Lawn Care

[CNS]

I did buy the pull behind aerator for like $175. Will be assembling it this wknd and doing my  best to then not aerate my invisible fence.

[IPA4Me]

Pay Scotts lawn or true green for weed control.   It's virtually the same price as buying your own and diy

I have a 1.6 acre lot with some woods in the back. Let's call it an acre of lawn.

$20 three times a year for weed control.
$40 twice a year for fertilizer.
$140 total for a pretty nice lawn and DIY satisfaction.

What are you being charged annually? How big is your lawn?

I hope you are going to a JDL store to buy what you can there. With an acre, you can use a bit larger package size for a lot less money. Based on what you are saying for cost, I would assume you are going somewhere like that.


Gonna win 'em all!

Thanks for the tip. I'll check some larger volume buys at the beginning of next season.

[_33]

I get super on top of lawn stuff in spring and then treat it like a chore in summer.  Ugh.

Yeah gets really tiresome by late summer/fall.  It's like OK grass and weeds I get it, you love to grow, just get lost you idiots.

[Mikeyis4dcats]

fairy ring control....go!

[slobber]

fairy ring control....go!

Need to see what is registered for residential use. Will get back to you.


Gonna win 'em all!

[sys]

Yes, I know it is in ryegrass, but note the timing.
http://www2.gcsaa.org/gcm/2001/aug01/08suppress.html

all right, i'll double down until it gets cold and see if something can get accomplished.

[IPA4Me]

Thank you. Good news. Spectracide has 2,4-D and salt of dicamba. Just happen to have two quarts ready to go.

Make certain lespedeza is on that label. I don't want you wasting your time. Looks under "Weeds Controlled"

Lespedeza is browning nicely in most areas. No plans to overseed this year. Would you hammer it again after three or four weeks or would overseeding be a better course around October 1?

[steve dave]

mowed my lawn diagnol (sp?) this weekend. 

[IPA4Me]

mowed my lawn diagnol (sp?) this weekend. 

Like a boss. I like the way diagonal looks from the curb.

[SkinnyBenny]

If you have a tiny New Orleans yard I bet diagonal looks weird.

Is Husqvarna any good? Haven't ever heard of them because I've been out of the lawnmower game for about ten years and they seem like a newfangled brand or something. Name's weird. Probably gonna go Toro but just thought I would ask.

[CNS]

If you have a tiny New Orleans yard I bet diagonal looks weird.

Is Husqvarna any good? Haven't ever heard of them because I've been out of the lawnmower game for about ten years and they seem like a newfangled brand or something. Name's weird. Probably gonna go Toro but just thought I would ask.

They make good chainsaws.   

[Mikeyis4dcats]

If you have a tiny New Orleans yard I bet diagonal looks weird.

Is Husqvarna any good? Haven't ever heard of them because I've been out of the lawnmower game for about ten years and they seem like a newfangled brand or something. Name's weird. Probably gonna go Toro but just thought I would ask.

Husqvarna is one of the main mower manufacturers.  They make the nicer Craftsmans, Ariens, Poulan, and a few others.

[slobber]

fairy ring control....go!

Anything with a strobilurin will prevent it. Tougher to cure.

Look for trifloxystrobin, azoxystrobin...I think they will all end in strobin as the active ingredient. Not sure what you will find at Lowes/Home Depot. At a JDL type store, look for Armada (brand name).

(sorry, I forgot about this question.)

[slobber]

Thank you. Good news. Spectracide has 2,4-D and salt of dicamba. Just happen to have two quarts ready to go.

Make certain lespedeza is on that label. I don't want you wasting your time. Looks under "Weeds Controlled"

Lespedeza is browning nicely in most areas. No plans to overseed this year. Would you hammer it again after three or four weeks or would overseeding be a better course around October 1?

If you have healthy looking turf and no issues with poor soil quality, then hit the lespedeza again.

However, aeration and overseeding can improve soil structure and overall health of your lawn. The best (in my opinion, only) time to aerate and overseed is in the fall. If you think you want to do that, then don't use any more 2, 4-D this fall. You can always take the broadleaves (lespedeza) out next year.

[IPA4Me]

Thanks. I'll buy you a beer sometime when our travel paths cross.

[Frankenklein]

If you have a tiny New Orleans yard I bet diagonal looks weird.

Is Husqvarna any good? Haven't ever heard of them because I've been out of the lawnmower game for about ten years and they seem like a newfangled brand or something. Name's weird. Probably gonna go Toro but just thought I would ask.

Husqvarna is one of the main mower manufacturers.  They make the nicer Craftsmans, Ariens, Poulan, and a few others.

Motorcycles too

[SkinnyBenny]

Link me to the best regular Joe backyard hose in the world. Go.

[Frankenklein]

mowed my lawn diagnol (sp?) this weekend. 

I bet that look ties in nicely with your chamfered drywall corners

[Mikeyis4dcats]

Link me to the best regular Joe backyard hose in the world. Go.

get a craftsman all rubber....lifetime warranty

[slobber]

mowed my lawn diagnol (sp?) this weekend. 

Oh man!


Gonna win 'em all!

[IPA4Me]

It's about that time. 18"of snow a week ago. Ground is saturated.  Sunny and 65F today with plenty of warm weather in the forecast. Should see some green in the lawn soon.

[WildcatNkilt]

OK friends.  I'm about to go Bill Murray on my back yard.  I have moles!  I've been fighting them since early fall.  These fuckers even made their presence known during the winter! 

I've tried smoke bombs (only deterred them for a short amount of time), poison pellets, and traps.  I'm using traps right now and so far no luck.  My next and last effort before I dig up my back yard will be the poison gummy worms that look like grubs.

I use GrubEx every year.  I think the biggest problem is my back yard backs up to a berm.  The tunnels all come from the berm.  I'm thinking about throwing down Grub killer and GrubEx around the berm and outside my property line.  My neighbors who also back up to the berm are having problems as well.

Anyone have success stories?  I really love my yard and this is awful to witness. 

[HerrSonntag]

Materials:

1) Lawn chair
2) Beer
3) Shovels (x3)

Steps:

1) Walk all over your yard, follow each tunnel stepping on it and stomping the tunnels down.  All of them
2) Sit down and enjoy your beer, it may be a while (don't get too paked, the dirty work has not yet begun)
3)  After a time, you will notice tunnels previously stomped are popping back up.  This is where your moles are.
4) Drive a shovel into each end of the tunnel that has popped back up, trapping the mole in a finite space.
5) Work your way between the two points with something hard and sharp, do what must be done.

http://pestkill.org/moles/getting-rid-of-moles/

[puniraptor]

im starting to see some green

WHEN DO I WEEDNFEED? also i got weednbugs due to a chigger problem last year

when do i do those in relation to each other?

[ben ji]

Help ben ji make his yard "Pop".

Front yard is about 3/4 thick bermuda grass that is fine but the 1/4 of the yard closest to the street is infested with all sorts of crap(Weeds/clover/random grasses/bermuda). It looks fine in the summer but in the spring its covered dandelions. Last year I just mowed the yard about twice a week to keep it respectable but something needs to be done.

Thick Bermuda


Transition to shitty part


Shitty part

My questions-

1. Is there a way I can encourage the bermuda grass to take it that portion of the lawn back over without tilling it up and reseeding it?

2. If so what steps should I take to do this.