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by Turk
April 30th, 2021, 9:00 am
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: 2021: What Did You Do On Your Lawn Today?
Replies: 265
Views: 160991

Re: 2021: What Did You Do On Your Lawn Today?

Second round of WBG applied yesterday.
by Turk
April 28th, 2021, 8:18 am
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: Bag or Mulch mow a Poa annua-infested yard?
Replies: 10
Views: 1438

Re: Bag or Mulch mow a Poa annua-infested yard?

Thanks: I'll look in to this to figure out the best way to get a year-round barrier.
by Turk
April 27th, 2021, 2:57 pm
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: Bag or Mulch mow a Poa annua-infested yard?
Replies: 10
Views: 1438

Re: Bag or Mulch mow a Poa annua-infested yard?

OK, thanks. I'll schedule to hit the P annua soon with Tenacity. I put down Dimension in late March with the Forsythia blooms (3.5 lb / 1000 sf), so I should be good for 3-4 mos. I don't plan on overseeding for the next few years to let the p. annua seeds die out, so I'm wondering whether I should s...
by Turk
April 27th, 2021, 9:08 am
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: Bag or Mulch mow a Poa annua-infested yard?
Replies: 10
Views: 1438

Re: Bag or Mulch mow a Poa annua-infested yard?

If you sprayed with Tenacity and already have a pre-emergent down, I'd just mulch mow and not worry about it. During my worst period, that's what I did--my old mower didn't have a bagging option anyway. During spring, these plants aren't seeding out anyway. Seed out happens in August and September....
by Turk
April 26th, 2021, 4:20 pm
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: Bag or Mulch mow a Poa annua-infested yard?
Replies: 10
Views: 1438

Bag or Mulch mow a Poa annua-infested yard?

Bagging option: bagging the clippings minimizes the amount of poa seeds (and other weeds) that will hit the soil; Mulching option: it won't make a difference, there's thousands of those seeds already in the yard, regular application of pre-M is key and your lawn will appreciate the organic matter in...
by Turk
April 26th, 2021, 12:02 pm
Forum: Recipes and Cooking
Topic: Pizza
Replies: 73
Views: 35284

Re: Pizza

Interesting how the devil is in the details (sorta like tending to the lawn). For years I rolled out my pizza dough using a rolling pin, then wondered why the crust was always flat with no "cornicon" (bubbly crust on the edges); then I learned how to hand roll out the dough. The Neapolitans were gre...
by Turk
April 20th, 2021, 7:47 pm
Forum: Recipes and Cooking
Topic: Pizza
Replies: 73
Views: 35284

Re: Pizza

Great to see this thread active again. For years, we have had pizza Sunday's with homemade dough and sauce. Last year, I splurged on the Breville Pizzaiolo Oven. Awesome little electric that gets close to 800 degrees on your kitchen counter and makes really special pies. Here's a recent pic... http...
by Turk
April 20th, 2021, 7:34 pm
Forum: Recipes and Cooking
Topic: Pizza
Replies: 73
Views: 35284

Re: Pizza

Yum, I fired up the oven an hour ago to preheat the stones, the aroma is hitting me while reading this thread and my mouth is watering like crazy! Made Neapolitan dough a few days ago and it's been enjoying the slow fermentation in the fridge. (Recipe from Peter Reinhart's "American Pie") Tonight w...
by Turk
April 20th, 2021, 5:36 pm
Forum: Recipes and Cooking
Topic: Pizza
Replies: 73
Views: 35284

Re: Pizza

Yum, I fired up the oven an hour ago to preheat the stones, the aroma is hitting me while reading this thread and my mouth is watering like crazy! Made Neapolitan dough a few days ago and it's been enjoying the slow fermentation in the fridge. (Recipe from Peter Reinhart's "American Pie") Tonight wi...
by Turk
April 19th, 2021, 9:09 pm
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: Weed ID Help
Replies: 9
Views: 357

Re: Weed ID Help

After the second treatment is at the 21-day mark, then hit it at Level 2, with 2-3 treatments of 8% Triclopyr, 10-14 days apart each. Triclopyr is a slow (but reliable) killer of things that cannot be finished-off at Level 1 (even if they look burned-down). Level 3 is for survivor of Levels 1 and 2...
by Turk
April 19th, 2021, 6:13 pm
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: Weed ID Help
Replies: 9
Views: 357

