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by andy10917
September 24th, 2022, 10:01 am
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: Fall Nitrogen Regimens
Replies: 1227
Views: 200140

Re: Fall Nitrogen Regimens

I'm a little puzzled as to how you came up with the 0.2 lbs/K rate - that will deliver a little less than 0.1 lbs/K on of Nitrogen applied. It hardly seems worth the effort. Logic?
by andy10917
September 19th, 2022, 4:33 pm
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: Fall Nitrogen Regimens
Replies: 1227
Views: 200140

Re: Fall Nitrogen Regimens

Foliar feeding (what you're describing is at much lower levels. and material used (Urea) should not be applied at rates described here.
by andy10917
August 24th, 2022, 10:31 am
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: Aeration & Over Seeding
Replies: 4
Views: 849

Re: Aeration & Over Seeding

There isn't much in the way of heavy clay soils in MA, except for places where the topsoil (if you can call it that) was removed by a builder and not replaced. If you've done a soil test and gotten a Total Exchange Capacity (TEC) number, please post it. As others already said, Aeration is not needed...
by andy10917
August 24th, 2022, 9:53 am
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: FAS results time frame?
Replies: 2
Views: 1061

Re: FAS results time frame?

FAS is very effective and fast acting (overnight?) when the grass is actively growing. It does not work if the grass is dormant or ill. Due to the "fast-acting" and need to repeat applications in as little as three weeks, it's almost fair to call it a nice cosmetic treatment when you know that the g...
by andy10917
August 18th, 2022, 9:59 am
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: Fall Nitrogen Regimens
Replies: 1227
Views: 200140

Re: Fall Nitrogen Regimens

Making current for the season
by andy10917
August 18th, 2022, 9:58 am
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: What happened to the fall fertlizer program post?
Replies: 5
Views: 797

Re: What happened to the fall fertlizer program post?

If you are looking for the "Fall Nitrogen Regimens" thread that I wrote (and all 60 pages of discussion) it's at the following link:

viewtopic.php?f=4&t=15109

I'll get it into the current postings...
by andy10917
July 15th, 2022, 5:28 pm
Forum: Water cooler
Topic: I Dislike This Phone
Replies: 12
Views: 2241

Re: I Dislike This Phone

I think I paid around $400 by trading in my S-10. Deals have gotten better than that (since initial release)
by andy10917
July 14th, 2022, 7:09 pm
Forum: Water cooler
Topic: I Dislike This Phone
Replies: 12
Views: 2241

Re: I Dislike This Phone

Andy might have some thoughts on that. I believe he is a Samsung guy.
S22 Ultra here
by andy10917
July 10th, 2022, 9:53 am
Forum: Water cooler
Topic: No more triathlons for me this year
Replies: 23
Views: 4030

Re: No more triathlons for me this year

+1. Please give us updates when you have progress reports.
by andy10917
June 23rd, 2022, 9:54 pm
Forum: Trees
Topic: Weeping Cherry Tree
Replies: 19
Views: 2156

Re: Weeping Cherry Tree

Was there any visible bark damage? My son lost two weeping cherries to deer eating the bark (or doing a a deer rub), but they were younger specimens a He put up a "drainage tube" collar on the new trees, and has lost nothing since.
by andy10917
June 23rd, 2022, 6:51 am
Forum: Soil management and compost forum
Topic: JPack's Soil Test Results - 2022
Replies: 5
Views: 995

Re: JPack's Soil Test Results - 2022

Synthetic chemicals may break down over time, but the items that are naturally occurring will be the same substance thousands of years from now, They may clump up a bit, but that's fixable with "persuasion" (read: a hammer).
by andy10917
June 15th, 2022, 7:46 am
Forum: Soil management and compost forum
Topic: How long after applications should I Soil test?
Replies: 6
Views: 1296

Re: How long after applications should I Soil test?

+1 -- no harm in doing the test the test this year
by andy10917
June 13th, 2022, 10:12 pm
Forum: Soil management and compost forum
Topic: How long after applications should I Soil test?
Replies: 6
Views: 1296

Re: How long after applications should I Soil test?

I generally say 5-6 weeks, but natural/organics can lengthen that out a bit - maybe 8 weeks. So can humic/fulvic acids. should I test soon to correct the ph This is probably the 500th time we've gone over this - pH by itself is meaningless. It's all about HOW YOU GET TO THE pH that matters. You can ...
by andy10917
June 12th, 2022, 9:23 pm
Forum: Trees
Topic: Japanese maple
Replies: 11
Views: 1045

Re: Japanese maple

You do understand that if you don't know what variety it is, the assumption would have to be that it's NOT a dwarf tree, and planting it 3.5 feet from the house is a terrible place for a tree that will grow to 12' to 15' tall (and the canopy will be roughly equal to the height).
by andy10917
June 12th, 2022, 7:57 pm
Forum: Trees
Topic: Japanese maple
Replies: 11
Views: 1045

Re: Japanese maple

A couple/few questions:

1) What is the variety of the Japanese Maple?
2) Show much have you been watering it?
3) When you bought it, was it in direct sunshine, or shaded by other trees?
by andy10917
June 10th, 2022, 10:28 am
Forum: Equipment
Topic: Honda Creates 151-MPH Lawn Mower. Why? Because They Can
Replies: 3
Views: 691

Honda Creates 151-MPH Lawn Mower. Why? Because They Can

Want to get the lawn cut a bit faster? Well, here's a lawn mower that Honda has created that goes 151 mph, and can wander off autonomously in search of a recharging station. Why did they create something like that? To prove that they're Honda and can do engineering demonstrations that others wouldn'...
by andy10917
June 6th, 2022, 8:37 pm
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: Fall Nitrogen Regimens
Replies: 1227
Views: 200140

Re: Fall Nitrogen Regimens

the pic might not provide enough info, and perhaps there's more info on the back of the bag
Don't bother looking for consumer information on products like Urea - it isn't aimed at the homeowner.
by andy10917
June 6th, 2022, 11:14 am
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: Adding Triclopyr to WBG
Replies: 8
Views: 305

Re: Adding Triclopyr to WBG

Ortho added Triclopyr to WBG a bunch of years ago for a while, and then stopped doing that. It increased the likelihood of damage to the lawn in some cases. YMMV, but I have personally seen it happen. You may get damage and you may not - feeling lucky?
by andy10917
June 4th, 2022, 9:49 pm
Forum: Soil management and compost forum
Topic: Josh's 2022 soil test
Replies: 12
Views: 861

Re: Josh's 2022 soil test

Anything that returns to powder is usable. Anything that didn't gets the hammer again.
Morph, you gave him Rule #1 and Rule #2, but skipped Rule #3.

Rule #3: "If multiple hammer hits fail, "GET A BIGGER HAMMER".
by andy10917
May 10th, 2022, 1:02 pm
Forum: Soil management and compost forum
Topic: Question on Iron & Zinc
Replies: 3
Views: 174

Re: Question on Iron & Zinc

This is exactly why we can't provide interpretations for labs other than Logan Labs. Most people think "a soil test is a soil test", but different testing suites use different tests and result ranges, and we can't (as volunteers) know all the hundreds of labs and their optimal ranges. One lab uses t...