HLG's spring 2019 play area renovation

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Re: HLG's spring 2019 play area renovation

Post by HoosierLawnGnome » April 30th, 2019, 8:44 pm

We have some tillering in early spots. Germination varies pretty broadly mostly based on its ability to dry out coming in first.

I haven't run irrigation in over a week due to consistent rain.

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Re: HLG's spring 2019 play area renovation

Post by HoosierLawnGnome » May 3rd, 2019, 1:18 pm

Coming along. Weeds are pretty minimal.
Time to think follow up Tenacity spray. I'll probably wait a week given the germination timing.
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Here is my seed vs plug experiment. I spaced the little plugs out a good bit using my pro plugged maybe 3 or 4 in on average as you can see. I trim the plugs with the weed whacker occasionally. A little milo here and there.

I plan to compare how it looks around fathers day.

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Re: HLG's spring 2019 play area renovation

Post by HoosierLawnGnome » May 6th, 2019, 9:48 pm

Hand watered the renovation area tonight. Its drying out a lot and taking off. There are some younger seedlings in the mix so I'm going to wait a bit more on tenacity.

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Post by HoosierLawnGnome » May 12th, 2019, 7:57 am

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First mow yesterday at about 1.5 in on the triplex. Germination is 2 weeks apart, so some areas weren't cut.

The heavy triplex didnt create ruts so that's good.

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Re: HLG's spring 2019 play area renovation

Post by ken-n-nancy » May 12th, 2019, 7:40 pm

Hey, I like the idea of a croquet / British lawn bowls court. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowls

Looking forward to seeing how this turns out!


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Post by HoosierLawnGnome » May 12th, 2019, 9:22 pm

ken-n-nancy wrote:
May 12th, 2019, 7:40 pm
Hey, I like the idea of a croquet / British lawn bowls court. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowls

Looking forward to seeing how this turns out!
Yeah Mrs. HLG and I are going around on this.

But our family loves croquet!

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Post by HoosierLawnGnome » May 15th, 2019, 10:50 am

Put out DAP 2 nights ago, mowed at 1.5 in last night, snapped a pic of my plug experiment.



Actually ran irrigation this morning on that area for the first time in a long time.
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Post by ken-n-nancy » May 15th, 2019, 11:18 am

I like plug experiments. Will be following along to see how it goes!

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Post by HoosierLawnGnome » May 16th, 2019, 10:24 pm

Another sudden downpour with flash flooding in the area. I'm honestly amazed I have as much grass as i do after all the water thats stood here this spring.

The frog population is thriving!

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That's me, cutting grass in a tie.

And shes teasing me with the dandelions.

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Post by ken-n-nancy » May 16th, 2019, 10:34 pm

HoosierLawnGnome wrote:
May 16th, 2019, 10:24 pm
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That's me, cutting grass in a tie.

And shes teasing me with the dandelions.
Priceless!

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Re: HLG's spring 2019 play area renovation

Post by HoosierLawnGnome » May 21st, 2019, 10:55 pm

So much rain! The renovation area has some chlorosis. i added some milo yesterday. Waiting for a dry spell to get tenacity down still when the chlorosis subsides. Some crabgrass poking through here and there. Thin in low spots.

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Post by HoosierLawnGnome » May 28th, 2019, 8:32 pm

Got Tenacity down at the 4 oz per acre rate tonight. Been hitting it with a few lbs of milo in the handheld spreader every time I have a few spare minutes, maybe 3 times in 2 weeks????

So, I'll be at 2 months from seed down in a week. This renovation is far behind my fall renovations. I have not done a full irrigation cycle over a month we have had so much rain.

Some crabgrass popping up, but the tenacity should nail it:
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Theres no way this new turf will match the established turf by summer, dont force a spring renovation if you think you are going to get it to look consistent this season
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My plug experiment. The plug area matches much better!
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Post by HoosierLawnGnome » June 4th, 2019, 5:58 pm

Tenacity bleaching has kicked in.
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Re: HLG's spring 2019 play area renovation

Post by HoosierLawnGnome » June 21st, 2019, 9:51 am

The area has been half submerged under water for at least a week, after consistent rain for as many days.

There is a bit of chlorosis in spots and stunted growth, much like you get when you overwater.

I think I have adequate coverage for leveling work this fall. It doesn't seem to be settling any more.

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Re: HLG's spring 2019 play area renovation

Post by HoosierLawnGnome » July 8th, 2019, 10:57 am

Early July update.


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The renovation area went from 60s and 70s with constant rain and pooling water for a month to dry and 90s for 2 weeks with a few light showers.

Its struggling. I'm weaning it off the constant rain with shallower more frequent rain and am back to deep and infrequent here.

I may not cut this area again until mid August to reduce stress.

Crabgrass pressure is heavier as it thrives while the KBG struggles. Tenacity is not a pre emergent. Granted this is a thinner stand than the established adjacent turf,but the weed pressure is obvious.

I'll wait to kill the crabgrass though.

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Re: HLG's spring 2019 play area renovation

Post by KBGkicksazz » July 13th, 2019, 5:32 am

I also concur with you in Tenacity that it’s not anywhere near an absolute PreM for renovations.

My rear yard Spring reno is the same deal. Lot of crabgrass germinated despite having used Tenacity. I’m guessing that all the rain we had this spring is big part of why it wasn’t all that effective.

Currently I’m doing a real world crabgrass test of Tenacity on my rear yard and put it down at 125% rate.

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Re: HLG's spring 2019 play area renovation

Post by HoosierLawnGnome » July 13th, 2019, 8:41 am

Very dry. Low 90s. No end in sight right now.

The young grass is going dormant in spite of watering to keep it going. I just hope I dont lose too much.

I watered an inch early in the week and a half inch several days later. Crabgrass loves this environment. Baby KBG not so much.

the adjacent, mature turf that also had standing water this spring is frying too. Classic example of why watering habits trump almost everything else right now. The standing water really impacted its growth and the sun is killing it. It's even partially shaded.

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Re: HLG's spring 2019 play area renovation

Post by HoosierLawnGnome » July 13th, 2019, 12:54 pm

Closer shot of the grass. I mowed today, skipping this area. Crabgrass thriving.

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Re: HLG's spring 2019 play area renovation

Post by KBGkicksazz » July 14th, 2019, 9:10 pm

I decided to use Tenacity to blast the crabgrass in my lawn. So far so good lot of white CG and should have it mostly eradicated so on late August with cooler temps the KBG is not competing with it.
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Closer shot of the grass. I mowed today, skipping this area. Crabgrass thriving.

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Re: HLG's spring 2019 play area renovation

Post by HoosierLawnGnome » July 15th, 2019, 10:31 am

Yeah my tenacity app didnt kill it all, and now it's too hot and stressful to apply herbicide heavily on baby grass.

I'll wait until growth picks up late summer. I'm probably levelling this area anyways.

That topsoil in a bag was loaded with crabgrass seeds.

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