Re: Weed ID Help

I finished my second mowing last Saturday (bagging to pick up weed seeds) and progress on the triangle is showing, applied the Ortho Weed-B-Gone (2,4D / Dicamba / MCPP) on April 29: -weed #2 (hairy bittercress I think) is very unhappy and turning brown and white; -weed #3 (poa annua I think) has tur...
by Turk
April 16th, 2021, 8:47 am
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: 2021: What Did You Do On Your Lawn Today?
Replies: 265
Views: 160991

Re: 2021: What Did You Do On Your Lawn Today?

Applied Prodiamine. Deceided to do front and back yard (5,000 sf). Used Mark it Blue. Hardly saw the blue at all. Not impressed with the stuff. :nea: I was pretty disappointed with Mark It Blue as well. I found that Liquid Harvest Lazer Blue worked much better. Only problem is that I had to walk th...
by Turk
April 15th, 2021, 9:18 pm
Forum: Flowers & Annuals
Topic: Springtime Rose Care
Replies: 16
Views: 2811

Re: Springtime Rose Care

Thanks, Morpheus. Now that the roots are established, I wanna see if they can have a good growth spurt this season. Biggest annoyance will be dealing with the blackspot in the humid summer months (cleanup spotted leaves, spray Daconil, repeat, repeat, repeat). Enjoy the roses. Got any trophy teas? I...
by Turk
April 13th, 2021, 10:07 pm
Forum: Flowers & Annuals
Topic: Springtime Rose Care
Replies: 16
Views: 2811

Springtime Rose Care

Second season with knockout roses in our new house (we had lots of knockout roses and tea roses in our old house). They survived our spring planting last year with minimal damage. I've always started the spring with Bayer Bioadvanced 2-in-1 Systemic Rose and Flower Care 6-9-6 and 0.22% Imidacloprid)...
by Turk
April 3rd, 2021, 9:57 am
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: Would pulling up poa annua disrupt the pre-emergent layer?
Replies: 10
Views: 454

Re: Would pulling up poa annua disrupt the pre-emergent layer?

I appreciate all the comments, makes sense to pull out the poa-a when I have time (and spray the exposed areas with prodiamine), spray with Tenacity a few times to weaken it before summer heat, and keep up the pre-emergent year round. Long term I just gotta figure out how and when I'll be able to ov...
by Turk
April 1st, 2021, 6:28 pm
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: Would pulling up poa annua disrupt the pre-emergent layer?
Replies: 10
Views: 454

Re: Would pulling up poa annua disrupt the pre-emergent layer?

I hadn't thought about using a different Pre-M to go over the pulled-up poa annua, thanks. I just ordered a small amount of Prodiamine 65 WDG for the sprayer so I can spray after pulling up some weeds. Question re timing: when would the seed-heads drop (I saw a Clemson video pointing out it's nearin...
by Turk
April 1st, 2021, 12:00 pm
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: Would pulling up poa annua disrupt the pre-emergent layer?
Replies: 10
Views: 454

Would pulling up poa annua disrupt the pre-emergent layer?

I got my Dimension granular down last week before the rains came (yay me :cool: ) I've got quite a bit of poa annua around the yard, and I saw some saying they were pulling it up as they walk around the yard (nice therapy, IMHO). Would pulling up the poa disrupt the pre-M boundary? (I was wondering ...
by Turk
March 25th, 2021, 9:54 am
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: Weed ID Help
Replies: 9
Views: 357

Re: Weed ID Help

Thanks, Ed, I appreciate your emphasis on the "defensive" aspect (preemergent barrier and soil improvement), I'm hoping that I can get some insight on the best-matched product I can use on the "offensive" side (post-emergent) beyond the bottom level of the Triangle Approach. I guess I can revisit th...
by Turk
March 24th, 2021, 11:59 am
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: Weed ID Help
Replies: 9
Views: 357

Weed ID Help

Please help identify the members of my weed-infested yard, which thanked me for my stupidity in not applying any pre-emergent last fall as part of my aerating and overseeding. My yard faces SW and is surrounded by tall trees, so the yard is in a inverted "U" shape (the top of the "U" is the street w...