2017: What did you do on your lawn today?

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Re: 2017: What did you do on your lawn today?

Post by double_e5 » May 18th, 2017, 8:35 pm

Picked up sticks/twigs for almost an hour today after the crazy wind we had here yesterday.

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Re: 2017: What did you do on your lawn today?

Post by Green » May 18th, 2017, 8:43 pm

This morning, watered side front zone for two 30-min intervals with 15 min soak in between the two start times.

Mowed front, side, and upper back at 3.75 in. I'll lower it in 4 days if needed when it gets cooler again. Grass is getting pretty stalky now and growth is slowing a bit from full flush speed I think. Good thing my blade is sharp.

Hand-trimmed near mailbox after mowing.

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Re: 2017: What did you do on your lawn today?

Post by bauer time » May 18th, 2017, 8:58 pm

Put .5" water on the front yard after two 90+ degree days in a row. I felt like it was needed to ease into the hot weather.

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Re: 2017: What did you do on your lawn today?

Post by smast16 » May 18th, 2017, 10:04 pm

Watered 1". Been 10 days with no good rain and it was 90 yesterday and today. Good chance for a thunderstorm starting tomorrow through Tuesday, and the temps should break back into mid 70's.

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Re: 2017: What did you do on your lawn today?

Post by Dom_P » May 18th, 2017, 10:20 pm

I got a cut in before it got dark. The lawn was pretty high and has really thickened up. I had to do multiple passes to mulch everything in. I definitely cut more than a 1/3, but it was only 5 days from the last cut. Urea and the milk app have really had an impact. Today was also over 90 in NJ which certainly had an effect as well. I also sprayed BLSC/KH


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Re: 2017: What did you do on your lawn today?

Post by edenl01 » May 18th, 2017, 10:44 pm

Dropped SOP at 2lbs/k. Talked myself out of having Poa Trivialis and into having poa annua. That conclusion was made based on internet photos and the NCSU weed ID tool. Thanks TimmyG for putting up those links.

According to the Iowa State turf grass specialists poa annua has many biotypes. Some of mine is that classic bright green little bunch and some of it is dark green and spread outward really far. It has some purple on the stems as well.

It seems that the entire yard went to seed overnight. Looks like we will be bagging this weekend.

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Re: 2017: What did you do on your lawn today?

Post by 1977212 » May 19th, 2017, 12:26 am

Mowed and urea .5lb N. going to do another in two weeks.

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Re: 2017: What did you do on your lawn today?

Post by LeftField11 » May 19th, 2017, 7:32 am

kbgfarmer wrote:
May 17th, 2017, 3:13 pm
Mowed at 3 inches. 5 days after last mowing. Noticed lots of random grassy weeds popping up despite use of preemergent in late March. These included the usual suspects like the poa brothers and quack but also some new weird ones I can't really identify. Also calibrated my new lesco 4 gallon backpack sprayer at 58 gallons/acre or 1.33 gallons/k. Not many broadleaf weeds to speak of. Very little clover as well. Will do my first time ever blanket app of Tenacity at 5 oz/acre rate in two days over my 4 k backyard to get as many grassy weeds as I can per the triangle approach. Hope I don't end up bleaching my entire lawn.
You may have seen this, but triclopyr mixed with Tenacity lessens, or my case completely eliminated, the bleaching effect of the Tenacity. I didn't even care about the bleaching, I just wanted the level 2 triclopyr weed-killing, but my KBG did not bleach at all. All the undesirables died too. I copied Zareth's formula from this post:
viewtopic.php?f=4&t=21545&p=302232#p297164

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Re: 2017: What did you do on your lawn today?

Post by mitten » May 19th, 2017, 8:27 am

Mailed in my soil samples to Logan's Lab... FINALLY. Tried to figure out if the seed-heads in my yard are poa anna or something else without success. I'll keep trying.

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Re: 2017: What did you do on your lawn today?

Post by HoosierLawnGnome » May 19th, 2017, 10:24 am

Spread 2 yards of mulch last night, trimmed and shaped my crabapple trees and lilacs. Bought a starter kit for more boxwood cuttings.

