I'm with Green. Here in St. Louis, I would be comfortable with a nitrogen application, though I would hold to 0.5 lbs/k of quick release. It seems we are a bit cooler than you, though. Dimension will not stress the lawn. If you want to avoid the Nitrogen, your best option is to source straight dimen...

You may have trouble finding a single fertilizer with a 2:1 ratio of P:K. For a bit more work, you can apply sulfate of potash which is 0-0-50 and triple superphosphate which is 0-45-0. You will need to apply ~2 lbs/1000 sq ft of each to get 1 lb/1000 square feet. Adjust as needed for the desired am...

It will also help us to know what the conditions are in the back? It looks like it may have a lot of shade with all the trees.

It works very well here in St. Louis.

All good advice. I deal with this more than most people with KBG in St Louis. My advice: - get enough water. If it is going to be a few days of 95+, make sure the lawn is well watered before the heat and it should be fine. If needed, top off the soil water with a partial watering to make sure the so...

Organic matter can be applied as budget and time allows. If you go crazy, though, you will need to limit applications to avoid smothering the turf.

I'll leave application rates and timing of P and K to the soil gurus.

Keep using the Milorganite. Milorganite is fine even in the face of needing organic matter. Raising organic matter and fertilizing are two different issues that can sometimes overlap. For example, many organic fertilizers will give a small bump to organic matter, but it really isn't enough to move t...

The Application Rates for the Scotts DiseaseEx are as follows: 2lbs Per 1,000sf (Preventative Rate) 4lbs Per 1,000sf (Curative Rate) Does this line up with the actual Heritage G application rates? I've never used Heritage G so I was hoping somebody on here would remember it's rates? Those AI percen...

That looks like rose slugs. Most insecticide sprays will treat them (and also harm beneficial insects). Non-chemical control is more difficult. If you ignore them, then eventually predator insects will move in and take care of them, but the roses will take more damage. You can also try manual remova...

I would hit that again with with a level one product. I would then follow with two applications of level 2 (Triclopyr) to hit the clover. Pay attention to temperature recommendations on the label as you head into summer to avoid injury to your turf. Even if there are no temp restrictions on the labe...

Micro-environment will affect seeding. My front and back lawn have very different timing on things like seedhead production, greenup, drought tolerance, etc. I have years where the back won't make any seedheads, but the front goes crazy in spots. Some can be explained by different cultivars, but eve...

It depends if you are applying to the leaves or roots. If you are doing a root app for summer patch, then you should be watering in the fungicide after application and you can mow anytime. If you are doing a foliar application for a leaf based disease, then I would mow before the fungicide. No reaso...

I'll start by saying I have no direct experience with mixing FAS, Iron or Miracle-Gro liquid together. This post has been sitting with no attention, though, so here are my thoughts. Miracle-Gro is going to have Nitrogen in it. I don't know how the amount compares to the FAS, but have a feeling the N...

You will get the most even spray with a fan tip nozzle by doing exactly what you are saying. Align the center of the path you are currently spraying with the edge of the last spray. That overlaps each pass by 50%.

Another tip is to use mowing lines to keep your spray lines straight.

Milorganite is not OMRI certified. It does contain small amounts of heavy metals. Some are required by the plants, some are not. The levels are low and don't concern me. It is worth asking your "organic guy" what he uses and what the level of heavy metals are in his product since many OMRI certified...

Milorganite has a percentage of water soluble nitrogen. The most recent analysis has it at ~30%. The reality is that it varies based on what is coming into the plant from the waste water. I try to keep the applied water soluble Nitrogen below 1 lb/1000 sq ft to be safe. That is still 2-3x the recomm...

Cleaned out the garden beds and trimmed the shrubbery. Mulched the garden waste into the lawn with the first clean-up mow, and noticed I'm starting to see generalized turf growth. Fertilized the roses.

You can prune at any time. Generally, though, you want to do your aggressive spring pruning before your roses start to bud to help push stored root nutrients for maximal growth. If you prune after the roses start to bud, you have wasted some of the root storage on growth that gets cut off. It won't ...

I struggle with how to manage Nitrogen in the spring in the transition zone. Fungal issues can be such a large concern for so long that I lean towards using less Nitrogen and trying to use slow release or organic forms of Nitrogen to avoid a boom and bust cycle of Nitrogen. For new turf, you do want...

Headway is a very good fungicide. With Azoxystrobin and Propiconazole there aren't many pathogenic fungi it won't kill. That probably means that it kills a lot of good fungi also. Label for Headway G is linked to on this page: http://www.greencastonline.com/labels/headway-g It is 0.31% Azoxystrobin.