Lawn porn, Midnight Monostand

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Lawn porn, Midnight Monostand

Post by rxrep » May 27th, 2020, 7:21 pm

My best turf so far this season. Had some rust issues last week but the azoxystrobin knocked it out nicely. Just cut today at about 3 inches.


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Re: Lawn porn, Midnight Monostand

Post by andy10917 » May 27th, 2020, 9:48 pm

After a decade on this site, you're starting to show off now

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Re: Lawn porn, Midnight Monostand

Post by rxrep » May 27th, 2020, 9:59 pm

andy10917 wrote:
May 27th, 2020, 9:48 pm
After a decade on this site, you're starting to show off now
Hmm...not sure how to take that?

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Post by andy10917 » May 27th, 2020, 10:12 pm

Take a compliment when it's delivered, my friend. A nice job!

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Re: Lawn porn, Midnight Monostand

Post by rxrep » May 27th, 2020, 10:19 pm

andy10917 wrote:
May 27th, 2020, 10:12 pm
Take a compliment when it's delivered, my friend. A nice job!
Haha, ok thank you!! Just wanted to make sure I wasn't being obnoxious, LOL. As nice as it looks, its far from perfect. Maybe an 7.5 out of 10? I always enjoy seeing pics. I wish more people would post pics of their awesome lawns. Would love to see pics of some of the other elite types. Perhaps there should be a separate section for that? I didn't want to post it in renovations since it s not its 1st year. Thanks again, Andy!


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Re: Lawn porn, Midnight Monostand

Post by dan10 » May 27th, 2020, 11:21 pm

Very nice! Too modest to say 7.5.

What mower did you use to cut? Nice even cut and minimal wheel tracks,.

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Re: Lawn porn, Midnight Monostand

Post by rxrep » May 28th, 2020, 7:42 am

dan10 wrote:
May 27th, 2020, 11:21 pm
Very nice! Too modest to say 7.5.

What mower did you use to cut? Nice even cut and minimal wheel tracks,.
Thank you. Snapper riding mower with ninja dual mulching blade.

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Re: Lawn porn, Midnight Monostand

Post by Paul » May 28th, 2020, 8:44 am

Nice lawn and nice edging. A lawn and landscape always looks better when it's nicely edged.

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Re: Lawn porn, Midnight Monostand

Post by kellytroym » May 28th, 2020, 8:49 am

Paul wrote:
May 28th, 2020, 8:44 am
Nice lawn and nice edging. A lawn and landscape always looks better when it's nicely edged.
I agree!! What did you use to edge? String trimmer, edging blade, or something else?

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Re: Lawn porn, Midnight Monostand

Post by prog_dave » May 28th, 2020, 9:09 am

Wow, those are great pictures congratulations! I need to stop myself from looking at pictures like this. I think I have a pretty nice lawn, but then I see these and feel totally inadequate!

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Re: Lawn porn, Midnight Monostand

Post by TimmyG » May 28th, 2020, 9:21 am

prog_dave wrote:
May 28th, 2020, 9:09 am
I need to stop myself from looking at pictures like this. I think I have a pretty nice lawn, but then I see these and feel totally inadequate!
Bazinga!

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Re: Lawn porn, Midnight Monostand

Post by Pway » May 28th, 2020, 9:34 am

Great job,rxrep!

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Re: Lawn porn, Midnight Monostand

Post by dan10 » May 28th, 2020, 9:46 am

Rxrep,

How are the neighbors' renovations holding up? If I recall correctly, you did a couple of them a few years ago.

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Re: Lawn porn, Midnight Monostand

Post by rxrep » May 28th, 2020, 12:14 pm

kellytroym wrote:
May 28th, 2020, 8:49 am
Paul wrote:
May 28th, 2020, 8:44 am
Nice lawn and nice edging. A lawn and landscape always looks better when it's nicely edged.
I agree!! What did you use to edge? String trimmer, edging blade, or something else?
I use an edging blade attachment to my string trimmer. So edging blade.

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Re: Lawn porn, Midnight Monostand

Post by rxrep » May 28th, 2020, 12:23 pm

dan10 wrote:
May 28th, 2020, 9:46 am
Rxrep,

How are the neighbors' renovations holding up? If I recall correctly, you did a couple of them a few years ago.
Here is the first one. Also Midnight Monostand about 4 years old. This neighbor is very laid back in terms of caring for it. Also has a lawn service that uses heavy equipment ( check out the grooves). Has some patches of annua that need to be dug out and currently a mild case of fungus. He’s a great neighbor and we have a pretty good relationship but unless I tell him to do something he doesn’t do anything to it. LOL

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Here is the second one. Again Midnight mono. 9 months old, needs to be cut. This is my next-door neighbor and he is really into it. He will do everything he needs to to have a really nice lawn. Has some patches of annua or triv we zapped with glyphosate. I’m currently growing some midnight in pots for the patch job.


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Re: Lawn porn, Midnight Monostand

Post by rxrep » May 28th, 2020, 12:32 pm

Thanks for the compliments everyone. Gonna do a serious thatch job come late summer early fall. It definitely needs it. Biggest enemy by far is the fungus. Ugh, it’s an almost constant struggle. Also, like a lot of folks I too have the BBDL (brown blades down low). Again, would love to see some pics of other folks growing elite KBG and or turf type tall fescue.

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Re: Lawn porn, Midnight Monostand

Post by rxrep » May 28th, 2020, 1:14 pm

Also, would love some feedback on: 1) I'm thinking about adding fertigation to cut down on the work. Any thoughts? and 2) I'm thinking of overseeding with Keeneland KBG(If I can find it) to reduce the incidence of rust and leaf spot. The down side is I lose some of the uniformity of the monostand. Any thoughts on that? 3) Feedback on Serenade. Does it work? Can you run it through fertigation? Thanks.

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Re: Lawn porn, Midnight Monostand

Post by turf_toes » May 28th, 2020, 3:10 pm

If the reason you planted a monostand was for it’s looks, I don’t see why you’d change now —unless disease pressure is overwhelming.

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Re: Lawn porn, Midnight Monostand

Post by rxrep » May 28th, 2020, 5:09 pm

turf_toes wrote:
May 28th, 2020, 3:10 pm
If the reason you planted a monostand was for it’s looks, I don’t see why you’d change now —unless disease pressure is overwhelming.
Thanks turf toes. I wouldn't say its overwhelming. I think the thatch removal will help. In addition I did read today that serenade can be applied through fertigation or chemigation as they say. So, I'm leaning that route. I'm just looking for easier/quicker ways of doing things while keeping the lawn nice.

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Re: Lawn porn, Midnight Monostand

Post by dan10 » June 12th, 2020, 12:28 pm

Rxrep,

Do you use any products like humic acid, kelp, wetting agents on your lawn?

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