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by andy10917
April 6th, 2010, 9:29 pm
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: Need Lawn Care Plan
Replies: 20
Views: 672

Re: Need Lawn Care Plan

Welcome!!! Your posting was the second time today that I wound up laughing out loud, which isn't a common thing. The first time was in celebration of a hard-working Member that absolutely rung the bell on his first-year results. My laughter on your's was a reaction to one of your lists: I want to ac...
by andy10917
April 6th, 2010, 8:39 pm
Forum: Soil management and compost forum
Topic: My Spring 2010 Soil Test Results
Replies: 6
Views: 240

Re: My Spring 2010 Soil Test Results

Well, your Lawn should do nicely this Spring - I'm actually surprised (pleasantly) by the progress. Boron: 0.8 (0.8) Manganese: 1.3 (3.0, wha? Not sure what happened there.) Zinc: 1.2 (0.3) Copper: 0.3 (0.3) Iron: 1.1 (0.7) Below are per 1,000 sq ft Half a tablespoon of the Twenty Mule Team Borax, i...
by andy10917
April 6th, 2010, 6:33 pm
Forum: Soil management and compost forum
Topic: My Spring 2010 Soil Test Results
Replies: 6
Views: 240

Re: My Spring 2010 Soil Test Results

Organic Matter: 9.0% (8.2%)
I am laughing out loud - God bless you, son. You're going to be the first ever double-digit OM. In the LQC, no less.
by andy10917
April 6th, 2010, 6:28 pm
Forum: Soil management and compost forum
Topic: Yet another soil test from UMass
Replies: 72
Views: 1480

Re: Yet another soil test from UMass

Those are piddly 20 milliwatt LED's. Send the cap to me, I'll put some of my 3 watt LED's (for my aquariums) on it - you won't only be able to work at midnight, you'll cause photosynthesis on the lawn. You'll need Thirty Mule Team instead of the standard Twenty Mule Team...
by andy10917
April 6th, 2010, 6:01 pm
Forum: Soil management and compost forum
Topic: Yet another soil test from UMass
Replies: 72
Views: 1480

Re: Yet another soil test from UMass

You'll have them in time to drop the stuff in the Dark tonight - I'll figure them out after I get home. It's Choo-Choo time now.
by andy10917
April 6th, 2010, 5:54 pm
Forum: Equipment
Topic: Lawn Tractor
Replies: 4
Views: 321

Re: Lawn Tractor

Erio stole my story! I bought a lawn tractor in the first year that the hydrostatic automatic transmissions became mass-market. My front yard is a hill, and has been the graveyard of many a piece of lawn and garden equipment. The auto tranny took a while to get used to on the hill - it had a tendenc...
by andy10917
April 6th, 2010, 4:00 pm
Forum: Equipment
Topic: Lawn Tractor
Replies: 4
Views: 321

Re: Lawn Tractor

Oh, God - do I have a story for you. I'll post it when I get home tonight.
by andy10917
April 6th, 2010, 3:58 pm
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: Stocking Up for Crabgrass Season
Replies: 6
Views: 232

Re: Stocking Up for Crabgrass Season

Just thought I'd point that out. Ebay is still cheaper for me. Does anyone have this in a little larger bottle?
Yeah - the "original" was like a 1-gallon bottle. That's why homeowners weren't using it at first. I'm not aware of any sizes "somewhere in between".
by andy10917
April 6th, 2010, 8:10 am
Forum: Soil management and compost forum
Topic: Got My Soil Test Results
Replies: 53
Views: 1447

Re: Got My Soil Test Results

LDD: Any chance that either you could call UMASS and get a Human to offer an opinion as to what in your area could cause a CEC that low to behave as concrete, or alternatively PM me the contact phone/email on your results AND the name of your town so that I could call them? Sometimes, the local Co-o...
by andy10917
April 6th, 2010, 7:42 am
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: Stocking Up for Crabgrass Season
Replies: 6
Views: 232

Re: Stocking Up for Crabgrass Season

Ouch! Didn't see that. And I thought I was going to be set...

