2017: What did you do on your lawn today?

[andy10917]

This is the 2017 thread for the popular short-comment Warm-Season topic...

[Alan]

Watched it get soaked since it just rained about 2" overnight and this morning.

[Dchall_San_Antonio]

Washed paint rollers and brushes on the weedy part.

[Southernguy311]

Mowed the Bermuda in my back yard for the third consecutive week.

[iriasj2009]

Came home from Mexico after a 10 day trip to 1-1.25" Bermuda. I've been maintaining at around 7/16" but had to raise it to 5/8" today. Haven't fertilized since oct 1st 2016. We had only 2 nights at around 32F. Temps right now avg at 65-70 Highs and 50-55F lows.

[Spammage]

Watched it turn white. We haven't had a bad winter in general, but the damn swings are beating me into submission. We have had lows down to 14*, but were 80* on Christmas and 73* on Jan 1. Snow today but we are supposed to be 72* again on Tuesday. Weird...

[andy10917]

but the damn swings are beating me into submission

Be careful what you wish for. Here are the past five days in Buffalo, NY:

Prediction: Snow___________Outcome: Snow
Prediction: Snow___________Outcome: Snow
Prediction: Snow___________Outcome: Snow
Prediction: No Snow________Outcome: Snow
Prediction: Snow___________Outcome: Snow

[Dchall_San_Antonio]

I must have a very cold hardy variety of St Augustine at this new house. We had temps in the mid 20s and it stayed green; however, for the past two weekends it dipped into the high to mid teens. This last weekend we had an hour at 14 degrees and many hours in the high teens. That turned it all tan. The grass I had in San Antonio would turn tan after a few hours in the high 20s. This week we're expecting temps to get back to the high 70s.

[scottcgrable]

Ran the rotary one last time to pick up pine needles and leaves.
Added some fuel shut off valves to all of my mowers and other small engines.
Ran the gas out of those engines in prep for winter.
Started thinking about the spring scalp

[Begotten]

Tried to convince my neighbor that there's no real correlation between the Mole in our yards and Mole Crickets. So many people get hung up on this because they have the word Mole in their name.

[mrmeaner]

Picked up all the dog poop, then mulched some leaves.

[Steverino]

Lots of leafy weed in the yard as I carried no pre-emergant through the winter. I used the weed hound to take out *all* the pao annua I could find (grassy weed). I'll get the other leafy weeds with an agressive scalp, pre-emergant, and spot Celsius later.... I just do not allow POA annua to go to seed if I can help it and the hound is the best way.... Took about an hour and a half...

[MarkV]

I checked on the progress of my glyphosate treatment that I put down about 10 days ago. Looks like a good start to me.

[basokc]

I decided to scalp my front yard since it is ridiculously warm today. I also decided to forgo any preemergent application due to a very mild and dry winter. I will also spread Yukon Bermudagrass seed in a test plot of common Bermudagrass to see if it will yield any results.

[MarkV]

I decided to scalp my front yard since it is ridiculously warm today. I also decided to forgo any preemergent application due to a very mild and dry winter. I will also spread Yukon Bermudagrass seed in a test plot of common Bermudagrass to see if it will yield any results.

Nice to see another OKC person in here. I'm down off of SW 134th.

Today was almost hot but we have a couple of lows in the 30's coming up too. So that's keeping me at bay on scalping.

[CH-Johnson]

Put down Prodiamine at 1/4 max rate on my 12k sq ft of Bermuda. Plan on aerating once it's in full swing growing, so I'll have to do another 1/4 rate again after I do.

[SACole]

I feel crazy but my Bermuda and zoysia are starting to green up. I ended last season with my rotary so I did a scalp on its lowest setting and then made one cut with my reel.

[Wes222]

This morning I sent some dirt to Logan Labs.

I've felt like I should have put down a pre-emergent about three weeks ago. Last week I saw some buds on the neighbors Bradford Pear and this week I saw a crab apple in full bloom.

Tonight, I took soil temps - at 4" the average reading was 61.9F. This would explain the dandelions and clover that are popping up. Despite that I feel like I'm too late, I went ahead and applied BCF turf fertilizer with Dimension 0.22% FG (0-0-7) using the Scott's Edgeguard Mini on setting 2-1/2. I pre-weighed the product and had about 1/4 lb. leftover after covering 13,500 square feet of turf. The setting seemed about right. Planning to reapply in late April or early May.

[MarkV]

I scalped the back yard, aerated, and put down some fertilizer, bug killer, and pre-m. I'm trying to get to the front yard on Friday.

I'm seeing a little green in the back yard since it faces south and gets more sun. Soil temps are right at 50F.

[mrmeaner]

putting down Pre- Emergent and spot spraying all current winter weeds