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- September 12th, 2019, 10:46 am
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: What should I do next?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 255
Re: What should I do next?
Sounds like you're doing wel! On KBG you want it to emerge from sprout n pout before synthetic feedings. That gives the roots time to develop. And you may want to start backing off watering now that you have widespread germination and head to less frequent, deeper waterings to encourage said root gr...
- September 12th, 2019, 9:00 am
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: Serious lawn problems (long post)
- Replies: 40
- Views: 2708
Re: Serious lawn problems (long post)
Can you offer a few good sources for urea fertilizer? And wouldn't starter fertilizer work better for the bare spots? Best sources will be something like an farm co op tractor supply, rural king type store. Water irea in well afterwards or before some rain as it can burn. That little program will p...
- September 12th, 2019, 8:25 am
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: Serious lawn problems (long post)
- Replies: 40
- Views: 2708
Re: Serious lawn problems (long post)
End of the window for dropping seed in PA. I'd drop seed, roll it well, and top dress with peat moss. Ditch the mushroom compost and thatch. Then keep it watered well. Hopefully the herbicides wont impact germination. It's hard to say what's going on in those spots. Then do light high N fertilizatio...
- September 11th, 2019, 10:06 pm
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: So I got a visit from Tru-Green today!!!!!!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 812
Re: So I got a visit from Tru-Green today!!!!!!
Man i dont know. On my lawn i would expect a full renovation to kill off whatever they threw out there and return it to a monoculture of mature turf. Or sod of my cultivar.l immediately. I bet itd cost then 10 to 20 grand to do it right.
- September 11th, 2019, 7:01 pm
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: 1 acre lot
- Replies: 11
- Views: 404
Re: 1 acre lot
Look for some posts by flyin low. Did a Reno on large acres using natural rainfall in east central Indiana. He seeded late when it stays wetter and the precipitation is more persistent, like mid September. Pick a grass you like the looks of and go with it. I personally dont like the aesthetics of KY...
- September 11th, 2019, 10:01 am
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: 1 acre lot
- Replies: 11
- Views: 404
Re: 1 acre lot
We have been getting light, infrequent rain here at least. Good for you if you rely on natural rainfall.
- September 10th, 2019, 5:11 pm
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: 1 acre lot
- Replies: 11
- Views: 404
Re: 1 acre lot
I would drop seed now and if you like PR mix it in. PR wont do as well over the summer without irrigation but will establish easier. Touch it up with follow up seed in a few weeks or again in the spring.
Even if you can water it just a little for 3 or 4 days PR will do better.
Even if you can water it just a little for 3 or 4 days PR will do better.
- September 6th, 2019, 6:44 am
- Forum: Lawn Care Basics 101
- Topic: New house and new lawn.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 452
Re: New house and new lawn.
It's one of those "articles" that seems misplaced. Go to Home, then FAQs, then click on Steps to Overseeding. Steps to New Establishment . Then again, it does provide answers to frequently asked questions, so there you go. It's not particularly detailed; I think I've seen a better post on the subje...
- September 5th, 2019, 3:36 pm
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: Cut quality & Fungal??? Issues
- Replies: 24
- Views: 1468
Re: Cut quality & Fungal??? Issues
The other thing I note is you haven't fertilized since spring. That turf is hungry. Feed it. Fall is when it needs the most N. I'd go with light, regular doses and nurse it back to health. Perfect time to start in MI. If you are concerned with fungus, it's also good time for fall preventative apps. ...
- September 5th, 2019, 3:13 pm
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: Cut quality & Fungal??? Issues
- Replies: 24
- Views: 1468
Re: Cut quality & Fungal??? Issues
Are you sure the blades are on the right direction and tightened on to the right torque spec?
Then check the RPM.
Then check the RPM.
- September 5th, 2019, 12:26 pm
- Forum: Irrigation
- Topic: Downspout drain under sidewalk
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3377
Re: Downspout drain under sidewalk
I would go schedule 40. I've had the black, corrugated pipe collapse and it cant be rotorooted. Too weak and it tears it up.
