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Offline Benja

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Re: Lawn Care
« Reply #25 on: April 22, 2014, 06:27:23 PM »
I mow my own lawn.

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« Reply #26 on: April 22, 2014, 06:37:48 PM »
my yard is the worst.  Looks like crap.  Come by sometime and see my shitty piece of crap yard.  I hate.

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Re: Lawn Care
« Reply #27 on: April 22, 2014, 07:34:46 PM »
Nice yards are overrated, just keep it mowed and it looks fine
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« Reply #28 on: April 22, 2014, 08:01:09 PM »
im not a lawn guy but having read through this thread at a visceral distance, the answer, it appears, as it is with most things, is the more chemicals, the better


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Re: Lawn Care
« Reply #29 on: April 22, 2014, 08:06:04 PM »
it's comforting to think man has invented chemicals capable of killing select weeds one at a time without hurting others or causing birth defects or cancer to your children and pets as they frolicked within nature's man made playground aka your front yard


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Re: Lawn Care
« Reply #30 on: April 22, 2014, 08:17:36 PM »
tobytobin.com

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I've done it both ways, DIY, and hiring someone.  To maintain I do a split. 

_33 post up some pics.  No matter which way you go it can probably look at lot better by this winter, and then really good next summer.

I'll try to post some pics tomorrow.

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Re: Lawn Care
« Reply #31 on: April 22, 2014, 08:49:54 PM »
im not a lawn guy but having read through this thread at a visceral distance, the answer, it appears, as it is with most things, is the more chemicals, the better

and water. lots of water. I do the bare minimum to not be "that guy" in my neighborhood and have the bad yard. ten minutes per zone every other day in the summer if no rain. crabgrass preventer and then later spot spray. not that tough but still annoying.

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« Reply #32 on: April 22, 2014, 09:02:30 PM »
Some good advice in here. You can still make your yard look good this year. Probably will require a couple extra vacation days. Might post extensive info later on. Need to know where you live. Also, this might be industry related to my Canadian friend.


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Re: Lawn Care
« Reply #33 on: April 22, 2014, 09:11:55 PM »
I agree with Dobbs.  Not all is lost.

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Re: Lawn Care
« Reply #34 on: April 22, 2014, 09:15:00 PM »
Sounds like Belvis, Emo, and their friend Toby are in the pocket of BIG GRASS. That plan looks like it would work just fine, but also like it's super labor intensive and expensive.

If you are interested in something easier and/or want to go organic, the guy from the radio show You Bet Your Garden has a million lawn-related links.

This article seems to address your specific issue: http://www.gardensalive.com/article.asp?ai=544

This page has a bunch of other articles: http://www.gardensalive.com/article.asp?ai=492#G  Just CTRL+F for "lawn" or "grass" and you'll see a million different topics, though a lot of the advice is the same.

His advice basically boils down to a few things:

1) Finding the right type of grass for your climate is important.
2) Getting a mulching mower, it will feed your lawn throughout the year.
3) Keeping your grass at 3" or higher helps to avoid weeds and lets you mow less, since the grass will grow much slower. (I know BIG GRASS and BIG MOWER says this is too high, but it works.)
4) Apply corn gluten meal in the Spring and compost whenever it's appropriate for your specific type of grass.

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Re: Lawn Care
« Reply #35 on: April 22, 2014, 09:16:28 PM »
I spread the pre emergent 2 weekends ago and it's working pretty good.  Dropping ortho. Weed begone  on a few random d'lions and we look pretty good. 

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Re: Lawn Care
« Reply #36 on: April 22, 2014, 09:18:49 PM »
Toby on Saturday mornings 980 kmbz.  It'll change ur life.

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Re: Lawn Care
« Reply #37 on: April 22, 2014, 09:23:33 PM »
Love watching most people that try to go organic...especially when they are starting from the crap storm described herein. Full disclosure: I am not anti organic, but I am anti 'the message' organic preaches.


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Re: Lawn Care
« Reply #38 on: April 22, 2014, 09:30:21 PM »
So dobbs works for trugreen.
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Re: Lawn Care
« Reply #39 on: April 22, 2014, 09:36:45 PM »
plant it in mint.  water and mow it like it was grass.
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Re: Lawn Care
« Reply #40 on: April 22, 2014, 09:37:11 PM »
Yeah, if you need it to look passable now, verticut a lot, seed heavy, spread compost, water daily and use GolfCourse fertilizer every two weeks. 

Problem here is that golf course supposedly isn't the best at establishing roots and your new seed will get a nice tall blade on it just in time for it to be mowed three or four times before KS heat kicks in.  Then due to the lack of a solid root system you will be watering your ass off every other day trying to keep the slender tender blade from drying out and dying.    You can do it, but will spend a lot on water and Golf course and still lose some if not a bunch of it only to reseed again in the fall.

Also, if you are all in for this now, get a metal garden rake and some Advil and go rake as much thatch and crap out of the yard now.  Try to scratch the lawn heavily to expose soil below and break it up slighly before starting the veritcutting.  Bag up the thatch and weeds that come up.  This will likely make you wish you were dead if your lawn is of any size at all.

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Re: Lawn Care
« Reply #41 on: April 22, 2014, 09:50:19 PM »
TruGreen...LoL


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« Reply #42 on: April 22, 2014, 11:32:29 PM »
TruGreen...LoL


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« Reply #43 on: April 23, 2014, 07:36:18 AM »
TruGreen...LoL


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Re: Lawn Care
« Reply #44 on: April 23, 2014, 07:58:26 AM »
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Re: Lawn Care
« Reply #45 on: April 23, 2014, 08:09:24 AM »
I'm going to till up my front yard and bring in some St Augustine sod.  My live oak just doesn't allow the bermuda in my front yard to get enough sun.

Is tilling it up before putting down the sod all I need to do or I need to fertilize it too?

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Re: Lawn Care
« Reply #46 on: April 23, 2014, 08:10:20 AM »
getting new sod at the new house in like 3 weeks. what do I need to do to it?

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« Reply #47 on: April 23, 2014, 08:22:26 AM »
getting new sod at the new house in like 3 weeks. what do I need to do to it?
Water it. Super easy!

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« Reply #48 on: April 23, 2014, 08:27:23 AM »
Oh wow.  I guess you have to be named steve dave to get any helpful advice around here.  Thanks, dobber.

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« Reply #49 on: April 23, 2014, 08:27:55 AM »
getting new sod at the new house in like 3 weeks. what do I need to do to it?
Water it. Super easy!

is there a nationwide company for the fertilizing/aerating/etc. that I should use or is a local place better?