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- September 30th, 2019, 8:19 pm
- Forum: Soil management and compost forum
- Topic: Soil test Starpartyguy September 2019
- Replies: 34
- Views: 771
Re: Soil test Starpartyguy September 2019
Looks like we have sprouting. New growth in larger areas in front and rear. Also looking like some old fescue has revived. Lots of areas still bare yet. Need rain!
- September 30th, 2019, 11:54 am
- Forum: Soil management and compost forum
- Topic: Soil test Starpartyguy September 2019
- Replies: 34
- Views: 771
Re: Soil test Starpartyguy September 2019
Ordered the iron from 7 springs farms. With shipping, $60 for 50lbs. Camping was awesome. Beautiful dark sky on Thursday night. Shot the Ring Nebula for 4 hours. Came out great. Hardly any rain last week. Getting a front push through today. Been watering 30 minutes 2x per day. No growth yet but it’s...
- September 23rd, 2019, 2:00 pm
- Forum: Soil management and compost forum
- Topic: Soil test Starpartyguy September 2019
- Replies: 34
- Views: 771
Re: Soil test Starpartyguy September 2019
I'm going camping later in the week and won't be back till Sunday. I have a pair of 4 port water timers set up, one in front and one in back. 10 sprinklers covering most of the lawn. Best I can do without irrigation. My water pressure is 65 psi. But output is 7.5 gpm. I have a 1/2 inch pipe going ou...
- September 22nd, 2019, 7:53 pm
- Forum: Soil management and compost forum
- Topic: Soil test Starpartyguy September 2019
- Replies: 34
- Views: 771
Re: Soil test Starpartyguy September 2019
Got it all down. Exhausted! Distributed 2 cubic yards of compost over lawn too. 5 hours of shoveling. Got some irrigation set up. Not perfect but it will do for the moment
Shower time and football
Shower time and football
- September 22nd, 2019, 12:07 pm
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: Serious lawn problems (long post)
- Replies: 40
- Views: 2704
Re: Serious lawn problems (long post)
Seed is down in front and sides along with Pennington Super Green starter fert. It has a little iron in it. It's hot! 80's. Got 9 impact sprinklers. Next year we bury lines for irrigation. Last year we had >150 days of rain. This year, it's tough to remember the last day it rained. Hardly even a thu...
- September 21st, 2019, 11:27 pm
- Forum: Soil management and compost forum
- Topic: Soil test Starpartyguy September 2019
- Replies: 34
- Views: 771
Re: Soil test Starpartyguy September 2019
Update: I bagged 16 bags of thatch for hauling to the lawn waste field *Monday probably). Put down Bio-Advanced grub control over entire lawn. Set up 2 pairs of sprinklers. Pattern could be better. Bought two 4 zone timers. Going to do 2 waterings a day to start, 30 minutes each. Will do front on th...
- September 21st, 2019, 10:29 pm
- Forum: Soil management and compost forum
- Topic: Soil test Starpartyguy September 2019
- Replies: 34
- Views: 771
Re: Soil test Starpartyguy September 2019
They have it as a feed supplement. Actually called iron sulfate. $34/50 lb.
- September 21st, 2019, 12:03 am
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: Serious lawn problems (long post)
- Replies: 40
- Views: 2704
Re: Serious lawn problems (long post)
I believe my planting window is much larger than I thought. Don’t know much about using soil temperature to guide planting but my soil temp from Greencast says 69.2 degrees. The videos I watched said 70-55 is ok to plant. History says hard freeze soil temperature is around January 2.
- September 20th, 2019, 11:07 pm
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: Serious lawn problems (long post)
- Replies: 40
- Views: 2704
Re: Serious lawn problems (long post)
I dug and spotted one grub wiggling around. Going to use Bio advanced. Primary ingredient Dylox. Says it can be applied with seeding. Just trying to hold the line till spring application. Sound good? Seed going down tomorrow. I’ll apply iron in 2 weeks around same time as lime. Starter fertilizer fr...
- September 20th, 2019, 2:35 pm
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: Serious lawn problems (long post)
- Replies: 40
- Views: 2704
Re: Serious lawn problems (long post)
Could I use grubex in the meantime just to hold the line until winter?
- September 20th, 2019, 2:29 pm
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: Serious lawn problems (long post)
- Replies: 40
- Views: 2704
Re: Serious lawn problems (long post)
I’m going to verify one way or another by digging around the perimeter of the bare spots to see if anything is there
- September 20th, 2019, 2:18 pm
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: Serious lawn problems (long post)
- Replies: 40
- Views: 2704
Re: Serious lawn problems (long post)
Could I put the Dilox down after the pout and sprout phase?
- September 20th, 2019, 9:28 am
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: Serious lawn problems (long post)
- Replies: 40
- Views: 2704
Re: Serious lawn problems (long post)
We have Stauffers of Kissel Hill as the Garden Center listed under Southern States. But I already bought the urea. Will check on them for the Iron Sulfate though.
- September 19th, 2019, 11:03 pm
- Forum: Soil management and compost forum
- Topic: Soil test Starpartyguy September 2019
- Replies: 34
- Views: 771
Re: Soil test Starpartyguy September 2019
I have the urea, 50 lbs of 46-0-0. Having problems finding iron sulfate but I’ll look. I have 2 cu yards of leaf compost on the driveway under a tarp. Also pulled out a cubic yard or more of thatch from 10k of lawn a few weeks ago. You don’t have to worry about having leaves on my lawn. My neighbors...
- September 19th, 2019, 6:10 pm
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: Serious lawn problems (long post)
- Replies: 40
- Views: 2704
Re: Serious lawn problems (long post)
Soil test is in. Just posted today in appropriate forum. Will wait for recommendations. Got next week off.
- September 19th, 2019, 5:34 pm
- Forum: Soil management and compost forum
- Topic: Soil test Starpartyguy September 2019
- Replies: 34
- Views: 771
- September 14th, 2019, 10:09 am
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: Serious lawn problems (long post)
- Replies: 40
- Views: 2704
Re: Serious lawn problems (long post)
The soil samples are on the way. Delivery Monday
- September 13th, 2019, 6:46 pm
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: Serious lawn problems (long post)
- Replies: 40
- Views: 2704
Re: Serious lawn problems (long post)
Looked through the material. Will gather samples tomorrow and get it out via UPS. Maybe I'll get the results by next weekend. I'm going to tarp up the compost in the driveway till I get the results. Weather is getting much cooler. Was 90's for highs. Now topping at 75.
- September 13th, 2019, 6:18 pm
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: Serious lawn problems (long post)
- Replies: 40
- Views: 2704
Re: Serious lawn problems (long post)
I'll get samples tomorrow. Get them in the mail Monday. Going to tarp the 2 scoops of compost I got today and hold off planting till results come in. MIght hit some dead areas with the rake or the tow behind rake to get down to bare ground. Some spots don't look like the seed will get past the thatc...
- September 13th, 2019, 5:50 pm
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: Serious lawn problems (long post)
- Replies: 40
- Views: 2704
Re: Serious lawn problems (long post)
I’ll do that. Cool!