KBG plugs / do you fill in the hole?

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KBG plugs / do you fill in the hole?

Post by southern-ct-4 » September 9th, 2021, 5:25 pm

I'm finally trying this out; https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003MRTVUI

When you guys take a plug from a good area, do you 'back fill' it with top soil/peat moss/something? Or just let it naturally fix itself over time (assuming you're not taking too many plugs from one area in which case it probably should be filled in)?

Thanks!

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Re: KBG plugs / do you fill in the hole?

Post by MorpheusPA » September 9th, 2021, 6:15 pm

It depends. In the lawn, I backfill with soil. Usually from the garden or from under the Thuja.

In the garden, I usually don't backfill because a little irregularity there doesn't matter so much. About 95% of donor grass comes from the garden edges on the rare occasions when I need it.

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Re: KBG plugs / do you fill in the hole?

Post by PSU4ME » September 9th, 2021, 7:21 pm

I usually throw in the black cow manure, not packed but filled up.

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Re: KBG plugs / do you fill in the hole?

Post by seiyafan » September 9th, 2021, 8:55 pm

I fill the hole with plug from the problem area, so the two exchanges place.

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Re: KBG plugs / do you fill in the hole?

Post by southern-ct-4 » September 11th, 2021, 2:59 pm

Follow-up question; how often should I water the spots where I've inserted plugs? Or do I just give it a decent watering at first, but otherwise normal watering schedule? Thanks!


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Re: KBG plugs / do you fill in the hole?

Post by MorpheusPA » September 11th, 2021, 5:41 pm

Treat them like sod, if you took trimmed root mass. Keep damp until establishment, particularly for smaller plugs. On my current front line, I'm keeping them slightly damp for 2 weeks.

Larger digging pieces need less watering in.

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Re: KBG plugs / do you fill in the hole?

Post by Jackson » October 4th, 2021, 10:13 am

seiyafan wrote:
September 9th, 2021, 8:55 pm
I fill the hole with plug from the problem area, so the two exchanges place.
This

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Re: KBG plugs / do you fill in the hole?

Post by southern-ct-4 » October 4th, 2021, 10:17 am

Not being sarcastic, but why would you take grass from a problem area and then place it somewhere else? Or do you perhaps only do this if the problem area is simply an area where grass wasn't growing well, not necessary due to a weed or bad grass?

In my case, the bad area is a poa triv area, so clearly I'm not going to take that plug (even if it's been rounded-up and looks dead) and place it somewhere else...

Thanks and, again not being sarcastic, just trying to confirm what you mean.

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Re: KBG plugs / do you fill in the hole?

Post by seiyafan » October 4th, 2021, 11:53 am

For poa triv it's a certainly no, otherwise I flip the plug from the problem area before putting it in, so leaves go on the bottom with roots exposed on top.

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Re: KBG plugs / do you fill in the hole?

Post by Green » October 6th, 2021, 3:26 pm

I agree with flipping the plug upside down in some cases. But there are times when even that would be risky...with an invasive grass.

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