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by andy10917
May 24th, 2010, 5:54 pm
Forum: Equipment
Topic: Driveway Coating
Replies: 19
Views: 720

Re: Driveway Coating

if not concrete, what do yall use for drives up there?
Tuna fish. How do you think we wind up with a never-ending supply of empty tuna fish cans? You don't think we really EAT it, do you?

Actually, the real answer is Asphalt/Blacktop/Macadam - whatever it's called in your area.
by andy10917
May 24th, 2010, 3:44 pm
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: Powdery Mildew
Replies: 30
Views: 1072

Re: Powdery Mildew

What do you mean by "thinning of the grass"? That doesn't sound good either.
This is an oft-used euphenism to indicate that the Powdery Mildew is beginning to kill the grass. It is oft-used by lawn owners that don't want to admit that their lawn is being killed. Like Me.
by andy10917
May 24th, 2010, 3:37 pm
Forum: Soil management and compost forum
Topic: Gbig2's soil test results, you called it Morpheus!
Replies: 21
Views: 588

Re: Gbig2's soil test results, you called it Morpheus!

Can you give me the jar test instructions?
The 2-2-2 version is documented at this link: Soil Management:Part I.

If you haven't done so yet, I also recommend the Percolation Test, which has saved the butts of a few members recently. It's documented in the same Article...
by andy10917
May 24th, 2010, 1:23 pm
Forum: Soil management and compost forum
Topic: Gbig2's soil test results, you called it Morpheus!
Replies: 21
Views: 588

Re: Gbig2's soil test results, you called it Morpheus!

Your Phosphorus is low because your CEC is low. Phosphorus does not leach easily out of loamy or clay soils, but takes the express train in sandy soils. Are you working aggressively to bring up that OM? Be very careful about adding large quantities of Phosphorus to a lawn quickly. Phosphorus can int...
by andy10917
May 24th, 2010, 12:15 pm
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: Powdery Mildew
Replies: 30
Views: 1072

Re: Powdery Mildew

I also have a Powdery Mildew problem. It was light-to-moderate, but after not responding to Milk and Baking Soda, I went to "Serenade" (OMRI-listed bacterial treatment for PM) on Saturday, as I'm beginning to get some thinning of the grass in the heaviest PM areas.
by andy10917
May 24th, 2010, 10:36 am
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: What Happens to Poa A that makes it through the Summer?
Replies: 4
Views: 200

What Happens to Poa A that makes it through the Summer?

I have a LOT of Poa Annua (30% of 14K Renovation). I'm taking an attitude of outlasting it by two years of Pre-M to break the cycle. But if I don't let my first-year renovation go dormant and the Poa A makes it through the Summer, what happens then? Does it die the following winter? Obviously, I don...
by andy10917
May 24th, 2010, 9:59 am
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: Minor Victory Celebrated
Replies: 15
Views: 282

Re: Minor Victory Celebrated

3/17/00 ??? Wow, that's a little over ten years for a single application. I need to get some of that!!!
by andy10917
May 24th, 2010, 8:54 am
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: Minor Victory Celebrated
Replies: 15
Views: 282

Re: Minor Victory Celebrated

I'm going with April 1, July 1 and September 15th for treatment dates. I have not fully decided which Pre-M I will be using in July and September yet - still researching my options.
by andy10917
May 24th, 2010, 8:43 am
Forum: Soil management and compost forum
Topic: My next soil test (where UMASS is not an option)
Replies: 7
Views: 271

Re: My next soil test (where UMASS is not an option)

Au contraire. The "prohibition" that you speak of is not a prohibition. Labs that bother to go through a specific type of certification can get things to run smooth-as-silk for you. You merely attach a piece of paper with the Addressee's certification number on it and it sails through customs. I hav...
by andy10917
May 23rd, 2010, 11:04 pm
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: Minor Victory Celebrated
Replies: 15
Views: 282

Re: Minor Victory Celebrated

L$G: I have been a big advocate of patience - I am hunkered down and in a planned two-year fight with the Poa Annua by putting away the polka-dot RoundUp solution and deciding to wear it down with Pre-M applications until there is no more Poa. I took on broadleafs by eliminating the easy ones with 2...
by andy10917
May 23rd, 2010, 10:23 pm
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: Minor Victory Celebrated
Replies: 15
Views: 282

Re: Minor Victory Celebrated

Yes. Within your lifetime.
by andy10917
May 23rd, 2010, 10:22 pm
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: KBG & weeds
Replies: 15
Views: 324

Re: KBG & weeds

Does anyone else get KBG stunting from 2,4-D ?? I have never seen it.
by andy10917
May 23rd, 2010, 10:19 pm
Forum: Water cooler
Topic: A Horrible Thought...
Replies: 11
Views: 400

A Horrible Thought...

I don't know about the rest of you, but when doing gardening work my mind tends to jump from one topic of thought to the next and often there is no pattern or connection between thoughts. My mind goes where it goes, and that's part of the beauty of lawn/garden work. So, I was doing a brix test today...
by andy10917
May 23rd, 2010, 10:08 pm
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: Minor Victory Celebrated
Replies: 15
Views: 282

Minor Victory Celebrated

I celebrated a minor victory today - my inspection of the 2009 Renovation showed zero broadleaf weeds. I declared victory over the last of the last of the chickweed invasion and the inevitable collection of "interesting" plant species that decided to call my lawn home. Especially satisfying was that...
by andy10917
May 23rd, 2010, 8:23 pm
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: KBG & weeds
Replies: 15
Views: 324

Re: KBG & weeds

Welcome to BL, Lawn$Garden!!! It's about time that you woke up and smelled the Milorganite.

We'll be looking for those pictures... but I fear I know what they're gonna show.
by andy10917
May 23rd, 2010, 7:23 pm
Forum: Water cooler
Topic: A Toad named Poa
Replies: 3
Views: 81

Re: A Toad named Poa

Just wait until they're in their 20's and they call you an Idiot because it takes you ten minutes to differentiate between Poa A and Poa T.
by andy10917
May 23rd, 2010, 7:16 pm
Forum: Soil management and compost forum
Topic: 1st time homeowner in CT w/ bad lawn // soil test results
Replies: 62
Views: 1859

Re: 1st time homeowner in CT w/ bad lawn // soil test results

Somebody post a 5K lawn "looking much better", please.
by andy10917
May 23rd, 2010, 6:50 pm
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: havent posted pics really yet this year
Replies: 9
Views: 245

Re: havent posted pics really yet this year

God, that is lush!! Cool !!!
by andy10917
May 23rd, 2010, 6:26 pm
Forum: Soil management and compost forum
Topic: 1st time homeowner in CT w/ bad lawn // soil test results
Replies: 62
Views: 1859

Re: 1st time homeowner in CT w/ bad lawn // soil test results

How big is the lawn in increments of 1000 sq ft?

Can the front lawn be done separately from the back yard?

Can you tolerate it being completely dead for a month?
by andy10917
May 23rd, 2010, 4:29 pm
Forum: Soil management and compost forum
Topic: 1st time homeowner in CT w/ bad lawn // soil test results
Replies: 62
Views: 1859

Re: 1st time homeowner in CT w/ bad lawn // soil test results

Oh, jeez!! David wants to wait for SuperMicrobe to appear...
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