2023: What Did You Do On Your Lawn Today (Cool Season)

[DevilDawg81]

Weed eated, mowed and then sprayed fungicide

"Weed eated"

They were tasty


Today I applied fungicide to the entire lawn.

[zhotster]

Worked on sprinkler system then spot sprayed weeds. More weeds than I anticipated, looking at options to kill some odd weeds.

[DevilDawg81]

Mowed. Then sprayed BLSC. About 30 minutes later we got a nice shower

[Aether]

Mulch mowed and sprayed some weeds.

[edslawn]

On Sunday, Applied 10-10-10 to the entire yard and beds. Missed the rain on Saturday, so I'll be watering it in by hand today.

[edslawn]

Serenade refill came early!

[edslawn]

I'm riding out this heatwave and letting the grass grow until Sunday when it cools to highs in the 80s. Also, planning on more aggressive Serenade apps.

[ruth_mi]

I glared at it and not in a good way.

When I did my reno, it was because I had a very late in the season (mid/late Sept 2020) grub diagnosis. Being that late, I had to order seed ASAP so didn't have months or even weeks to research. I was afraid I wasn't ready for an all KBG lawn but darn, the no-mix is driving me crazy. I can't unsee the differences in textures and the PR flops and doesn't get cut evenly. (I've changed and sharpened blades.)

I can't do a fall reno because my 4/7 prodiamine app was ~six months worth. So now it's between a dormant seeding early 2024 and a fall 2024 seeding. Or I convince myself to live with it. Uh, probably not.

I know dormant seeding isn't favored here. That's what I did last time, and I was super happy, but since I know more now and would be doing KBG, I might feel different after this one . Plus there's the big downside of seven-ish months of dead lawn.

On the plus side, my lawn is only ~2100 sf, so nothing is a huge deal. I love to experiment, I've learned a lot so far this year, and no matter which way I go I'll learn more and fix it if I mess it up.

[Chris Jacobie]

Glyphosate on the 2nd third of my lawn. Note to self: buy a backpack sprayer next time. Doing this with a hand can is a PITA. One more app later this week and the whole thing should be started. I ran out of time this morning. If it needs another blanket in a few week, I’m getting a backpack. The areas I did last week are getting pretty yellow so I’m hopeful that it will just be spot spraying. Fingers crossed!!

[turf_toes]

Even better, a walk behind sprayer like an S15 or S25 Earthway (not sure they are still sold) backpack sprayers are not great

[Chris Jacobie]

Oh yeah? Thanks I’ll look into those!

[DevilDawg81]

Applied organic fertilizer (4-3-0) as prep for fall nitrogen regimen

[bauer time]

Mowed at 3” and overseeded with a TTTF mix. Applied starter fertilizer. It had been a few years since I had done a fall overseed. I don’t particularly think my lawn NEEDED it but I figured better safe than sorry.

[Hammbone81]

I cleaned out my "dry products" bin, mixed up some organics including Earth Works, Rich Lawn, alfalfa meal, and cracked corn. It equated to about 0.5lb nitrogen per M.

[DevilDawg81]

I was able to get an app of urea down this morning before rain

[ds_nh]

Starting to see some of the fescue popping up! Lots of rain recently and another mow tonight.

[Aether]

Mulch mowed and overseed Turf-Type Tall Fescue.

[bauer time]

Fertilized this morning before the afternoon rain. Planning on getting down one more application before my average first day of frost.

[Riverpilot]

Continuing the fall apps. Skipped the first couple due to zero rain for several weeks.
Getting things ready for fall and that horrible season which comes after.

[DevilDawg81]

2nd urea app applied on Wednesday afternoon. This afternoon we got .5” rain

It’s been extremely dry here, especially September. It’s been heartbreaking for turf.