Author Topic: Lawn Care (Read 113151 times)

steve dave · « **Reply #575 on:** July 27, 2015, 09:41:32 AM »

Kentucky Blue fwiw

slobber · « **Reply #576 on:** July 27, 2015, 09:41:51 AM »

Keep watering it. Mow often enough that you are cutting no more than 1/3 of the height off. This time of year it does grow slower. Heat stresses the hell out of it. I try to mow earlier in the morning and /or on days that u have watered. (These are the times when the stress is the least.)

Gonna win 'em all!

sys · « **Reply #577 on:** July 27, 2015, 09:58:38 AM »

i mowed yesterday for the first time in about 3 weeks. parts of the lawn hadn't grown hardly at all, and in other spots it was like a foot and a half tall.

slobber · « **Reply #578 on:** July 27, 2015, 10:19:47 AM »

Just now the tall parts! (And fix your irrigation system)

Gonna win 'em all!

sys · « **Reply #579 on:** July 27, 2015, 11:29:19 AM »

Quote from: slobber on July 27, 2015, 10:19:47 AM

Just now the tall parts! (And fix your irrigation system)

Gonna win 'em all!

it's only partly the irrigation system. it's also the sun/shade and different species of grass. it's mostly the latter two, although the tallest grass was where it gets runoff from water coming off the sidewalk.

Mikeyis4dcats · « **Reply #580 on:** July 30, 2015, 12:08:38 PM »

what is this crap, and how did it take over my yard in like 3 weeks?

The Big Train · « **Reply #581 on:** July 30, 2015, 12:25:37 PM »

it looks like grass

isn't your yard supposed to have grass

slobber · « **Reply #582 on:** July 30, 2015, 12:43:10 PM »

Quote from: Mikeyis4dcats on July 30, 2015, 12:08:38 PM

what is this crap, and how did it take over my yard in like 3 weeks?

Where do you live? Can you get a closer picture of the weed?
Looks like a version of crabgrass, but not certain.

Mikeyis4dcats · « **Reply #583 on:** July 30, 2015, 01:05:38 PM »

Quote from: slobber on July 30, 2015, 12:43:10 PM

Quote from: Mikeyis4dcats on July 30, 2015, 12:08:38 PM
what is this crap, and how did it take over my yard in like 3 weeks?

Where do you live? Can you get a closer picture of the weed?
Looks like a version of crabgrass, but not certain.

Topeka. I'll get a better pic tonight.

star seed 7 · « **Reply #584 on:** July 30, 2015, 01:06:53 PM »

I still haven't mowed the backyard since may

slobber · « **Reply #585 on:** July 30, 2015, 01:36:14 PM »

Quote from: Mikeyis4dcats on July 30, 2015, 01:05:38 PM

Quote from: slobber on July 30, 2015, 12:43:10 PM
Quote from: Mikeyis4dcats on July 30, 2015, 12:08:38 PM
what is this crap, and how did it take over my yard in like 3 weeks?

Where do you live? Can you get a closer picture of the weed?
Looks like a version of crabgrass, but not certain.

Topeka. I'll get a better pic tonight.

It also looks like goosegrass, but I don't think you should have a problem with that in T town. Look up "auricles" and "ligules" and then get a picture of them. If you get a good picture, we will hammer this thing out in no time.

Mikeyis4dcats · « **Reply #586 on:** July 30, 2015, 09:17:57 PM »

Some more photos
http://imgur.com/a/m61lo

Belvis Noland · « **Reply #587 on:** July 30, 2015, 09:42:52 PM »

Yessir, you've got urself a bad case of crab grass. Need to get urself some Ferti-lome Weedout With Q. Get the stuff specially designed for crab grass.

GoodForAnother · « **Reply #588 on:** July 30, 2015, 09:54:11 PM »

bought this beast today and now my life is so fantastic

http://m.homedepot.com/p/Ryobi-185-mph-510-CFM-Gas-Backpack-Blower-RY08420A/203312654

Asteriskhead · « **Reply #589 on:** July 30, 2015, 10:39:50 PM »

Quote from: libliblibliblibliblib on July 30, 2015, 01:06:53 PM

I still haven't mowed the backyard since may

poor sookie.

star seed 7 · « **Reply #590 on:** July 30, 2015, 11:12:48 PM »

she loves tall grass. she especially loves pooping in tall grass.

