2016 Southern Lawn Pics

[grow_dammit]

Also notice that the front yard is still pretty patchy. It really struggled last summer and is making tons of progress but still has a ways to go. I suspect areas of debris out there but haven't had much time to do anything about it. Also I'm dealing with moderate crabgrass and sedge/kylinga this year. I'm switching to a spray able pre-M this year hoping it will give me better control of where I'm getting product down. I must have missed all my boarders last spring with the spreader, LOL.

[Mussgolf]

The yard is coming around, but I have some dry spots. Hopefully we can get some rain (over one month since it has rained). It's feels good to know I'm greener than the golf course across the street from me.




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The yard is coming around, but I have some dry spots. Hopefully we can get some rain (over one month since it has rained). It's feels good to know I'm greener than the golf course across the street from me.




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I bet your neighbors hate you!
With the heat you all have been having your turf looks fantastic!

[Mussgolf]

The yard is coming around, but I have some dry spots. Hopefully we can get some rain (over one month since it has rained). It's feels good to know I'm greener than the golf course across the street from me.




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I bet your neighbors hate you!
With the heat you all have been having your turf looks fantastic!

I bunch of water and a recent fertilizer application helped. I can't wait to start mowing the lawn shorter and get it thick. Now all I need is a greens mower for my 22000 sq feet

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[HitEmTrue]

22k...yikes! ( imagining what my water bill would be )

The heat has done a number on me, but a did improve matters over the last week with spot watering.

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[goku025]

So the past month and a half since having to raise it to 2" i have been watering the grass every 3 or 4 days to keep up with this drought and every section i had to leave it for 15 to 20 minutes just to get the ground a little soft. I missed 2.5 weeks of mowing due to a vacation and thats the reason i had to move it up from 1" to 2" on the mower. I noticed the bermuda after about 2 or 3 days was getting puffy in a lot of areas and wasnt growing the way i wanted. I should have taken a before picture. It did have a lush deep green color to it but was way higher than i wanted and looked like Mussgolf's lawn!

I tried cutting getting back down to 1" but it was impossible with the heat and timing so i dropped it to 1.5" and cut the front, bag the clippings, and cut again and repeated that for the back. I have 6 of those lowes grass bags filled to the top and spent a good 3 to 4 hours doing this! I dropped some fertilizer down in time for all this rain we are hopefully going to get and it should green up in a week or so.

Getting ready for all this Austin rain we are about to get!

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Front:

[Michael Wise]

Nice scalp! That's gonna look great when it grows back out.

Only a bermuda grower can appreciate a good reset scalp.

Since you scalped to 1", what height will you let it get back to?

Be sure to post pics!

[goku025]

Nice scalp! That's gonna look great when it grows back out.

Only a bermuda grower can appreciate a good reset scalp.

Since you scalped to 1", what height will you let it get back to?

Be sure to post pics!

Thanks man! I wish i could have scalped at 1" i could only drop it to 1.5" on the mower. From about 2.25" down to 1.5" it took me a long time.. the sun really sucks the life out of you. I am going to try to maintain it at 1.5" When i try the lowest setting on my mower it creates a lot of half moons in the yard and looks bad..

[Tru-cut20]

Raised HOC from .50 to .75


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[ajmikola]

Raised HOC from .50 to .75


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Wow. Thats so nice. I wish i had all that flatness, and a toro GM.....

[Alan]

Rained 5"+ over the last four days or so. Bermuda is starting to take over a lot. Front yard looks bad, so no pics of that until it looks better. Here's the back:

[Ware]

A few shots from this morning... HOC = 5/8"

[dfw_pilot]

Love that color!

[Jeff20]

Looks great Ware.

[Redtenchu]

A few shots from this morning... HOC = 5/8"

Now those are screen savers!

[Tony alony]

Congrats Ware!! Love the color scheme. Green, purple, red & black. https://postimg.cc/image/cvx2tz1sp/

Well done, sir!

[ajmikola]

So today was like..

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Then i was like...

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So today was like..

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Then i was like...

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You certainly have been bitten by the turf bug!

[KB in MD (21740)]

Crappy pic alert. Should have moved the vehicle
Testing out the Fiskars @2" on Meyer Zoysia. Adding the roller on the front works great.

[Redtenchu]

Crappy pic alert. Should have moved the vehicle
Testing out the Fiskars @2" on Meyer Zoysia. Adding the roller on the front works great.

Looks great, do you have a thread about the reel front roller? I'd like to see it!