Lawn recovery

[john_eckels]

Scott's Weed & Feed with Halt's Crabgrass preventer right away if you can. Then Scott's Turfbuilder the rest of the year works for me. The crabgrass you have to get right away or it's a bugger all year.

Don't mind the Jeep. He didn't know any better when he was 2.

You have to use the crabbrass stuff before it sprouts, around the second week of March, in Ohio at least. For weeds, you need the Plus 2 fomula. Now is the right time for that. Slit seeding will plant more grass which will help choke out the crabgrass and weeds. I don't think you can fix a bad lawn in one season unless you tear it out and start over. Also, hit it with some grub killer around June.

 

[VFRMAN]

You have to use the crabbrass stuff before it sprouts, around the second week of March, in Ohio at least. For weeds, you need the Plus 2 fomula. Now is the right time for that. Slit seeding will plant more grass which will help choke out the crabgrass and weeds.

Hell, we just got rid of our snow a few weeks ago. I was actually a little late this year getting the Halt's on there. Hope for the best. My yard is only on it's 3rd year right now from seed. Pretty happy with it, but sod is sure a nice way to go for "instant yard."

Do you get voles in OH? Those little bastards reeked havoc again this winter. I'll be patching all over where the big drifts were and they took up residence. Any cures for them next year?

 

[-Spike-]

Do you get voles in OH? Those little bastards reeked havoc again this winter. I'll be patching all over where the big drifts were and they took up residence. Any cures for them next year?

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I wish I were you.

-Spike

 

[Weedhopper]

You have to use the crabbrass stuff before it sprouts, around the second week of March, in Ohio at least.



You are about three weeks ahead of us here in CT when it comes to warm weather. When I go out in March I am wearing long sleeves and everyone else is in short sleeves and tank tops.

Woody should put the pre-emergent down ASAP even though it is a little late, but maybe not too late in WI. Crabgrass germinates right thru the Summer. He may get a little, but not as bad. We put down a second application for problem customers around the end of May. Woody can do it mid June. Should help. Put the stuff down when the grass is dry. You want it to contact the soil.

If you can find Lebanon "Dimension" thats good stuff. Find it at a garden center.

 

[Trollhole]

Best way to find out what works in your area is to find someone down the street that has the same grass as you but it being in very good condition. Ask them. Most likely they will have better help than all of us. Mom and Pop garden store can also help.

Me before the kids started coming I'd lay out a pre emergant. Then about this time of year lay out some weed-n-feed. Reading the instructions helps. Then just watch the grass grow and water as needed. You can buy 2 or three metal head spinklers on spikes and put them in the ground and string a hose between them. Put that on an electric timer and program and forget. Then in the summer I put down 10 bags of pellitized lime over about 5000 sqft of grass. It's a lot but within 2 weeks the grass gets as green as can be. Then I do nothing the rest of the year except mow. Then in the winter I spray the grass with weed killer and kill any remaining weeds and then sand. Makes for a hell of a yard.

Forget the wife and the dog. Look at that grass! It was like carpet.

Oh yeah I have Bermuda grass so all what I said above won't help you any. Get the grass wet and put some weed-n-feed out and go drink a beer. Will work just fine.

Now with 1 kid and another on the way and a crapload of cruiser projects it looks like hell. Weeds everywhere. I'm putting some weed-n-feed when it will fimally stop raining.

 

[Cruiserdrew]

Artifical turf! It's going to be the rage in Kalifornia this summer when we have to stop watering our lawns!

No WE don't. You live in a desert and shouldn't have a lawn anyway. I live at the confluence of california's 2 largest river systems. Next you'll want some water for your golf course.


I f'n hate the lawn and if my wife didn't like green grass, it would be a drought adapted, no maintenance weed patch with Land Cruisers parked on it. Either that or concrete.

 

[FJ40_owner]

No WE don't. You live in a desert and shouldn't have a lawn anyway. I live at the confluence of california's 2 largest river systems. Next you'll want some water for your golf course.


I f'n hate the lawn and if my wife didn't like green grass, it would be a drought adapted, no maintenance weed patch with Land Cruisers parked on it. Either that or concrete.

But then your neighbors in your nice neighborhood would complain about the blight of all those cars...

In my county we produce all the water for the Delta and do not get one drop for ourselves.
The Hydro projects generate 100 mega watts daily and we do not receive one watt.
Don't get me started on all of LA's golf coarses.(SP?)

 

[Brentbba]

No WE don't. You live in a desert and shouldn't have a lawn anyway. I live at the confluence of california's 2 largest river systems. Next you'll want some water for your golf course.

WE will continue to take all YOUR water until you cecede and create your own state!

Golf courses are all going to be forced to use reclaimed water on the greens before too long. So much for the pristine greens we enjoy now. Reclaimed water has too high a salt content for growing good putting surfaces! It's ok for the fairways and rough. Our best option is to take the reclaimed water and treat it further to reduce that salt content. Just waiting to see how much fawking money that's going to cost us! Probably cheaper than paying the fines/penalties for overusage of potable water.

 

[Mace]

WE will continue to take all YOUR water until you cecede and create your own state!

Golf courses are all going to be forced to use reclaimed water on the greens before too long. So much for the pristine greens we enjoy now. Reclaimed water has too high a salt content for growing good putting surfaces! It's ok for the fairways and rough. Our best option is to take the reclaimed water and treat it further to reduce that salt content. Just waiting to see how much fawking money that's going to cost us! Probably cheaper than paying the fines/penalties for overusage of potable water.

Reclaimed water is a double edged sword..

If the sewage treatment facilities get return flow credits for their discharges, it sometimes makes less sense to water with reclaimed water.

But, it seems like a good idea to the environmentalists...

Also, look into just disposing the "stuff" that gets filtered out of the water... One of the reasons Desal in Cali is rarely a viable option

 

[Brentbba]

Course I belong to has a dual system right now - fresh water for greens and reclaimed for everything else. We have a very large lake that collects lots of golf balls and doubles as our reclaimed water storage facility. We've been informed that we may be 'forced' to use reclaimed for everything this year or look at very high rates for fresh water we do use. We're looking at alternatives and the only one seeming making sense right now is our own secondary reclamation facility for the reclaimed water we currently receive. No estimates on cost yet. Not looking forward to any of the choices. They all mean more $$ out of my pocket!

 

[D'Animal]

Reclaimed water is a double edged sword..

If the sewage treatment facilities get return flow credits for their discharges, it sometimes makes less sense to water with reclaimed water.

But, it seems like a good idea to the environmentalists...

Also, look into just disposing the "stuff" that gets filtered out of the water... One of the reasons Desal in Cali is rarely a viable option

But they are going forward with it anyway.

Desalination plant clears final California hurdle | Green Business | Reuters

 

[Mace]

Talk to me when the lawsuits are complete