Maybe I'll make up for my crime by explaining Quinclorac to the folks that aren't familiar with it. Unless Gary wants to explain it - I think he knows it better than I do.
by andy10917
April 5th, 2010, 11:36 pm
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: Stocking Up for Crabgrass Season
Replies: 6
Views: 232

Stocking Up for Crabgrass Season

I know that for most of the Northern Lawn folks, its still a little early, but I spotted a very good price on a good product for crabgrass season. Quinclorac is really good at the job (and some ubernasty broadleafs too) and has been used by the pro's for a while, but now they have homeowner sizes to...
by andy10917
April 5th, 2010, 11:06 pm
Forum: Soil management and compost forum
Topic: Soil test results from UMASS for Queens, NY 11362
Replies: 40
Views: 1249

Re: Soil test results from UMASS for Queens, NY 11362

I lived in Kew Gardens years ago, and ANYTHING edible put on the grass or street drew pigeons. I mean lots of pigeons. I'm not sure what its like farther east, but I hate pigeons. Rats with wings. That's what I had in mind. Did I mention that I don't like pigeons? Up where I live now, I have tons of...
by andy10917
April 5th, 2010, 8:24 pm
Forum: Soil management and compost forum
Topic: Soil test results from UMASS for Queens, NY 11362
Replies: 40
Views: 1249

Re: Soil test results from UMASS for Queens, NY 11362

Hi, Carolyn and welcome back. I assume that you spent the entire winter reading every posting on the site twice, and you will be chiming in on the discussions of the biochemistry of photosynthesis regularly this Spring. I'm ready to get back to fixing up the lawn soil now that it's a beautiful sprin...
by andy10917
April 5th, 2010, 1:19 pm
Forum: Soil management and compost forum
Topic: Got My Soil Test Results
Replies: 53
Views: 1447

Re: Got My Soil Test Results

Absolutely I do NOT believe that this is Calcium or Magnesium at play. But I don't think this is mechanical only (Morph's eyes only: its some form of ionic bond).

PS: that all said, you should have seen the LQC soil sizzle - think "Old Faithful" in a two-liter soda bottle...
by andy10917
April 5th, 2010, 12:52 pm
Forum: Soil management and compost forum
Topic: Got My Soil Test Results
Replies: 53
Views: 1447

Re: Got My Soil Test Results

This may be too technical for the OP, but trust me - there is a practical end-result. The spouse may roll their eyes, but it is well-invested money (and not big money). Send me a bag of the dirt we're discussing. :shock: :shock: :shock: When the member of the LQC described their Soil Structure test ...
by andy10917
April 5th, 2010, 11:00 am
Forum: Soil management and compost forum
Topic: Got My Soil Test Results
Replies: 53
Views: 1447

Re: Got My Soil Test Results

Yeah, that's sort of what I was expecting to hear, after your original "what the hell" statement about where the other layers were going. The only "surprise" is that your results are more extreme than I was expecting... Soooooooo --- what is that trying to tell us??????? Actually, it ties together t...
by andy10917
April 5th, 2010, 8:11 am
Forum: Soil management and compost forum
Topic: Got My Soil Test Results
Replies: 53
Views: 1447

Re: Got My Soil Test Results

There is one more factor that I add to my scheduling: it is "how long has it been since the wife asked the question "how much have you spent on that lawn lately?". If it was recently, I have a tendency to delay new applications by a week or two.
by andy10917
April 4th, 2010, 9:24 pm
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: Everyone love's new pictures
Replies: 43
Views: 943

Re: Everyone love's new pictures

That's what I did - a monostand of "Emblem". Want to visit and see the Poa A in it? Next weekend is "Certainty Weekend". I know you have the experience, but for the sake of everyone reading this that doesn't have your experience (and also so Mallory doesn't beat me up!), monostands are only for thos...
by andy10917
April 4th, 2010, 7:46 pm
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: Chickweed
Replies: 16
Views: 867

Re: Chickweed

Gary typed faster than me, but I'll leave my post the way I typed it: I can only tell you of a very good synthetic solution: Ortho's Chickweed, Clover and Oxalis Killer. You'll see it mentioned on this site sometimes as just "CCO". Does exactly what it says it will do, and is quite effective on Grou...
by andy10917
April 4th, 2010, 3:06 pm
Forum: Cool-season grasses
Topic: New Home, New Lawn, Need tips...
Replies: 34
Views: 2039

Re: New Home, New Lawn, Need tips...

I can think of only one organic that shouldn't be applied at the same time as the others - TTDM (Tow Truck Driver Meal).