NCSU's Front Lawn KBG Reno 2016-fungus id

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Re: NCSU's Front Lawn KBG Reno 2016-fungus id

Post by probasesteal » November 27th, 2016, 9:16 pm

Yard looks good man.

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Re: NCSU's Front Lawn KBG Reno 2016- summer 2017 pics.

Post by NCSU » July 27th, 2017, 9:20 am

Been hot this summer! I have been having to water everyday in spots where I have a lot of compaction. Been spraying serenade, actinovate, and compost tea. Also have had to drop propiconzole a few times. Overall everything still looks great. I'm ready to see what she looks like in the fall!

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Re: NCSU's Front Lawn KBG Reno 2016-fungus id

Post by edenl01 » July 27th, 2017, 11:00 am

I see you used Sumagrow. In your opinion did it help any?

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Re: NCSU's Front Lawn KBG Reno 2016-fungus id

Post by NCSU » July 27th, 2017, 11:54 am

Probably. My soil was very abysmal at the start of my Reno. I have applied sumagrow, compost tea, and other soil microbe solutions very liberally in order improve soil structure. I am considering buying another half gallon of sumagrow to spray through the fall, but haven't decided yet.

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Re: NCSU's Front Lawn KBG Reno 2016-fungus id

Post by smast16 » July 27th, 2017, 1:06 pm

NCSU, Thanks for the update!!! All you guys last 2-3 years who did KBG (and of course NCLG) motivated me to get on board as well. I was curious how you fared with all the fungal pressure and the heat this month. Glad to see it's holding up like a champ!


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Re: NCSU's Front Lawn KBG Reno 2016 *summer 2017 update*

Post by NCSU » July 27th, 2017, 2:41 pm

Definitely had quite a bit of rust in February and march, but that quickly disappeared in April when growth picked up. As far as the summer, I have what I believe to be summer patch in areas that are compacted and in direct sun for long portions of the day. Dropped Bayer fungus control for that and it stopped any spreading. These areas should close up nicely in the fall. I would definitely recommend KBG in North Carolina if you are able to irrigate and give it plenty of TLC

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Re: NCSU's Front Lawn KBG Reno 2016-fungus id

Post by NCSU » August 16th, 2017, 5:59 pm

So what's my play here fertilizer wise? Last fert its had was bag rate Milo back in late may/early june. I didn't want any extra N contributing to fungus. I have minor weed pressure really. I was going to go bag rate starter fert+tenacity and bag rate milo once the heat breaks, around early September. Is the starter fert a dumb idea? I figure my soil is lacking. I have miracle grow hi N as well as liquid tenacity...I'm really excited to see this fall when it really takes off :)

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Re: NCSU's Front Lawn KBG Reno 2016-fungus id

Post by HoosierLawnGnome » August 17th, 2017, 9:11 am

Wait for your temps to break before pushing it. Hard to say on the starter fert without a soil test. The thing about P is you don't need to add it if your soil has enough in most scenarios. I wouldn't drop the starter with mesotrione anyways.

Are you keeping up with pre-emergent?

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Re: NCSU's Front Lawn KBG Reno 2016-fungus id

Post by probasesteal » August 17th, 2017, 10:03 am

Looks great.

How did the backyard turn out?

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Re: NCSU's Front Lawn KBG Reno 2016-fungus id

Post by NCSU » August 17th, 2017, 1:45 pm

So I guess I will stick to milo and miracle gro this fall.

I applied dimension 007 last fall and this spring.

Backyard is toast. I spent all summer watering and babying the front lawn to keep it alive. What wasn't killed by the heat I killed with roundup already. I'm going to hit it once more and drop 2# Bewitched back there this weekend!

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Re: NCSU's Front Lawn KBG Reno 2016-fungus id

Post by probasesteal » August 17th, 2017, 10:15 pm

NCSU wrote:
August 17th, 2017, 1:45 pm
So I guess I will stick to milo and miracle gro this fall.

I applied dimension 007 last fall and this spring.

Backyard is toast. I spent all summer watering and babying the front lawn to keep it alive. What wasn't killed by the heat I killed with roundup already. I'm going to hit it once more and drop 2# Bewitched back there this weekend!
How long were you able to keep the rye?

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