PowderBeard

1 hour ago, moneypitmike said:

I just watched that movie for the first time--not sure why I never had.  Man, it has nothing on the Exorcist.  When I realized The Exorcist came out a year earlier, I realized the Omen was just a cheap knock-off.  I actually am reading the book (Exorcist, not the oemn).  It's so good.  The movie is true to the book--I'm loving it.

The "face flashes" in the Exorcist are a work of art and a startle every time. 

22 minutes ago, dendrite said:

Max 66.6° 

Since our daughter has been born there has been a pandemic, murder hornets, and now these current events. I've been looking for a 666/Omen-like birth-mark. 

34.2, good morning for a run.

7 hours ago, TauntonBlizzard2013 said:

You can see the darker patches in the lawn... I think I went a little light on the Milorganite. I have a quarter acre lot and only used one bag... I probably should have used 2 maybe even 3 

Yea that is a lot to maintain. When did you throw it down?  First time using milo on my own lawn so I'm curious how long the iron brings out the chlorophyll and keeps the dark green, most iron sprays only work for a week or so. 

12 minutes ago, Lava Rock said:

1 hour ago, PowderBeard said:

What a great way to end May, impressive heat. Not much in terms of dews though. 

 
House never got above 64* today. 

Nice jotul

Thanks, she's a beast. Older two-door F400. Not the longest burn times but heats 1500' a little too well. 

What a great way to end May, impressive heat. Not much in terms of dews though. 

House never got above 64* today. 

5 hours ago, powderfreak said:

Throw in a rock slide for good measure up the road as it goes through Smugglers Notch.

Sounds like several very large boulders came down out of no where.

Saw the pics on FB, looks like a few new lines. How much vert? lol

1 hour ago, ineedsnow said:

Went to umass to feed the ducks again today with the little one actually not bad out... massive peaceful protest towards amherst college on the way home..

Look for the peregrines. Love watching them  and the red tails out the office.

1 hour ago, TauntonBlizzard2013 said:

Weed and feed doing it’s thing for all the haters that said I put fertilizer down to late .

Clover is dying and better grass is filling in 

lol, only because June typically brings some heat. Hell you could spoon feed urea the next few weeks if you wanted to. 

Just now, HIPPYVALLEY said:

64/34 here with a 32% RH.  Cool and dry.  I needed a sweatshirt this morning.  My living room is only 65F atm. 

Yup, left the windows open and still in one. Too windy to hit the Q so it's another perfect landscaping day.

66/33 with a 10-15mph breeze, leaves turning soon?

When do you all throw down grub controls? I know June is the time but I have not seen any beetles yet but it is June so they should be coming. Been monitoring the rose bushes for damage. Had a serious issue with them and just put down Bayer to kill them last fall and earlier this spring. 

0.17", drought buster. Refreshing morning with all the windows open and a good breeze. 

2 hours ago, radarman said:

18z 3km is a little more vigorous with the line tonight.  Keeps it going even as surface based instability wanes. 

Radar more impressive than what was modeled earlier in the day. Each HRRR run is coming along too. 

Goalposts have already been moved to describe 83/65 as "oppressive", it will be "slightly oppressive."

17 minutes ago, backedgeapproaching said:

Looks good. Surprised that fescue patch has survived and looks that good in what looks like deep deep shade.

Right? That side of the drain side gets about 4 hours max, left gets about 3. I also do all organics on that side vs synthetics on the left. Neither get any additional water than what falls from the sky. Left side is just as dark but shorter and less dense. Both sides have only been mowed twice this year.

14 minutes ago, Supernovice said:

 

Thanks- i honestly don't know what type of grass, the guy that did the redesign put it down....i'll take some pics at lunch. Lawn faces East so good sun until 1-2ish in the afternoon. 

How much water is the correct amount? 

 

The baseline is 1" per week. I don't think there is much science behind it though because it depends on temps, soil type, time in the sun, etc. Most sprinkler systems and straight garden hoses (if the lawn is not massive) put that down in 1-2 hours (unless it was modified when the sod was put down), thus why I would check how much one watering cycle of yours puts down. 

Quabbin is stupid right now. Maybe 5-10% of smallies are spawning, rest are eating jerkbaits on the edges of windy spawning flats like I've never seen before. Fished 1-4pm Wednesday and had over 40 smallmouth, only a couple under 2 pounds. Biggest went 4-13. 

