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Nashville, TN
I have been paying a guy to fertilize and spray my yard. He fertilizes 6-12-20, 10% iron, T-zone, and tenacity. I know some of this is pellets and some is in liquid form. Is anyone here doing all this themselves? How do you apply the liquid herbicides? Do I need a fancy sprayer?
Quoted from woody76:I have been paying a guy to fertilize and spray my yard. He fertilizes 6-12-20, 10% iron, T-zone, and tenacity. I know some of this is pellets and some is in liquid form. Is anyone here doing all this themselves? How do you apply the liquid herbicides? Do I need a fancy sprayer?
No, just a $10 2 gallon garden sprayer. Fill it with the chemical and water, pump, and spray. Don't do it in the wind.
Wish cdnpinbacon would come back. Hope is OK.
Quoted from swampfire:Starting week 6 on the new Zoysia lawn, and it’s coming along well. I put down 10-10-10 fertilizer with an inch of water, and that seemed to helped some struggling areas. Unfortunately the crabgrass is also thriving. A lot of experts say not to put any weed control chemicals down for the first growing season. They say to keep the lawn mowed to under 2”, and water deeply once a week. This gives the Zoysia an advantage because the crabgrass doesn’t like being short, and it has shallower roots. But I’ve also read of people putting down Drive XLR8 on new Zoysia with no ill effects on the Zoysia. I might try it on a small hidden area of the lawn tonight as a test.
It looks real nice. I would err on the side of caution.
Okotoks, AB
Quoted from swampfire:We did a 65’ dry creek bed at the same time we sodded the front lawn, to solve our drainage problems. Our side yard gets water from 3 houses, so it can be a torrent. The guy charged me $2300 total, but I think it was worth it.
i just sharpened my zero turn blades and not even 5 minutes later i hear my Mrs, making gravel!! ggrrr i dont know how she manages to find rocks after 8 years !! maybe dogs?? maybe neighbor throwing them over?? i think im going to break out my TIG and find all my old drill bits and flow them onto the cutting edge and see if it keeps and edge longer. and walk the yard and find all the FN$%#$ rocks!!.
Quoted from ImNotNorm:Leveled the paving stones in the backyard. Making one capture system in the front and one in the back. Front will use gravity to fill a watering can....hence the base. Back will utilize a pump due to higher water usage in the backyard...hence no base.
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Backyard barrel is complete. Will shop around for a pond pump next.
It’s too quiet here! Here’s an update on my zoysia. I put down quinclorac on Saturday to kill the crabgrass, and it’s already turning yellow. Zoysia is supposed to be highly tolerant of it - we’ll see.
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Nothing worse for the blade and can be dangerous are rogue rocks. Always inspect the yard and clear debris or in my case dog shit mines before you cut.
Quoted from RyanStl:No, just a $10 2 gallon garden sprayer. Fill it with the chemical and water, pump, and spray. Don't do it in the wind.
Wish cdnpinbacon would come back. Hope is OK.
Had a meltdown..I'm ok now.
Quoted from swampfire:It’s too quiet here! Here’s an update on my zoysia. I put down quinclorac on Saturday to kill the crabgrass, and it’s already turning yellow. Zoysia is supposed to be highly tolerant of it - we’ll see.
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Spotted in your backyard Swamp
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What's the irrigation for?
Quoted from RyanStl:What's the irrigation for?
Tried to keep up with the heat
But gave up
Quoted from RyanStl:Yeah, you know it's bad when irrigation doesn't keep it alive. Maybe time for rock.
Or fake grass. You can actually have your dead grass dyed green.
Quoted from pinwiztom:What the opinion on watering during a prolonged heat wave?
>6days of 98+'F
Water just before sunrise, so that the water has a chance to soak in before it evaporates. And if your controller supports it, do it in cycles. Like; 10 minutes on, 15 minutes off, until you’ve reached the target. My lawn needs an inch a week, which is about an hour of sprinkler time. I’ve also read that it’s better to water deeply once or twice a week, vs. a little bit every day.
