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Put down some tko phosphite, serenade and KH with nu film..... hopefully it helped cause a thunderstorm hit 90 after. Grrrr

Caught up on the edging (sidewalks and mulch beds). Getting ready to apply Oceangro this evening.

Watered all zones 1" of water early this morning using my timer. I've noticed some sections of the front (near my driveway and sidewalks) getting brown even though I've properly watered and mowed this summer. I guess it is unavoidable for some of that grass!

Put the 2nd half of my split app of prodiamine

Put seed down this morning. 10,000 sq. ft. Bewitched.

I put down miloganite. I have about a dozen bags left then I’ll try to get oceangro.

What I didn't do.

I didn't water.

I watered once in July.

But I've decided to commit. Watering in July cost me almost $10. Blue grama is becoming mor prevalent. I think I'm going to just stop watering and start seeding when bare spots show up.

Dropped my first dose of Fall Regimen Urea. How time flies!

Cut it.

Meanwhule the local golf course superintendent saw me so he came over and we chatted it up for a while.

What a rough month. Between July 4th and August 6th I had less than an inch of rain. Pretty bad for this area.
Mowing every 10 days or so, and finally getting 1+ inches of rain last night and chances for another inch tonight.
Preparing for the wake up and fall blitz.

Expecting some rain tomorrow, put down 1/2 bag rate of BSF and Disease-Ex. Hoping the lawn getting moving again next few weeks.

With rain forecast for tomorrow, I finished pulling the weeds out of the yard, took a long delayed soil sample (and mailed it - will post next week), put down my second of three biweekly Milorganite applications (at which time I'll switch to urea), and lastly spread my late summer Dimension 0-0-7 application to control the poa annua. I'm grateful my employer lets me work at home from time-to-time - I wouldn't have been able to get all that done in one day if I also had to commute.

I walked around, looking for signs of blue grama in dead spots that I dormant seeded last winter. I thought that most of the seed I put down had failed to germinate, but there are lots of seedlings in lots of the formerly dead spots.

I watered once last month and where gotten almost a half inch of rain this month. Since blue grama is a warm season native, that may be enough water to germinate the seed. It's certainly enough to make the established blue grama happy. It's thriving, while most of the other grass (including the cool season natives) is struggling. Much of the remaining traditional grass is dormant or dying. The back yard gets a lot of shade, so the kbg does fine there with little approval water (before you tell me how much sun kbg needs, remember that I'm in Utah, so it's high mountain desert, which means a little sun goes a long way, along other things).

Seed down where perennial garden was.
After I finished we had a nice light gentle rain.
Hopefully the milo I put down last thursday finally enjoys the drink.

napper wrote: ↑

August 10th, 2019, 11:28 am

Put seed down this morning. 10,000 sq. ft. Bewitched.

Awesome, good luck! Post some photos to show the progress if you find time to do so.

ken-n-nancy wrote: ↑

August 13th, 2019, 1:00 pm

napper wrote: ↑

August 10th, 2019, 11:28 am

Put seed down this morning. 10,000 sq. ft. Bewitched.

Awesome, good luck! Post some photos to show the progress if you find time to do so.

It's only a small area...
oh wait,
you're asking for napper with the 10,000 sq ft reno.
I knew that...

Put seed down on a couple reno areas. The two spots I did last year didnt do well. One was because of grubs the other was I dont feel I used the best seed type for that particular section. I mixed in a bit more shade blend this time so I think it will take better than the sun and shade mix I used last time.

Sprayed last round of Bermuda killer on the yards for the season. It really should have another application next month but I've got to overseed this fall so that will have to do it. I'm waiting for the tree guys to come put some cables in a large silver maple and trim some of the limbs. Seed arrived so I'm ready to go in a few weeks.

Put down .6#N of Baystate

Practiced from some 4" rough in the backyard.