Ezael's 2016 Front Yard KBG Reno- The Spring After

[ezael]

Wow that looks really good Ezael. It's awesome to see the difference from day 26 to 32 and the impact urea has. Way to go.

It has definatly thickened up but it does look a lot darker when I take pictures around sunset. Thanks

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[ezael]

DAY 38


Tenacity app is starting to highlight the weeds. Dropped another .5N/K this weekend and mowed down to 2". Getting some tail end rain from Mathew, I almost feel bad taking the .5" when some people on here got 17".

Also my scumbag neighbor's friends thought it would be a good idea to do a 3 point turn into my reno and almost ran over a sprinkler head. Put a stop to that by putting up some solar powered reflectors. Now my front lawn looks like a landing strip at night but I guess thats what you gotta do.

[LoneRanger]

Spike strips work well too.

[ezael]

Spike strips work well too.

I like your attitude

[ezael]

Anyone know what this is?


Its only about 2 sqft but it looks like it might be getting bigger. Any advice would be appreciated.

[LeftField11]

Complete guess here - could it be a nitrogen burn? Especially in the corner like that. I've noticed that I have to be careful because I have a tendancy to slow down when cornering with the spreader and it can drop a pile of urea in one spot.

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[ezael]

Could be a burn, Ive been dropping .5N/K each weekend to make it safer but maybe some bunched up in the corner? I cant think of any other disease/fungus that it looks like.

[LoneRanger]

Fertilizer run-off will produce that, as well.

[ezael]

Day 45




Poking around the area that was turning yellow I found I was able to pull it out as if it had no roots. A little digging and found a couple of grubs, going to grab some dylox now and apply it to the entire reno to play it safe. Mowed today at 1.75". Still a couple of thin spots ill be patching in the spring.

[ezael]

Quick question ive got a couple of spots of rust showing up, not too bad. I know the typical treatment is a dose Nitrogen, my last drop of N was this weekend before the cold weather is coming this week. Should that be enough to help out grow it? Or should i look to treat or just reevaluate the situation in the spring?

Thanks

[HoosierLawnGnome]

Rust will die off over the winter. It will be back next fall, when prevailing winds bring it back from warmer climates.

Basically the spores grow on the leaves of the plant / soil / whatever. They don't necessarily attack the plant per se - except that they block the sun from getting to the leaves, which interrupts photosynthesis, which stunts growth of the turf. In that sense, it can harm the plant.

So, push top growth - and treat with a fungicide if it gets bad. You'll probably always get SOME rust.

[ezael]

Rust will die off over the winter. It will be back next fall, when prevailing winds bring it back from warmer climates.

Basically the spores grow on the leaves of the plant / soil / whatever. They don't necessarily attack the plant per se - except that they block the sun from getting to the leaves, which interrupts photosynthesis, which stunts growth of the turf. In that sense, it can harm the plant.

So, push top growth - and treat with a fungicide if it gets bad. You'll probably always get SOME rust.

Thanks for the advice, its not that bad ill just let it be for now.

[ezael]

DAY 53


Starting to feel like a real lawn again, cut at 1.75 and my final app of urea this weekend. Getting a little darker while still having a little bleaching from 2oz/acre rate of Tenacity, overall weed pressure seems pretty low besides a few small patches of what i think is goose grass. Couple spots are still thin but I think the dirt there is a little sandy from the fill that was added after it was ripped up during septic system installation.

[ericgautier]

Looks good!

[ezael]

Hey guys!
Glad to see spring is in full force up here in MA. I did not give much of a 60 day update because not much had changed and everything was going to sleep. The last few days have been in the 70's and 80 and things are starting to green up. I thought i would post some pics of the lawn coming out of winter.

Day 210ish?


Also I have a small dead corner from where the grabs got to it...I was able to stop them pretty quickly but the damage was done. I am going to be putting down some pre emergents soon and will not be putting down any seed to fill in the area but I did pull a few plugs to fill this area. Hoping this should fill in pretty decent.

[edenl01]

Looks great. Hell of a lot better than I made out in Iowa.

[ezael]

I've got some grassy weeds popping up a little taller than the grass I planted. Can anyone make an ID? I think it might be quackgrass?




Thanks in advance!

[ezael]

Earlier this week I saw someone talking about a section of their lawn drying out too quick due to drainage being too good? Never hear of it but then I realized I also have a section that also dries out very quickly. I thought it was that this area didn't have good coverage from the sprinklers but even after a heavy rain it dries up in about an hour. As expected the grass have been pretty thin in this area, any ideas for fixing this area?

[Sicride]

First you have to find out why it's drying out so fast? Is it because it doesn't absorb the water and it runs off to other areas? Have you taken a soil sample from this area? I've seen people who somehow had grass growing over a sewer grate well enough they didn't know it was there... Need more information or more investigation..

[ezael]

First you have to find out why it's drying out so fast? Is it because it doesn't absorb the water and it runs off to other areas? Have you taken a soil sample from this area? I've seen people who somehow had grass growing over a sewer grate well enough they didn't know it was there... Need more information or more investigation..

It seems like it absorbs the water no problem but just cant hold on to it for very long. No soil test done in this area because its a very small area. Prior to buying this house a new septic system was installed in the backyard, the machinery ripped up this section and the contractor repaired and seeded this area. Wondering what they might have done to cause this problem.