Quoted from pinwiztom:Also is it better to mow as normal or maybe skip a week
during heat wave (lawn not growing that fast anymore, as compared to 2 months ago)
I only mow when the lawn is looking shaggy. It’s nice when it slows down. Right now I’m mowing twice a week because of the crabgrass - that stuff grows like 4 inches a week.
Quoted from pinwiztom:What the opinion on watering during a prolonged heat wave?
>6days of 98+'F
Also is it better to mow as normal or maybe skip a week
during heat wave
(lawn not growing that fast anymore, as compared to 2 months ago)
Grass is in hibernation..continued drought will kill it without any water..even tho it's still brown, water like swamp said
Quoted from mcluvin:Or fake grass. You can actually have your dead grass dyed green.
faux grass replacement is impressive
Quoted from cdnpinbacon:faux grass replacement is impressive
Also I believe stale beer is a trick turning a lawn green, according to my buddy / daugter in law dad ,never tested however conversation not forgotten. I never have any stale beer to test this theory..I'll ask him again and test a few areas.
It’s been 7 days since I spread the quinclorac. Zoysia still looks great, and the crabgrass is slowly dying. Usually by now I’d have 3” of crabgrass sticking out over the lawn, this time when I mowed it was almost all Zoysia.
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My wife has given me a labor-intensive job to do. I’ve cut out all the 20-year-old bushes in this bed and bagged them. But now I’ve got to dig up all these *&!@ roots. She wants to make it into a flower bed. 10 shrubs removed, so I think I’m looking at 5 hours of digging.
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Quoted from swampfire:My wife has given me a labor-intensive job to do. I’ve cut out all the 20-year-old bushes in this bed and bagged them. But now I’ve got to dig up all these *&!@ roots. She wants to make it into a flower bed. 10 shrubs removed, so I think I’m looking at 5 hours of digging.
If that's what I think it is, you may find roots as big as your wrist. Granted, your's appear to be a bit smaller than my neighbor's, so maybe not. I'd cut them down to just below ground and drill a few holes in what's left for a good dose of Roundup. Then plant the flowers around them. Nature would eventually take care of those roots for ya. Good luck!
Quoted from swampfire:My wife has given me a labor-intensive job to do. I’ve cut out all the 20-year-old bushes in this bed and bagged them. But now I’ve got to dig up all these *&!@ roots. She wants to make it into a flower bed. 10 shrubs removed, so I think I’m looking at 5 hours of digging.
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Dig around base of bushes or tree under mine roots with small garden shovel exposing them.
Then cut roots with saw Zall (reciprocating saw ( your new best friend) ) and trunks will come out with ease!!!!
I went to visit some wealthy friends at their new home last night (4 car garage, 2-tier home theater, etc). About 6 months ago, the builder threw some dormant zoysia on top of the clay without tilling it or amending it. It’s looking really sad, and the soil is heavily compacted. He asked me what he should do, and I said “start over”. Fortunately it’s only about 800 square feet, so it shouldn’t be all that expensive (relative to the rest of the house).
Really made me appreciate our yard, and the prep work our installer did.
Quoted from swampfire:I went to visit some wealthy friends at their new home last night (4 car garage, 2-tier home theater, etc). About 6 months ago, the builder threw some dormant zoysia on top of the clay without tilling it or amending it. It’s looking really sad, and the soil is heavily compacted. He asked me what he should do, and I said “start over”. Fortunately it’s only about 800 square feet, so it shouldn’t be all that expensive (relative to the rest of the house).
Really made me appreciate our yard, and the prep work our installer did.
Lime Heavy Will help break down that clay and green the grass!!!!
Quoted from cdnpinbacon:Hummingbird are cool! Watched it zoom around me curious creatures.
