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- December 13th, 2021, 8:31 pm
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: Fall Nitrogen Regimens
- Replies: 1227
- Views: 200129
Re: Fall Nitrogen Regimens
I would expect nothing less, Morph! This winter has been unusually on and off here in NE Indiana as well. Coupla days with highs in the teens, coupla days pushing 70, like this week. Too bad we closed our golf courses after Veterans' Day.
- December 11th, 2021, 4:48 pm
- Forum: Organic lawn care
- Topic: Potential Serrenade replacement?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5649
Re: Potential Serrenade replacement?
Glad I ran across this thread. Nice to find a direct replacement for Serenade (same strain of bacillus subtilis: QST713). I don't know if the labeled diseases are all-inclusive, but looking at what QST713 treats, rust and powdery mildew, I think that I am wasting time and money if that is the case....
- December 11th, 2021, 4:11 pm
- Forum: Organic lawn care
- Topic: Potential Serrenade replacement?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5649
Re: Potential Serrenade replacement?
Glad I ran across this thread. Nice to find a direct replacement for Serenade (same strain of bacillus subtilis: QST713). I don't know if the labeled diseases are all-inclusive, but looking at what QST713 treats, rust and powdery mildew, I think that I am wasting time and money if that is the case. ...
- December 11th, 2021, 12:54 pm
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: Fall Nitrogen Regimens
- Replies: 1227
- Views: 200129
Re: Fall Nitrogen Regimens
Thanks, Green! I hope that this is in keeping with the intent of this thread:I did the aggressive approach for two seasons, and both years had an issue with ensuring that the last application of urea got watered in. Irrigation system had long been winterized, and November precipitation for both year...
- December 10th, 2021, 12:36 am
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: Fall Nitrogen Regimens
- Replies: 1227
- Views: 200129
Re: Fall Nitrogen Regimens
Quick comment: I went with the modified standard approach of putting down a slow release fertilizer early and calling it a season. Using Menards-gonite, which, acccording to it's label, has 87.5% of its nitrogen as water insoluble, I applied 1.15 pounds of nitrogen (effectively a pound of slow-relea...
- October 25th, 2021, 10:03 am
- Forum: Equipment
- Topic: Sprayer Recommendations
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1756
Re: Sprayer Recommendations
This may be a little more than you want but I have a Chapin "mix on exit" 25-gallon sprayer that mounts on my tractor. Here is a trailer version, if you have a tractor to tow it. It works well for my hilly property since you keep the solution and water separate. https://chapinmfg.com/products/chapi...
- October 24th, 2021, 6:19 pm
- Forum: Equipment
- Topic: Sprayer Recommendations
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1756
Sprayer Recommendations
Hey all, My Earthway S15 walk-behind sprayer finally bit the dust. I think that the pump seized, Earthway no longer makes nor supports the S15, including parts and I have to face it; the sprayer has been a disappointment since day one, several years ago. Really hard to push, especially over my bumpy...
- September 4th, 2021, 6:21 pm
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: Is this nimble will?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 489
Re: Is this nimble will?
I'm no expert, but I am fighting a Bermudagrass infestation in one area of my back yard. One thing that may help choose if it is Bermuda or nimblewill, assuming that you are only choosing between the two: if it grows bunch-like and pulls up rather easily, it is likely nimblewill. If it grows along t...
- September 4th, 2021, 5:34 pm
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: Any thoughts on what's killing my lawn again
- Replies: 7
- Views: 648
Re: Any thoughts on what's killing my lawn again
I’m not suggesting this is your issue. But this is still worth noting… “Biggest Armyworm Invasion in 30 Years Skips Crops to Get Turf” “Fall armyworms are marching across the U.S., turning lush green lawns into dull brown as the invasion spreads from Virginia across the ...” https://www.bloomberg.c...
- July 21st, 2021, 1:14 pm
- Forum: Equipment
- Topic: Non-Chinese Mower
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4789
Re: Non-Chinese Mower
2 month review of the Honda HRX: that machine is a beast! After a dry spring, we've more than caught up during the last few weeks. After a week in which we received 2.75" of rain, we got 3.25" last week. As the old-timers around here know, my back yard could host alligators after a couple of inches ...
- May 24th, 2021, 8:49 pm
- Forum: Soil management and compost forum
- Topic: Oze Soil Test:May, 2021
- Replies: 18
- Views: 919
Re: Oze Soil Test:May, 2021
Thank you, Andy. I don't know why they changed the sample depth to 6", maybe a typo. They used the same sample that I sent in for both tests. 4" is correct.
- May 24th, 2021, 1:50 pm
- Forum: Soil management and compost forum
- Topic: Oze Soil Test:May, 2021
- Replies: 18
- Views: 919
Re: Oze Soil Test:May, 2021
Haha, Morph!
Also, FWIW, the fizz test was negative. Barely a whisper 2" from my ear.
- May 24th, 2021, 11:59 am
- Forum: Soil management and compost forum
- Topic: Oze Soil Test:May, 2021
- Replies: 18
- Views: 919
- May 24th, 2021, 11:56 am
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: Harrell's Polyon Fertilizer
- Replies: 7
- Views: 555
Re: Harrell's Polyon Fertilizer
Learning more and more each day!
- May 23rd, 2021, 10:51 am
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: Harrell's Polyon Fertilizer
- Replies: 7
- Views: 555
Re: Harrell's Polyon Fertilizer
Thanks, Andy. I've not heard of a temperature-release coating; pretty cool. The super said that, for our fairways, he drops this at 350 pounds( I think) per acre, just once a year. Oh, and this half a bag was an incredible bargain that I couldn't refuse.
- May 23rd, 2021, 10:16 am
- Forum: Cool-season grasses
- Topic: Harrell's Polyon Fertilizer
- Replies: 7
- Views: 555
- May 22nd, 2021, 1:28 pm
- Forum: Equipment
- Topic: Toro Mowers Availability
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1641
Re: Toro Mowers Availability
Yep. I searched high and low for a mower, with specific requirements in mind (see the non-Chinese mower thread). Nobody, and I mean on-line vendors, big-box stores nor local mom-and-pops had any quality residential walk-behind mowers in stock. Luckily, I was able to find a local shop that had *one* ...
- May 19th, 2021, 3:51 pm
- Forum: Soil management and compost forum
- Topic: Oze Soil Test:May, 2021
- Replies: 18
- Views: 919
Re: Oze Soil Test:May, 2021
The suspense was killing me, so I called Logan Labs and they are going to run the ammonium acetate test on the soil sample that I submitted, assuming that there is enough of the sample remaining to perform the AA test.
- May 18th, 2021, 10:45 pm
- Forum: Soil management and compost forum
- Topic: Oze Soil Test:May, 2021
- Replies: 18
- Views: 919
Re: Oze Soil Test:May, 2021
Interesting information, thanks, Andy.
- May 17th, 2021, 7:03 pm
- Forum: Soil management and compost forum
- Topic: Oze Soil Test:May, 2021
- Replies: 18
- Views: 919
Re: Oze Soil Test:May, 2021
I do recall that part 2 is the gist of what the site said about a positive fizz test. Something about, yeah, you could lower your soil pH a bit, maybe in 10,000 years.