Last spring I was watching the weather pretty close and would look at all 4 local news channels online web sites. Sometimes there would be a 10-15 degree range of high temps between the t4 channels. I always figured they all got their forecast from the National Weather Service and would all be about...

Thanks I didn't have time to get a soil test done this fall. I know my circumstances aren't ideal but I was not able to mow most of this portion of my yard this year because it was too rough. I now have it leveled out and the seed is going down in two days. A few local people have told me even if I ...

I will not have time to get a starter fert down prior to my renovation. I have read on some sites that it is not the best idea to fert at the same time that the seed is put down. My reno is being seeded this Tuesday (TTTF and PR blend). Due to weather and schedule conflicts I won't be able to fert b...

That's what I love (hate lol) about weather. Fox 59 and Channel 6 are showing 40% chance of rain this Thursday and Friday. Fox said "thunderstorms" Friday morning on the TV news this morning. The weather channel some a chance of rain and accuweather says no rain.

After speaking with 5 different people and getting 5 different opinions I purchased some seed today. It is a TTTF and a small amount of perennial rye. I can't remember the percentages but it is more TTTF. The TTTF is Crossfire3. The place near me that sells it says this is the most popular blend the...

Thanks for all the advice. Still learning, not sure what he used but my neighbor put down all KGB when he built his house and he hates it. He said for a small yard it would be fine but it is too large to water and without water and fert it browns out very easily in the summer. I am wanting to get it...

I have a reno thread going but didn't get any response on this. I am getting ready to seed the side/front yard at my house. It's one acre and it was extremely rough, I have it leveled and smoothed out now. I saw this seed at Rural King last night. I don't know a show quality yard but I know absolute...

Any reason to stay away from this blend of seed, it is at Rural King, I can't find it on their web site. It is "Estate sun and shade mix" Shows Perennial Rye Grass 34.53, Creeping red fescue 34.26, Chewings fescue 14.77, and KY Bluegrass 14.51. All show Germ H % at 85. As you can see from the pictur...

Another question for tonight. I can get my hands on ammonium sulfate pretty cheap in my neighborhood. I think it is 24-0-0 or something like that. Could I use this as a "starter" fertilizer and if so how much would you recommend per 1000 square feet?

Well I was hoping to get my seed down today, calling for rain tonight but no luck. The lawn was disked and tilled yesterday and today I started dragging it. I had two different drags to try. The first was a 10'x5' chain link fence gate. It wasn't doing much so I went to plan B. A 6t foot wide piece ...

I am doing some checking, my goal is to get the seed in the ground this week. So far it looks like no rain. I am hoping the farmer gets here in the next day or two to start disking. If I can't get an implement to smooth I will spend a could days dragging and then spread the seed.

I'm over by the Ohio state line.
We are disking it multiple times and will be using some type of drag to smooth it out. This year is a big experiment on the side yard. Depending on how I do I will be starting next year on the rest of the yard which is in front of the house.

I checked around and no places near here have a Harley rack to rent. The place I thought had one does not and nothing close at all. Looks like a few days of dragging.

Some of you remember my thread a year or two ago about my 5 acre front yard that was horribly rough. More recently I had thread going in the cool season section discussing starting a reno. I had a few more questions and issues come up so here I am with a reno thread. QUICK update to get everyone cau...

My friend who owned the landscaping business had an implement that would do the trick once it is disked under. He said it has a rake type attachment on the front that will get the thatch and rocks, then there is some time of roller with knobs on it that makes some little dimples for the seeds and th...

I have read on a few different forums that 2-4 quarts with 25 gallons of water is the most common rate to do an acre. I am going to go with that range. It is mowed to two inches right now. Right now my main concern is getting the ground smoothed out. It doesn't look bad but it is terribly rough. So ...

Also given I am getting in a bit of a time crunch would you guys recommend I scalp the yard even lower and then wait and spray it. Or since I cut it down from 4 inches to two inches last week would it be better to go ahead and spray it now? Just curious if there would be much benefit in cutting it m...

http://www.ruralking.com/media/blfa_fil ... _LABEL.pdf

Here is a link to the label. I have been reading through it and seem more confused then I was before?

This ready to use glyphosphate is about 1% and one gallon covers 300 sq ft according to the label. So if you have a gallon bottle at 41% it would make 41 gallons and cover (41 x 300 =) 12300 sq ft. But all you posted is you have a bottle from rural king so I don't know if the king gave you a pint, ...

I know I am cutting it close, last year my neighbor did his in mid October and it took. I was shocked, especially after the harsh winter we had. I was set to do it in August and had issues that I couldn't get around to it. I am hoping to scalp it tonight and spray it ASAP depending on the forecast t...