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Aren’t they fun to watch!! I had some last year, but I haven’t seen any yet this year.
Quoted from JayDee:Oops, I grabbed the grass killer instead of the fertilizer again Actually, it’s not my lawn. This was down the street from a job I’m working on. I’d probably need therapy if I did this to my own lawn
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Front lawn update?
Quoted from swampfire:It’s been 7 days since I spread the quinclorac. Zoysia still looks great, and the crabgrass is slowly dying. Usually by now I’d have 3” of crabgrass sticking out over the lawn, this time when I mowed it was almost all Zoysia.
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Blade needs lifting 1/2 inch on 1st front yard pic but last pic grass height looks decent. Multiple cuts including diagonal not recommended cut it properly on The first pass to avoid stress.
Quoted from swampfire:I went to visit some wealthy friends at their new home last night (4 car garage, 2-tier home theater, etc). About 6 months ago, the builder threw some dormant zoysia on top of the clay without tilling it or amending it. It’s looking really sad, and the soil is heavily compacted. He asked me what he should do, and I said “start over”. Fortunately it’s only about 800 square feet, so it shouldn’t be all that expensive (relative to the rest of the house).
Really made me appreciate our yard, and the prep work our installer did.
Glad they turned out to know what they were doing. It was sketchy at first.
Quoted from cdnpinbacon:Blade needs lifting 1/2 inch on 1st front yard pic but last pic grass height looks decent. Multiple cuts including diagonal not recommended cut it properly on The first pass to avoid stress.
I’m only doing one pass each time with my manual reel mower. I’m mowing twice a week now, so I change up the direction. I’ll check my HOC but it’s high enough that it’s not scalping. Zoysia prefers to be 1-2”, better for the roots than 3-4”.
Quoted from woody76:I have been paying a guy to fertilize and spray my yard. He fertilizes 6-12-20, 10% iron, T-zone, and tenacity. I know some of this is pellets and some is in liquid form. Is anyone here doing all this themselves? How do you apply the liquid herbicides? Do I need a fancy sprayer?
I fertilize and spray myself to save money. Over-seeding, water and a high cut Should spare an unnecessary expense.
Some might think fall was coming early.
From the look of the debris on the lawn one would think
a wind storm might have blown thru, but there was hardly a breeze last night.
Chances are it is some angry blue jays biting off twigs and oak leaf clusters
in the localized branches above.
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20220801_085940 (resized).jpgQuoted from pinwiztom:Some might think fall was coming early.
From the look of the debris on the lawn one would think
a wind storm might have blown thru, but there was hardly a breeze last night.
Chances are it is some angry blue jays biting off twigs and oak leaf clusters
in the localized branches above.
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Try feeding the Blue Jays some corn, maybe they will leave the tree alone.
Quoted from mbwalker:Try feeding the Blue Jays some corn, maybe they will leave the tree alone.
My wife feeds the squirrels and birds regularly, a diet of corn, peanuts and sunflower seeds and other seed.
I think the Jays are just being A-Holes.
Or maybe on second thought, during the 100'F weeklong heat wave we had last week,
my wife did not set out the smorgasbord daily like she normally does.
So the jays may be pissed off and hungry and telling us to feed them or we will litter your lawn.
Quoted from pinwiztom:...So the jays may be pissed off and hungry and telling us to feed them or we will litter your lawn.
I think the Blue Jays at my feeder are the bullies on the block. Pretty much every other bird splits when they show up.
Quoted from mbwalker:I think the Blue Jays at my feeder are the bullies on the block. Pretty much every other bird splits when they show up.
They are aggressive and territorial. I almost ran over a baby struggling to cross my drive way years ago. I thought cool rescue and raise by an open cage. Worst decision I ever made.
Quoted from Nazz26:Extreme UV exposure today with a high of 91 degrees but the lawn needed a cut. Man…it was sweaty hot but I love the results of my labor..
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beautiful house and lawn!
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