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re: 2022 Lawn thread - Post your pics, updates, questions, etc.
Posted on 4/16/22 at 10:18 am to Puffoluffagus
Posted on 4/16/22 at 10:18 am to Puffoluffagus
What is going on with my neighbors grass? Can’t tell if it’s growing or not but the dirt is pretty compacted and dry.
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Old widowed lady so I’m wanting to offer to remedy the issue if I can find solution. I know it’ll need some sod but I don’t want to put any down until I identify and treat the underlying issue.
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Old widowed lady so I’m wanting to offer to remedy the issue if I can find solution. I know it’ll need some sod but I don’t want to put any down until I identify and treat the underlying issue.
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Posted on 4/16/22 at 11:48 am to CalcuttaTigah
Could be the water meter leaking, leaving the area damp enough to provide root rot. It's almost a perfect circle which is why I guessed that.
Could be fungi, but the pattern is typically irregular.
Could be fungi, but the pattern is typically irregular.
Posted on 4/16/22 at 5:01 pm to CalcuttaTigah
How long as it been like that? Looks like old take all patch.
Posted on 4/16/22 at 5:37 pm to ronk
Moved in back in September so at least that long. The dirt beneath is rock hard but I suspect the whole lawn is.
Posted on 4/16/22 at 11:17 pm to CalcuttaTigah
Rock hard dirt doesn’t make grass vanish. Find a dead runner and look for black (gray at this point) lesions.
Posted on 4/17/22 at 8:12 am to ronk
Anybody have any thoughts on the pitch of mower blades on a zero turn?
Just picked up a “new to me” mower. Part of performing all the initial maintenance, including changing the blades and leveling/setting deck height.
What are the thoughts on blade pitch? Most manufacturers recommend a slight rake, where the front is 1/8” - 1/4” lower than the back. But Gravely/Ariens notes the following:
Just picked up a “new to me” mower. Part of performing all the initial maintenance, including changing the blades and leveling/setting deck height.
What are the thoughts on blade pitch? Most manufacturers recommend a slight rake, where the front is 1/8” - 1/4” lower than the back. But Gravely/Ariens notes the following:
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IMPORTANT: Pitching the front of the blades lower than the rear provides a balance between cut quality and the power needed to cut grass. Certain cutting conditions require the deck rear to be pitched lower than the front. Positioning the deck this way requires more engine power but can provide better cut quality.
Posted on 4/19/22 at 8:17 am to LSUtigerME
For my experts here, is this burweed?
Also, let’s say I had a mini cotton field in the back of my lot. Are temps high enough to use MSMA on it?
Posted on 4/19/22 at 9:28 am to TigerVizz87
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For my experts here, is this burweed?
Yes - it is burweed, can’t answer the question on MSMA, no experience with it, and I think you know the label restriction for residential use (for the benefit others that may not know).
This post was edited on 4/19/22 at 10:51 am
Posted on 4/19/22 at 12:17 pm to CrawDude
Seems to me that Burweed has been worse than years passed. I laid down Prodiamine in splits (Oct/Mar) and have Burweed and some form of Lespedesa looking weed (doesn’t have the stiff stick branch that I’m used to) in various spots of the yard.
Sprayed Atrazine Saturday. Hoping to see it start yellowing soon but so far both weeds are giggling at me.
Sprayed Atrazine Saturday. Hoping to see it start yellowing soon but so far both weeds are giggling at me.
Posted on 4/19/22 at 12:50 pm to ELLSSUU
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Seems to me that Burweed has been worse than years passed. I laid down Prodiamine in splits (Oct/Mar) and have Burweed and some form of Lespedesa looking weed (doesn’t have the stiff stick branch that I’m used to) in various spots of the yard.
That seems to be the case, me included.
It appears from the literature I read that the best lawn pre-emergents to target lawn burweed are Simazine or Isoxaben (Gallery). Prodiamine, Dimension and Specticle are excellent lawn pre-emergents but they do not control every lawn weed. Those with severe lawn burweed issues probably need to consider using Simazine or Isoxaben as a fall/winter pre-emergent.
This post was edited on 4/19/22 at 10:28 pm
Posted on 4/19/22 at 1:07 pm to CrawDude
I had a good bit of burweed in my lawn this spring as well. But not as much as years past. I’m assuming the fall prodiamine application may have helped. 2 applications of atrazine this spring smoked the rest and none of them seemed to ever make it to seed. With any luck that’ll translate to even less next year.
ETA: i took a couple of pictures after mowing yesterday. I sprayed my second round of atrazine about a week and a half ago. In the first picture you can still see some weeds present, but they’re yellowing. I’m hoping I can get the St Aug to continue spreading and get the rest of my yard to look more like this. Still a work in progress.