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Re: 2017: What did you do on your lawn today?

Post by seiyafan » May 19th, 2017, 10:47 am

seedhead flush for bewitched, not sure if anyone else notice it.

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Re: 2017: What did you do on your lawn today?

Post by kbgfarmer » May 19th, 2017, 11:30 am

LeftField11 wrote:
May 19th, 2017, 7:32 am
kbgfarmer wrote:
May 17th, 2017, 3:13 pm
Mowed at 3 inches. 5 days after last mowing. Noticed lots of random grassy weeds popping up despite use of preemergent in late March. These included the usual suspects like the poa brothers and quack but also some new weird ones I can't really identify. Also calibrated my new lesco 4 gallon backpack sprayer at 58 gallons/acre or 1.33 gallons/k. Not many broadleaf weeds to speak of. Very little clover as well. Will do my first time ever blanket app of Tenacity at 5 oz/acre rate in two days over my 4 k backyard to get as many grassy weeds as I can per the triangle approach. Hope I don't end up bleaching my entire lawn.
You may have seen this, but triclopyr mixed with Tenacity lessens, or my case completely eliminated, the bleaching effect of the Tenacity. I didn't even care about the bleaching, I just wanted the level 2 triclopyr weed-killing, but my KBG did not bleach at all. All the undesirables died too. I copied Zareth's formula from this post:
viewtopic.php?f=4&t=21545&p=302232#p297164
Darn. Tenacity already down. Thanks for the info. Will keep in mind in the future. Do you think if triclopyr applied tomorrow (2 days after tenacity) will lessen the bleaching or does it need to be applied concurrently?

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Re: 2017: What did you do on your lawn today?

Post by tlinden » May 19th, 2017, 7:20 pm

mowed and applied soap/yucca.its starting to be real thick!

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Re: 2017: What did you do on your lawn today?

Post by Green » May 19th, 2017, 9:11 pm

Hand watered hell strips ~1/4 inch and grass plugs in low-input area.

Mowed lower back and low-input area at 3.75 in.

Noticing some Poa annua in the low-input area and a little bit in the back. I think I'll pre-M the entire yard this Fall.

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Re: 2017: What did you do on your lawn today?

Post by Green » May 19th, 2017, 9:18 pm

seiyafan wrote:
May 19th, 2017, 10:47 am
seedhead flush for bewitched, not sure if anyone else notice it.
Yes.

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Re: 2017: What did you do on your lawn today?

Post by chrismar » May 19th, 2017, 10:10 pm

Built my new 2170. This thing is a beast compared to my edge guard dlx:

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Re: 2017: What did you do on your lawn today?

Post by mitten » May 20th, 2017, 2:54 pm

It just started raining so I finished in time. I mowed, dropped Milorganite and GrubEx on my 2016 reno. My soil samples arrived at Logan's Lab today so hoping to get my results back by the end of next week.

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Re: 2017: What did you do on your lawn today?

Post by smast16 » May 20th, 2017, 3:32 pm

Planted tomatoes, cantaloupe, okra, beans, squash, zucchini in the garden. Mowed, trimmed, and blew off the carport.

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Re: 2017: What did you do on your lawn today?

Post by Green » May 20th, 2017, 6:05 pm

Put down 6.5 lbs. of 12.5-24-10 on low-input area (0.125 lb/K of N); spreader setting of 7.5 on the Earthway budget special spreader. Put an additional 0.5 lb of Lesco 25-0-6 50/50 fast/slow release on the area planted last year, by hand (supposedly that was roughly another 1 lb/K of N or so for the new grass and since it's fine fescue and PR, I won't be doing any further extra apps).

Sprayed all sorts of weeds, including some Tenacity spot sprays on some weedy grasses in the front by hand with a spritz bottle that I didn't notice the last time.

Trimmed.

Neighbor who never cuts is doing his 2nd one.

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Re: 2017: What did you do on your lawn today?

Post by double_e5 » May 20th, 2017, 6:49 pm

Mowed at 3.25" and trimmed. Blew off driveway and sidewalks.

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