- September 5th, 2019, 12:23 pm
- Forum: Lawn Care Basics 101
- Topic: New house and new lawn.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 452
Re: New house and new lawn.
Yeah dont till. And grass seed doesnt need planted a quarter inch deep at all. It can be applied on top and pressed in with a roller. No need to rake first if you have bare dirt. Wet it, apply seed, then apply peat moss on top and roll it. Read up on the new lawn establishment article and find some ...
- September 5th, 2019, 12:12 pm
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: Mowing Choice For Seedlings
- Replies: 5
- Views: 253
Re: Mowing Choice For Seedlings
Green babies will survive pressure well, they dont do so well with LOTS of pressure or twisting though. If you have a rider with wide tires the pressure is less, but avoid turning and anything else that would cause sliding or tire spinning as it will uproot them. I.e. y turn in adjacent space, no qu...
- September 3rd, 2019, 8:39 am
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: Fertilizer for renovation
- Replies: 11
- Views: 502
Re: Fertilizer for renovation
Let it grow. Water it well. Things like humid acid etc are nice to haves
- August 29th, 2019, 11:55 am
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: Nitrogen, Winter, and Warmer Climates
- Replies: 7
- Views: 405
Re: Nitrogen, Winter, and Warmer Climates
See i dont call 44F soil temps winter at all.
Sure the calendar may say winter but the climate sure isnt.
Sure the calendar may say winter but the climate sure isnt.
- August 28th, 2019, 10:01 am
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: KBG near the road dies every year
- Replies: 7
- Views: 324
Re: KBG near the road dies every year
Hard to fight blacktop heating the root zone to dormancy.
I have the same challenge. Water is best, but even then it's hard to water just that 1 ft strip and not overwater the rest of the irrigation zone. Lesser of two evils.
I have the same challenge. Water is best, but even then it's hard to water just that 1 ft strip and not overwater the rest of the irrigation zone. Lesser of two evils.
- August 27th, 2019, 4:33 pm
- Forum: Warm-season grasses
- Topic: Traded in my 1/2 acre for 3 1/4 acres..centipede
- Replies: 4
- Views: 368
Re: Traded in my 1/2 acre for 3 1/4 acres..centipede
Definitely shop around for a good farm co op or similar. You have from now to next spring lol. Centipede is lower input than others so that's good for cost. I take my trailer with a bunch of heavy duty plastic containers and fill them up, stack them in my garage. I'd get some urea from said place an...
- August 27th, 2019, 4:22 pm
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: KBG near the road dies every year
- Replies: 7
- Views: 324
Re: KBG near the road dies every year
More water.
Or landscape away from the road so you dont have to fight hot blacktop.
Or landscape away from the road so you dont have to fight hot blacktop.
- August 23rd, 2019, 10:36 pm
- Forum: Lawn Renovations
- Topic: Quinclorac or Glyphosate to remove Crab Grass for Fall Reno.....
- Replies: 8
- Views: 661
Re: Quinclorac or Glyphosate to remove Crab Grass for Fall Reno.....
No, it doesnt do much to mature CG. You can apply seed a day after applying glyohosate if its dried off. I dont know the details on quinclorac
- August 23rd, 2019, 2:09 pm
- Forum: Lawn Renovations
- Topic: Quinclorac or Glyphosate to remove Crab Grass for Fall Reno.....
- Replies: 8
- Views: 661
Re: Quinclorac or Glyphosate to remove Crab Grass for Fall Reno.....
Around here the CG will be brown and dead soon.
Neither? Drop PR, blanket spray Tenacity, let mother nature kill it for you.
This is an overseed not really a renovation. Get a good ore emergent down when its time.
Neither? Drop PR, blanket spray Tenacity, let mother nature kill it for you.
This is an overseed not really a renovation. Get a good ore emergent down when its time.