HerrSonntag · « **Reply #591 on:** July 31, 2015, 12:49:24 AM »

Quote from: slobber on July 30, 2015, 01:36:14 PM

Quote from: Mikeyis4dcats on July 30, 2015, 01:05:38 PM
Quote from: slobber on July 30, 2015, 12:43:10 PM
Quote from: Mikeyis4dcats on July 30, 2015, 12:08:38 PM
what is this crap, and how did it take over my yard in like 3 weeks?

Where do you live? Can you get a closer picture of the weed?
Looks like a version of crabgrass, but not certain.

Topeka. I'll get a better pic tonight.
It also looks like goosegrass, but I don't think you should have a problem with that in T town. Look up "auricles" and "ligules" and then get a picture of them. If you get a good picture, we will hammer this thing out in no time.

Thats just bermuda, in wetter times of the year it grows really broad leaves like that. Get rid of it now if you want a uniform seed all throughout your lawn because it will spread. It will mostly only move into places where your fescue has problems like really hot or dry areas. I don't mind it. It keeps to the places where i have trouble keeping green fescue. The downsides are that it grows much faster in the hot parts of the summer than fescue, so you have uneaven mowing, and it is completely dormant (brown) in winter, whereas your fescue doesn't.

slobber · « **Reply #592 on:** July 31, 2015, 08:23:38 AM »

It is not Bermuda.

Gonna win 'em all!

slobber · « **Reply #593 on:** July 31, 2015, 08:32:18 AM »

97% certain it is large crabgrass. If you tell me you didn't use a preemergent herbicide this spring, then I will confirm the other 3%. It really shouldn't be that bad if you used a preemergent. It is not easy to control at this stage. Suggestion above is a good attempt. Don't expect a miracle.

Gonna win 'em all!

Mikeyis4dcats · « **Reply #594 on:** July 31, 2015, 08:39:41 AM »

Quote from: slobber on July 31, 2015, 08:32:18 AM

97% certain it is large crabgrass. If you tell me you didn't use a preemergent herbicide this spring, then I will confirm the other 3%. It really shouldn't be that bad if you used a preemergent. It is not easy to control at this stage. Suggestion above is a good attempt. Don't expect a miracle.

Gonna win 'em all!

thats what pisses me off is I did and I usually dont, but maybe I did it too late.

Mikeyis4dcats · « **Reply #595 on:** July 31, 2015, 08:40:26 AM »

I've got some Image. I'll mix it up and apply.

Belvis Noland · « **Reply #596 on:** July 31, 2015, 08:42:08 AM »

My last lawn was Bermuda. is that stuff creeping out horizontally with really long stringers? that's what my Bermuda did.

def looks like crabgrass to me.

Mikeyis4dcats · « **Reply #597 on:** July 31, 2015, 08:56:23 AM »

Quote from: Belvis Noland on July 31, 2015, 08:42:08 AM

My last lawn was Bermuda. is that stuff creeping out horizontally with really long stringers? that's what my Bermuda did.

def looks like crabgrass to me.

it is almost in rows in some spots, like along my mowing path. it is wierd.

steve dave · « **Reply #598 on:** July 31, 2015, 09:01:55 AM »

Quote from: Mikeyis4dcats on July 31, 2015, 08:56:23 AM

Quote from: Belvis Noland on July 31, 2015, 08:42:08 AM
My last lawn was Bermuda. is that stuff creeping out horizontally with really long stringers? that's what my Bermuda did.

def looks like crabgrass to me.

it is almost in rows in some spots, like along my mowing path. it is wierd.

because you're spreading it around when you mow it. mow around it and hose it down with some sort of poison until it dies.

source: grew up on a cow farm

Institutional Control · « **Reply #599 on:** July 31, 2015, 09:02:52 AM »

I like that HerrSonntag has convinced himself that his crabgrass problem is really just mutant bermuda.

Author Topic: Lawn Care (Read 113151 times)

The Big Train