there at the end, and I even quoted it! The good news is that a big lawn will enable you to buy products in 50# bags and get good unit prices. The bad news is that 20K is a lot of lawn, li...

Richs, A few questions for you that will help others here provide suggestions... How large is your lawn? My thoughts about 50# bags of fertilizer might not make much sense if you have a 2500sqft lawn in Pittsburgh, or, for that matter, if you have a 5-acre lot out in the countryside... Did your soil...

Hi all - new member here, looking for some answers/assistance. RichS, first off, WELCOME to the site! I'm new here, too, having made my first posting just two months ago. You'll find that the folks here are a fantastic resource for practical advice about home lawn care. I've been using Penn State's...

I've been cutting at 4" all season so far, and haven't yet decided what my fall strategy will be. I'm hoping to learn from the plans of others on this forum. Well, today I opted to lower the cutting height from the approx 4" it has been all season to the next lower setting on the mower. I decided t...

For the micro's, it's two tablespoons each per 1000 sq ft. The amounts (for now) are the same in both lawns. Thanks, Andy, for the timely info -- looking to get the micros down this weekend, so this is perfect! (The lawn looks a little hungry for iron, so hopefully the milorganite will help, too!)