This is where some Bermuda was taking over. The atrazine appears to have stunted it. And in other parts of my yard where Bermuda was taking over it’s died back even more than this, while some areas the Bermuda didn’t seem to be phased at all.
I also need to spend some time digging up dallisgrass.
ETA: i took a couple of pictures after mowing yesterday. I sprayed my second round of atrazine about a week and a half ago. In the first picture you can still see some weeds present, but they’re yellowing. I’m hoping I can get the St Aug to continue spreading and get the rest of my yard to look more like this. Still a work in progress.
This is where some Bermuda was taking over. The atrazine appears to have stunted it. And in other parts of my yard where Bermuda was taking over it’s died back even more than this, while some areas the Bermuda didn’t seem to be phased at all.
I also need to spend some time digging up dallisgrass.
This post was edited on 4/19/22 at 1:33 pm
Posted on 4/19/22 at 1:16 pm to PillageUrVillage
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2 applications of atrazine this spring smoked the rest and none of them seemed to ever make it to seed.
It’s not difficult to control with post-emergent herbicide if you spray it early before it forms burs (stickers/seeds).
Posted on 4/19/22 at 1:36 pm to CrawDude
It may be too late for me. Was hand pulling some yesterday and had burs in my fingers. Not sure my MSM will kill it quick enough to stop it from dropping burs.
Posted on 4/19/22 at 2:08 pm to PillageUrVillage
PillageUrVillage-
How soon after you put Atrazine down did you see yellowing? Second, how far apart was your second application.
I’m strategizing my next move. I haven’t seen actual burs yet so fingers crossed.
How soon after you put Atrazine down did you see yellowing? Second, how far apart was your second application.
I’m strategizing my next move. I haven’t seen actual burs yet so fingers crossed.
Posted on 4/19/22 at 2:29 pm to ELLSSUU
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How soon after you put Atrazine down did you see yellowing?
Depending on the weed. Some as soon as a few days, some took a couple of weeks. But I’d say about a week on average for most of it before I started seeing the effects.
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Second, how far apart was your second application.
A little over 4 weeks. Ideally I would’ve liked to have waited a little longer, but the weather and my work schedule handed me a small window that I had to take.
Posted on 4/19/22 at 8:11 pm to PillageUrVillage
Question for anyone in here.
Do landscaping companies work with local officials to determine if their work will disrupt the natural flow of water in an area? Or do they just not do obvious changes to the existing landscape?
The yard is part of a multiple house string where we drain the water from the neighborhood to a creek on the end of the neighborhood. It looks like a tree either fell or was cut down and the remaining wood and some overgrown stuff has altered the water somewhat over and around it. This is at the extreme end of the yard and right where the water goes to the neighbors.
It seems like they tried to make a small creek 3 to 5 feet wide at most run through the yard but it filled in and the water now spreads out much more. The yard slopes down to the 'creek' then slopes up to the back of the yard. Would the best idea be to dig the creek again and try to channel the water just in that or maybe put a bulkhead further away on both sides and keep the existing marshy area?
I know a bulkhead would be more expensive, but it would allow for mud to be brought in and built up the yard on the house side and I guess I would get a bridge to go over the marshy area
Do landscaping companies work with local officials to determine if their work will disrupt the natural flow of water in an area? Or do they just not do obvious changes to the existing landscape?
The yard is part of a multiple house string where we drain the water from the neighborhood to a creek on the end of the neighborhood. It looks like a tree either fell or was cut down and the remaining wood and some overgrown stuff has altered the water somewhat over and around it. This is at the extreme end of the yard and right where the water goes to the neighbors.
It seems like they tried to make a small creek 3 to 5 feet wide at most run through the yard but it filled in and the water now spreads out much more. The yard slopes down to the 'creek' then slopes up to the back of the yard. Would the best idea be to dig the creek again and try to channel the water just in that or maybe put a bulkhead further away on both sides and keep the existing marshy area?
I know a bulkhead would be more expensive, but it would allow for mud to be brought in and built up the yard on the house side and I guess I would get a bridge to go over the marshy area
Posted on 4/21/22 at 10:09 pm to Puffoluffagus
What’s the best post-emergent for burweed in Bermuda?
I’ve never had an issue before but this year I’ve got it everywhere.
I’ve never had an issue before but this year I’ve got it everywhere.
Posted on 4/21/22 at 10:15 pm to BallsEleven
Posted on 4/22/22 at 7:18 am to BallsEleven
Just as a heads up, it may already be too late this year to do anything about it. They are winter weeds and are about to start dying off so their seed heads have already started forming.
I was too late too so trying to supplement with hand-pulling my high traffic areas in the yard
I was too late too so trying to supplement with hand-pulling my high traffic areas in the yard
Posted on 4/23/22 at 10:08 am to TigerVizz87
Will mowing low delay forming seeds until the heat kills them off?
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