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OT: Any lawn nuts here?

Are these the "lawn nuts" you are referring to?
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First Ct AG Ex St. Windsor for soil test. Lots of LIME 100 lb ea. fall and spring . Hart's Wethersfield for Premium Blue Grass Seed (Golf Course Level). Seed and overseed. Irrigation System.
 
Damn @temery your lawn looks great. Mine looks like poop. Loads of crabgrass and areas of dry hard soil.
 
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Charliebball said:
I've given up on my front lawn.....moved to all bushes and tall grasses.....and lots of rocks...
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I recomment the Vegas or mod approach to lawns. Either pave it with Green painted Asphault or cover it with stone covered plastic sheet. No watering (save the water it is not unlimited) save the moving, lawn guys, town complaining you are using too much water.
Same goes fpr pools, my happiest day was the day it was filled in. Chemicals unsafe for humans are used to keep it safe for humans??? Go figure??
 
sledog said:
Bonide Ultra Weed Beater kills almost everything in the lawn - except the grass. Works for me.

One side of my lawn craps out by 4th of July every year. Can set your watch by it. I'm considering reseeding using Pearl's Premium grass seed around Labor Day. I'm sure there are others (Johnathan Green Black Beauty?) that claim same, but Pearls is genetically modified to grow deep (12") roots, thicken (suppresses weeds), needs very little water, needs fertilizer only once a year, grows slowly, and needs to be cut only once per month. Too good to be true? Some reviews are negative, but I'll find out. I'm in NJ, and the closest place that carries are some Costco in CT. May need to make special trip as the on-line shipping fee is outrageous.

Lawn and Grass Seed for Ultra Low Maintenance Lawns Pearl's Premium
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I used Pearl once, it is truly crap.
 
Tom’s lawn looks awesome. My lawn usually looks pretty good but been too dry this summer. Showers have gone north or south of us numerous times the last couple months. Finally, got some meaningful rain today.
 
CL82 said:
Did it brown up over the winter?
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It did not germinate well and it’s high priced. I think after years of turf wars in my yard it’s all about having good thick organic soil and plenty of water all the time. Those sound easy but they are not actually.
 
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temery said:
I'm going start from scratch in the fall, but I'll be putting in a sprinkler system.

Seems as though any time I have work done, their trucks tear up my lawn. Their cosmetic repair look ok for a while, but the damage seems to be premature. Really starting to tick me off.
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Tell them to put down plywood to drive over next time.
 
sledog said:
Bonide Ultra Weed Beater kills almost everything in the lawn - except the grass. Works for me.

I advocated Pearls Premium 2-3 years ago. It took hold, and the grass actually grew for the first time in years!!

Also had soil tested by Rutgers Agric. They rcmd a ton of lime since the soil was very acid. So put a s-load on grass, but spaced in time. Lawn took! This year delivered a LOT of rain, and the dead-lawn-by July-4th syndrome didn't hit this year. So who knows which contribution worked? But it's August, and the lawn is thick and wonderful. First time in years.

Bonide Ultra or Round-up Lawn (??) work well as above. If you don't have many 'crabs', carefully pull them out instead. Aug is crab month, although the Zodiac says it's late June to late July.
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noeynox said:
Any advice for white clover? I let my lawn grow out for two weeks to keep from watering it as much and had too many damn bees after those little white flowers.

Thanks.
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Got 6hat too, much to the delight of 3 rabbits and 2 woodchucks who my wife adores, Go figure. However, Bonide Ultra, or equiv, will take care of the clover. But hurry as the fall seeding, which you may need, season is approaching.

Interesting on clover. A 'Yellowstone' episode a few weeks ago showed Yellowstone cattle dying from eating clover that was secretly dumped on the ranch. So I wondered, why are the Yellowstone cattle dying, but the rabbits and chucks thriving eating that stuff?? Turns out that flowering clover is sweet, etc, but dead clover produces blood thinner coumadin / warfarin in the decay process. The cattle bled out!
 
NC_Uconn_Fan said:
Here's mine from last week.View attachment 45721
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can't tell whats under the trees from the pic. I recently learned here, that there is something called 'exploding mulch,' so if that's mulch, you gonna need some flack jackets and helmets just to admire that purdy lawn up close and personal. or so I've been told.
 
sledog said:
Got 6hat too, much to the delight of 3 rabbits and 2 woodchucks who my wife adores, Go figure. However, Bonide Ultra, or equiv, will take care of the clover. But hurry as the fall seeding, which you may need, season is approaching.

