OT: Any lawn nuts here?

[ClifSpliffy]

I had copious amounts of mushrooms popping up last year. This year, I had none and the guy in this video showed me how to get rid of them.

The video is a step by step guide on how to handle crab grass. I need to find my sprayer and take care of the crab grass in my front lawn lawn in the coming weeks as well. Then I'm going to have my lawn core aerated and over seeded...at least in the front.

don't kid urself. it's not a mushroom year. at least not yet so far. most likely because 'no snow, no ____ (fill in the blank).

 

[ClifSpliffy]

You're growing Zoysia in New England? I mean, it will handle summer, but should be the opposite of Bluegrass/Fine Fescue/Rye in greening up really late and turning brownish in the fall.

there is a 'hard' climate line in southern new england, running from approximately new haven area up to approximately plymouth, massachusetts, and sliding ever so noticeably wnw. I call it the 'blizzard line,' with most of the epic dumps around or near it. im ese of it, in a coastal town with elevation between 90 and 230, so I get tastes of both the predominant salt water and then upland climates. literally. eg. 'it's snowing buckets at chez clif, but the sun is screaming at route one!' is not an unusual event. new london's climate has been steadily sliding towards something more like baltimore. check the data, its obvious. to that end, it kinda makes sense that the zoysia patch is so vibrant. ol' sam Clemens had it right about the weather around Connecticut, 'if you don't like it, just wait five minutes.' now more than ever. I've got a five year patch of brown turkey figs in the ground with no care, protection, or maintenance whatsover, that dies back every year, regrows, and gave its first figs last year. up next? palm trees, proally the kind that grows in england. heck, uvm is growing experimental rice up there, so why not?

 

[UConnRock]

I have a patch of that crap in my yard. Can't get rid of it without basically roundup the area and resod

I use Turflon Ester, go a little over the recommended amount and it will control and sometimes kill bermuda. Need to be patient and space applications every 3 weeks for a couple of months and it does the job.

 

[Mano]

My backyard abuts the neighbor’s front yard (corner lot). Before we bought the house 5 years ago they must’ve laid down zoysia in their yard. It is slowly taking over my backyard. It chokes out all the other grass, weeds, fills in any grassless spots, and looks beautiful doing it. Other than staying yellow a little late into spring, it’s incredible. I wish the rest of my lawn were the same.

- Soft and thick in Wethersfield.