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    9th annual Lawn Thread 2018

    in New England

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    3 hours ago, dendrite said:

    Nah. I had a small auger bit and just made some holes with my cordless drill. That may be better if you were doing a large area though. How large of an area do you want to do? It can get pretty invasive so you need to be wary of gardens, your neighbors' lawns, and areas you just plain don't want it to get to. Once it's there it's tough to get rid of too. I wouldn't necessarily be expecting miracles if doing an entire lawn like this. It'll take a little time to establish and fill in. Now that I have the back patch flourishing I can steal plugs from that (probably next spring) and put them elsewhere to speed up the process.

    Gotcha.  Not a huge area, my south-facing back yard has a few spots where seed never took when the original owners planted their lawn.  The overall area (of concern) is about 200-300 square feet, with 4-6 inch bare spots interspersed between.  No concerns about it over-taking other grass. 

    9th annual Lawn Thread 2018

    in New England

    Posted

    43 minutes ago, dendrite said:

    I planed them around the time of that first pic so June 2016. I got mine from here...

    http://www1.zoysiafarms.com/ordernow.jsp

    I did the freestyle plugs and cut them myself. I put some in the front yard too (not pictured) with all of the thriving weeds. It is finally taking off this year and spreading. That backyard patch I posted above had a nice clean start (albeit hard packed soil) so it got established faster. It was sort of an experiment for the parts of the yard that get torched every warm season. My well sometimes gives me fits so I can't put the sprinkler out there everyday.

    We have a long enough snow cover season that I don't care about the dormancy. It may actually work well for someone like lavarock...a frost free hill and frequent snow cover. Just don't let it invade into tamarack's yard. ;)

    This is great info, thank you.  Sounds like exactly what I'm looking for, although being on the coastal plain I do have less snow cover than lava, and with that do get some early and late season frosts.  Did you use that step-on planter thing?  Thanks again!

    9th annual Lawn Thread 2018

    in New England

    Posted

    On 8/21/2018 at 5:29 PM, dendrite said:

    Zoysia update. It needs to be cut, but it is thick, lush, and growing like crazy. That corner of the house faces SW and bakes. Some before and current pics. BTW, I watered the plugs that first year, but that’s it. No fertilizer, lime, or anything.

    6/19/16 - Plugs planted

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    10/22/16...after a partial warm season. Still green while approaching Halloween.

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    10 minutes ago...thick and lush

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    What time of year did you plant the plugs?  Where did you buy them from?

    9th annual Lawn Thread 2018

    in New England

    Posted

    1 hour ago, dendrite said:

    Kevin would love my lawn. I let the clover flower and drop seed during the heat wave. Clover as far as the eye can see soon!

    I'm trying to spread the clover on my lawn; in fact I wish my entire lawn was clover.  Nice, hearty green that's essentially drought resistant.  It keeps the grass that's inter-mingled nice and healthy, too.  The honey bees love it as well. Win-win-win.

    9th annual Lawn Thread 2018

    in New England

    Posted

    On 5/24/2018 at 7:28 PM, Lava Rock said:

    Anyone know what these lovely weeds are?
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    On 5/26/2018 at 11:38 AM, Lava Rock said:

    Does the lescos phase 2 have clover killer?

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    Just let it go.  What is this, year 4?  The weeds aren't going to lose this battle.  All you're going to do is dump even more chemicals directly into the Portland-area drinking water supply.  

    9th annual Lawn Thread 2018

    in New England

    Posted

    11 hours ago, Hailstoned said:

    Never fertilized and never shall. Cut only as needed, and it's patchwork as I try to preserve blooming wildflowers. I have both an artesian well and property by a stream. A whole ecosystem including human, lives downstream.The rewards of minimal invasiveness: A variety of grasses, wildflowers, leopard frogs, snakes, dragon flies, fireflies, brook trout... far more lively a landscape than the chemically shepherded, monochrome green of the typical lawn squire. There are many passing by diverse, nature friendly yard spaces who will tip their caps as opposed to laughing. 50 years from now-- hopefully sooner-- the Round-Up mentality of the typical lawn squire will be seen in the same self-destructive light as we now see smoking. (Oh, and many weeds, not least the dandelion are both nutritious and therapeutic.)

    Thankfully, here in the Portland area that mentality is already starting to shift.  People are becoming aware of the major impact fertilizers and pesticides are having on Casco Bay, its ecosystems, and the health of our populations. 

    In some neighborhoods, if you're the one with the monochrome-green lawn with 0 weeds then you're in the minority...AND even laughed at and looked down upon as an inconsiderate menace to the environment.

    March 12/13/14 Blizzard/Winter Storm/WWA etc

    in New England

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    4 minutes ago, OceanStWx said:

    In fairness, in my hierarchy of reports I put general public before social media. 

    In extreme cases when someone doesn't go to spotter training (@dendrite), we'll just give them a spotter number and enter it on our own when we see the report on a message board. 

    My chuckle was more around Ray getting the label of General Public.  Feels like he's deserving of more just based on his dedication, but there's no other appropriate bucket for him.

     

    Side note:  do you know why the reporting from the PWM ASOS site is inconsistent in terms of when you all report it?

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