Threw this down last week instead of milo. It's a 5-5-0, has the slow release nitrogen and iron like milorganite plus phosphorus for the younger roots.  The iron really evened out the color and it won't stop growing. Only watered three times in the last two weeks for about 30 minutes. The couple lighter spots are the chickweed/clover spots dying from the tricylopyr and all the damn things falling from the trees. Really need to mow and make a striping kit next, figure some pvc filled with sand or a heavy metal bar.  Only 9 months from seed so still not quite where I want it. 

https://www.farmandfleet.com/products/1217185-estate-2500-sq-ft-36-lb-all-natural-5-5-0-fertilizer.html#

My goal is to get it all as dark as this "test" patch of tall fescue I planted about 2 years ago. Hoping it is more to do with the age of the grass and not the difference in shade.

Cut...damn rookie foot marks lol

14 minutes ago, Supernovice said:

So max height, cut Saturday and had to cut again yesterday. Put it down April 25th.. I mean it looks fairly good...some parts are a little more meh than others but i have 2 kids under 3 running around on it. 

I put the disease X down to combat potential fungus i thought. but i don't know anything so...I do notice some yellowing of the blades in spots.

Makes sense. Max height (I'm assuming 3.5 - 4") + a lot of water (30 minutes of night water that's likely just sitting on it) + warm wet temps = fungus. It's never drying out. 

Do you know what type of grass it is and how much sun it gets a day? I'd also put out some plastic containers before running then see how much water you're putting down. My guess is way too much, like exponentially too much. Once you figure out how much water you're putting down you can adjust.

I was watering ~4 times a week for 15-25 minutes around noon time since I overseeded and noticed some yellowing a couple weeks ago in my older sections. Started cutting at 2.5", watering twice a week for 30 minutes, and no more yellowing.

21 hours ago, Supernovice said:

hey guys, did my lawn over- fresh sod.  My neighbor who's lawn looks like the 18th at Augusta told me I should put DiseaseX down. So i did on Saturday and already I've noticed a difference.

What else should I be doing for regular maintenance/ feeding?  I don't wanna keep going back to my neighbor though I guess I could.  Any other tips/fertilizer schedules I should use? I do have a sprinkler system now, and it runs twice a day at 530am and 930pm for a half hour.  Anything would be greatly appreciated.

How long ago did you put the sod down and what height are you mowing it at? I ask because that night time watering with the warmer temps and high dews this week can lead to fungus issues.

21 hours ago, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said:

So @PowderBeard...what’s the ideal mixture to use for top dressing the lawn come fall for my purposes?

I have an uneven lawn but it’s quite acidic. Lime applications hasn’t done much the past two years. So I’d like to core aerate and top dress. Thanks.

What have you done for lime apps in the past? I started throwing lime in June because my soil was acidic  as well (think it was around 5.4) and it takes a while for lime to help (did 50lbs of pellets over my 2000 sq feet) in early June then again mid July. This formula and website was helpful although I did not follow it 100% in retrospect.

https://content.ces.ncsu.edu/soil-acidity-and-liming-basic-information-for-farmers-and-gardeners#section_heading_7192

Then I aerated the soil (not lawn because there wasn't one and the soil was so compacted) and put a 4:1 mixture of the most screened loam I could find to sand in the areas that needed to come up. Was a lot of hauling 5 gallon buckets but worth it. I wish I had done the entire lawn this way because in the areas I did not I can notice a difference in color and density, I'll be digging out and doing those small spots this fall and re-doing them.

This thing is a life saver for leveling.

Wasn't expecting this type of warmth (insert "We tried to tell them" here). The little one and I were drenched with sweat walking around the Quabbin, even with the shade and breeze. Truck in the parking lot said 94* baking in the sun, shack temp gauge in the shade said 86*. A nice 81/58 at home and only 73* inside with all the windows open.

Sprayed triclopyr with a surfactant yesterday, now have to wait ~3 to mow. Didn't realize when clover and chickweed germinate They are taking over right now. 

Never thought I would say this but wouldn't mind some rain. Sick of watering. Barring some big change looks like May will be a couple inches below average for May in central Mass and dry in the future.