Grass looking funky....
- ajmikola
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Grass looking funky....
I've stopped mowing for the year. I put down 34-0-0 and dimension. Large swaths of grass looking fairly thin and bare.
We are in a serious drought, no rain in 3-4 weeks. I'm watering by hand at this point, so i'm fairly sure its not dry.
What says ya'll?
We are in a serious drought, no rain in 3-4 weeks. I'm watering by hand at this point, so i'm fairly sure its not dry.
What says ya'll?
- SimonR
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Re: Grass looking funky....
Considering the areas of concern are all along the high side of the lawn I would say the water is running down the hill before it can penetrate to the root zone.
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- ajmikola
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Re: Grass looking funky....
Stupid hill. I dont know what to do with it.
If anyone has any suggestions let me know.
If anyone has any suggestions let me know.
- Mightyquinn
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Re: Grass looking funky....
You could terrace the hill and make 2 flat mowing areas!
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REEL MEN MOW
- ajmikola
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Re: Grass looking funky....
Like with retaining walls?
- ajmikola
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Re: Grass looking funky....
Something like this perhaps?
That looks like a 10-20k$ project.
- andy10917
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Re: Grass looking funky....
Yes - it works much better than stacked tuna, especially in July.Like with retaining walls?
- ajmikola
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Re: Grass looking funky....
I kinda like the stacked tuna look.
- ajmikola
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Re: Grass looking funky....
At least it would fertilize the grass
- Mightyquinn
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Re: Grass looking funky....
At least the wife wouldn't complain about the smell of Milorganite anymore?
But, yes that is what I had in mind.(the stone wall not the fish wall )
But, yes that is what I had in mind.(the stone wall not the fish wall )
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Re: Grass looking funky....
Would a soaker hose left on the lawn overnight help? Just an idea...
Check your water meter reading before you start and at daybreak to see how many gallons went down.
Just an idea, it might help....
Check your water meter reading before you start and at daybreak to see how many gallons went down.
Just an idea, it might help....
- ajmikola
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Re: Grass looking funky....
Haha. Speaking of my wife, i'm going to post a text she sent me after i showed her a pic of the wall. She would cut my balls off if she new i was posting this but oh well.Mightyquinn wrote:At least the wife wouldn't complain about the smell of Milorganite anymore?
But, yes that is what I had in mind.(the stone wall not the fish wall )
I'm sure everyone can relate to this
From my wife: cut and pasted.
Well fine blow up the yard burn the house down. Spend a million dollars on the grass while we have to be poor in our old age because all our money went into GRASS. Thank God we have a beautiful lawn that makes everything in our lives just perfect
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Re: Grass looking funky....
Be sure to remind the wife that your lawn addiction is better than investing in acreage in Kansas so you can hunt deer. Not bringing home a trophy from a hunting trip can arouse suspicion quicker than spending too much money on the lawn.
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Re: Grass looking funky....
Well, I'm going to assume that you have an irrigation system (you may not since you said you are "hand watering"). If so, I would replace any spray heads on the top of that hill with drip-line irrigation like http://www.sprinklerwarehouse.com/Rain- ... 12-100.htm.
If you don't have an irrigation system, then a soaker hose placed at the top of that slope at the edge of the sidewalk is probably your best bet for keeping that area happy.
If you don't have an irrigation system, then a soaker hose placed at the top of that slope at the edge of the sidewalk is probably your best bet for keeping that area happy.
- Mightyquinn
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Re: Grass looking funky....
I use to get the same crap from my wife but then she started getting compliments on the lawn and saw it as a sense of pride. She even became a member here . She doesn't post that often. Just give it some time and I'm sure she'll come around.
+1 what Tony said. You could have a lot worse vices than taking care of the lawn. You already have most of the expensive stuff out of the way.
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+1 what Tony said. You could have a lot worse vices than taking care of the lawn. You already have most of the expensive stuff out of the way.
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Re: Grass looking funky....
Mowing taller would fix all of that.
I keed, I keed
Seriously, though, it would help to keep the entire lawn the same color. But, that slope is always going to be a problem for growing grass. There are lots of tricks and such you can try (like mowing higher, aerating the top of the slope more, using wetting agents, using soil amendments, irrigating differently), but I think you'll always be wrestling with that slope.
Over the years, I've taken the attitude that some things aren't worth fighting. If grass on that slope will never look the way you want it to, why fight it? That looks like it might be a cool spot for a planting bed of some type.
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I keed, I keed
Seriously, though, it would help to keep the entire lawn the same color. But, that slope is always going to be a problem for growing grass. There are lots of tricks and such you can try (like mowing higher, aerating the top of the slope more, using wetting agents, using soil amendments, irrigating differently), but I think you'll always be wrestling with that slope.
Over the years, I've taken the attitude that some things aren't worth fighting. If grass on that slope will never look the way you want it to, why fight it? That looks like it might be a cool spot for a planting bed of some type.
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- GeorgiaDad
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Re: Grass looking funky....
Have you tried blsc? Or even White Rain shampoo? Something to help the soil retain more water up top.
- ajmikola
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Re: Grass looking funky....
I've sprayed a wetting agent twice before, i need to get off my butt and get all the stuff for blsc.GeorgiaDad wrote:Have you tried blsc? Or even White Rain shampoo? Something to help the soil retain more water up top.
- GeorgiaDad
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Re: Grass looking funky....
Try this....http://aroundtheyard.com/soil/soil-cond ... ain#p57256ajmikola wrote:I've sprayed a wetting agent twice before, i need to get off my butt and get all the stuff for blsc.GeorgiaDad wrote:Have you tried blsc? Or even White Rain shampoo? Something to help the soil retain more water up top.
I've sprayed 3oz-4oz/k every other week 3 times then monthly 3 times. It works.
- ajmikola
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Re: Grass looking funky....
Will give it a whirl for sureGeorgiaDad wrote:Try this....http://aroundtheyard.com/soil/soil-cond ... ain#p57256ajmikola wrote:I've sprayed a wetting agent twice before, i need to get off my butt and get all the stuff for blsc.GeorgiaDad wrote:Have you tried blsc? Or even White Rain shampoo? Something to help the soil retain more water up top.
I've sprayed 3oz-4oz/k every other week 3 times then monthly 3 times. It works.
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