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« Reply #1100 on: July 13, 2018, 04:37:42 PM »
So whatever is your version of September in KS. Do it then


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« Reply #1101 on: July 13, 2018, 04:38:41 PM »
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« Reply #1102 on: July 13, 2018, 05:51:26 PM »
If you plant buffalo it needs to be in the hottest part of the summer.
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« Reply #1103 on: July 14, 2018, 12:43:42 PM »
Just moved. The new house has decent grass and a sprinkler system that works. It hasn't been taken care of for several years and there are some broad leaf weeds coming in spots. Can I spray them now? Would it do any good?

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« Reply #1104 on: July 14, 2018, 12:50:30 PM »
If you plant buffalo it needs to be in the hottest part of the summer.

apparently normal buffalo grass doesn't do great in california (which makes sense, seasons are inverted compared to the great plains), but there's a cultivar developed for california that manages betters.

downsides - it's only available as plugs, which i dunno.  also it sounds like it probably does get its ass kicked by bermuda - and there's bermuda everywhere around (and in) my lawn.

upsides - it looks great.  and the idea of only watering once a week and only mowing maybe 3-4 times a year seems incredible.


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« Reply #1105 on: July 14, 2018, 03:44:44 PM »
Just moved. The new house has decent grass and a sprinkler system that works. It hasn't been taken care of for several years and there are some broad leaf weeds coming in spots. Can I spray them now? Would it do any good?


I would think you could round up now. You going to seed in the fall anyway?


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Re: Lawn Care
« Reply #1106 on: July 14, 2018, 04:29:53 PM »
Some kid is charging $35 to mow lawns around here.

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« Reply #1107 on: July 14, 2018, 04:33:10 PM »
Just moved. The new house has decent grass and a sprinkler system that works. It hasn't been taken care of for several years and there are some broad leaf weeds coming in spots. Can I spray them now? Would it do any good?
this is my situation too. Crabgrass is coming in bad around the edges. Grass appears thin in quite a few spots in the middle(clippings covering the dirt).
Wasn't watered at all until i moved in around June. Been just trying to get it back greened up.   
I don't really want to kill everything and start fresh.
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« Reply #1108 on: July 14, 2018, 05:02:43 PM »
Your best off doing just that. The weed and feed and preventive treatment you do next spring should fix the crab grass until fall when you dethatch and then overseed.


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« Reply #1109 on: July 14, 2018, 05:03:16 PM »
Your best off doing just that. The weed and feed and preventive treatment you do next spring should fix the crab grass until fall when you dethatch and then overseed.


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Re: Lawn Care
« Reply #1110 on: July 14, 2018, 10:54:24 PM »
Your best off doing just that. The weed and feed and preventive treatment you do next spring should fix the crab grass until fall when you dethatch and then overseed.


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Do i dethatch and overseed this fall or next?
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« Reply #1111 on: July 15, 2018, 04:01:23 PM »
Just moved. The new house has decent grass and a sprinkler system that works. It hasn't been taken care of for several years and there are some broad leaf weeds coming in spots. Can I spray them now? Would it do any good?


I would think you could round up now. You going to seed in the fall anyway?


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So kill it all and start over?

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Re: Lawn Care
« Reply #1112 on: July 16, 2018, 09:46:45 AM »
how is round up still on the market?  i wouldn't touch that crap.


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Re: Lawn Care
« Reply #1113 on: July 16, 2018, 10:45:09 AM »
Just moved. The new house has decent grass and a sprinkler system that works. It hasn't been taken care of for several years and there are some broad leaf weeds coming in spots. Can I spray them now? Would it do any good?


I would think you could round up now. You going to seed in the fall anyway?


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So kill it all and start over?

dear god don't do that. just get spot sprat them and then hit them again in a week if they aren't dead. this summer has been brutal in terms of heat so the crabgrass preventer that people put down in march has burned off and now you are starting to see crabgrass etc especially in the hotter parts of your yard (around curb and sidewalks). spot spray and you're good. 

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Re: Lawn Care
« Reply #1114 on: July 16, 2018, 01:17:43 PM »
If you plant buffalo it needs to be in the hottest part of the summer.

apparently normal buffalo grass doesn't do great in california (which makes sense, seasons are inverted compared to the great plains), but there's a cultivar developed for california that manages betters.

downsides - it's only available as plugs, which i dunno.  also it sounds like it probably does get its ass kicked by bermuda - and there's bermuda everywhere around (and in) my lawn.

upsides - it looks great.  and the idea of only watering once a week and only mowing maybe 3-4 times a year seems incredible.


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That looks pretty great.  Plugs aren't bad if you aren't planting a huge area.  I would definitely kill the bermuda in the area you are going to plug and make sure you till up the ground to knock out the other vegetation.  You may have to get a herbicide made specifically for bermuda to kill it.  I've sprayed some with glyphosate before and it didn't totally kill it.....just stunted it for a bit.  Probably depends on the weather and breed of bermuda you are trying to get rid of.

 
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Re: Lawn Care
« Reply #1115 on: September 13, 2018, 06:16:26 PM »
Somewhere in this thread a stud poster recommended a battery powered trimmer from Lowe's. Man, I love that thing. Had it two or three summers. Finally killed the first spool of string.

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Re: Lawn Care
« Reply #1116 on: September 13, 2018, 08:57:49 PM »
Somewhere in this thread a stud poster recommended a battery powered trimmer from Lowe's. Man, I love that thing. Had it two or three summers. Finally killed the first spool of string.

My black and decker 70v lithium is still going strong after like 4 years on the same battery.  Trim, edge, and then blow it all off on one charge.


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Re: Lawn Care
« Reply #1117 on: June 28, 2019, 01:19:48 PM »

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« Reply #1118 on: June 28, 2019, 01:41:28 PM »
I've already been forced to mow more this year than all of last year. eff this rain
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Re: Lawn Care
« Reply #1119 on: October 08, 2019, 08:07:26 PM »
Last weekend, I planted some fescue in some bare spots around my lawn. How F'd am i with the 30 degree weather coming Friday and saturday night?
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« Reply #1120 on: October 08, 2019, 08:39:01 PM »
You should be OK.  Grass is just like wheat; it lies dormant during cold weather.  The seed will not sprout until you get a week or two of sunny warm weather, which is a good thing due to the sprouts are most vulnerable to cold/hot weather.   
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« Reply #1121 on: October 09, 2019, 10:04:19 AM »
You should be OK.  Grass is just like wheat; it lies dormant during cold weather.  The seed will not sprout until you get a week or two of sunny warm weather, which is a good thing due to the sprouts are most vulnerable to cold/hot weather.   

Thanks. wasn't sure how quick it sprouts. i let time get away from me this fall
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Re: Lawn Care
« Reply #1122 on: October 09, 2019, 10:40:33 AM »
If you don't get sprouts this fall, you'll want to skip the crabgrass treatment in the spring. Otherwise, you won't get your sprouts on the desired grass seeds.

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« Reply #1123 on: October 10, 2019, 09:15:41 AM »
mowed the lawn Tuesday in anticipation of this garbage weather. incred stud move on my part. :cool:

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« Reply #1124 on: October 10, 2019, 09:32:32 AM »
I still need to do my last run. Waited until Nov last year iirc
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