Interesting on clover. A 'Yellowstone' episode a few weeks ago showed Yellowstone cattle dying from eating clover that was secretly dumped on the ranch. So I wondered, why are the Yellowstone cattle dying, but the rabbits and chucks thriving eating that stuff?? Turns out that flowering clover is sweet, etc, but dead clover produces blood thinner coumadin / warfarin in the decay process. The cattle bled out!
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That post was 3 years old. I conquered the white clover in the front yard which is what i cared about but i do have rabits and chucks in the backyard. The chucks are multiplying and becoming a nuisance. Thinking of getting varmint riffle since nothing else has worked. Pop a couple caps in their butt and see if they bounce. Do you think it will work?
 
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HuskyHawk said:
Damn @temery your lawn looks great. Mine looks like poop. Loads of crabgrass and areas of dry hard soil.
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Speaking of poop: On any given day I have a dozen or two turkeys in my yard. I swear their droppings are helping more than anything I've done.
 
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temery said:
I love my new pond, but those who delivered the rocks and stones tore the hell out of my lawn. They filled and reseeded, but nothing but crabgrass is growing.

Can crabgrass be killed this time of year (without killing the actual lawn)?
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I've always been told by landscape guys that fall is the time to attack your lawn. Crabgrass doesn't do well in cooler weather. Kill it with a chemical along with other weeds and rake it away. Then over seed.
This is what they tell me but over half my lawn is crabgrass and I've come to accept it.
 
Purple Stein said:
Never underestimate the power of feces.
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On that note - anyone else use milorganite? I discovered it this year, and it’s seemed to have helped my soil. I’m most interested in how it might help overseeding this fall.
 
pepband99 said:
On that note - anyone else use milorganite? I discovered it this year, and it’s seemed to have helped my soil. I’m most interested in how it might help overseeding this fall.
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Yes. It's good stuff. I think I need to go back to organic. Over time it leads to healthier soil. Don't expect miracles in the short term. For overseeding a compost tea, soil amendment or aeration often helps.

@Danzz Crabgrass is an annual. The first frost will kill it all. That's why my lawn fills in and looks spectacular in October. Plus bluegrass and fine fescues that we have here in New England are cool weather grasses. Crabgrass leaves seeds when and then those don't germinate in spring until the soil temp reaches 55 degrees for a few days in a row.
 
You northerners are so damn lucky that you don't battle bermuda grass. I strive mightily to keep a fescue lawn going in Tennessee. The neighbors have given up and are just letting the Bermuda take over. Fescue is great from March to June. It struggles in July and August as the Bermuda tries to take over the lawn. Aerate and re-seed in October to prepare for another battle next year. The beauty is a green lawn throughout the winter vs. the brown of Bermuda grass.
 
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I am looking for recommendations for a company that does lawn aerations in the Manchester area.
 
full on grass nut here. not in a fertilize and obsess way, but in an experimental and hobby way. on that journey and completely by accident, I passively encouraged a small patch of zoysia to 'run free' over the past 1/2 dozen or so years, and now it's up to about a half acre, starting from around a couple hundred square feet. nothing done to it ever, I just let it continue to expand. the stuff is amazing. dense, soft, impervious to weeds, it's either a beautiful green or a 'sleeping yellowish.' it also grows slowly and definitely requires less mowing. it's recent success here feels like a reflection of the climate change, but i'm not certain that's the reason. whatever, the stuff is fantastic.
 
ClifSpliffy said:
full on grass nut here. not in a fertilize and obsess way, but in an experimental and hobby way. on that journey and completely by accident, I passively encouraged a small patch of zoysia to 'run free' over the past 1/2 dozen or so years, and now it's up to about a half acre, starting from around a couple hundred square feet. nothing done to it ever, I just let it continue to expand. the stuff is amazing. dense, soft, impervious to weeds, it's either a beautiful green or a 'sleeping yellowish.' it also grows slowly and definitely requires less mowing. it's recent success here feels like a reflection of the climate change, but i'm not certain that's the reason. whatever, the stuff is fantastic.
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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.
 
UConnRock said:
You northerners are so damn lucky that you don't battle bermuda grass. I strive mightily to keep a fescue lawn going in Tennessee. The neighbors have given up and are just letting the Bermuda take over. Fescue is great from March to June. It struggles in July and August as the Bermuda tries to take over the lawn. Aerate and re-seed in October to prepare for another battle next year. The beauty is a green lawn throughout the winter vs. the brown of Bermuda grass.
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I have a patch of that crap in my yard. Can't get rid of it without basically roundup the area and resod
 
temery said:
I love my new pond, but those who delivered the rocks and stones tore the hell out of my lawn. They filled and reseeded, but nothing but crabgrass is growing.

Can crabgrass be killed this time of year (without killing the actual lawn)?
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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.

 
BIGMAC said:
I am looking for recommendations for a company that does lawn aerations in the Manchester area.
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Just started using The Lawn Doctor. So far so good, they know their stuff. They are doing a core aeration & overseeding for us in a couple weeks.
 
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