amarshall Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 Snapped a quick picture on the way out the door last night. Bought the house 3 months ago. There's irrigiation which is a bonus. The previous owners let the yard go. Need to work on the edges of the lawn. The house is a work in progress. Japanese knotwood 1/4 acre. Since been slashed and burned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moneypitmike Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 Snapped a quick picture on the way out the door last night. Bought the house 3 months ago. There's irrigiation which is a bonus. The previous owners let the yard go. Need to work on the edges of the lawn. The house is a work in progress. Japanese knotwood 1/4 acre. Since been slashed and burned. Nice house! Good luck keeping the knotweed at bay. I'm happy that their growing season is just about done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 Any idea of what kind/type of fertilizer is best for this time of year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 Any idea of what kind/type of fertilizer is best for this time of year? Depends upon what you're looking to achieve. If there are weeds you are still looking to control, you can put down like a Step 2 or if you are looking to do some over-seeding you'd want to go with a starter type fertilizer or you can use just a general green-up fertilizer to wake the grass up from summer dormancy. Myself, I am going to use a Starter where I am putting down new seed and a Step 2 to control the weeds a little more in the other areas. I'll do one last feeding in late Oct with a Winterizer too. One other thing I will put down now is Lime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moneypitmike Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 Any idea of what kind/type of fertilizer is best for this time of year? I find it comical how after your move you're spending all this time in the lawn-thread--welcome to the club! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 Depends upon what you're looking to achieve. If there are weeds you are still looking to control, you can put down like a Step 2 or if you are looking to do some over-seeding you'd want to go with a starter type fertilizer or you can use just a general green-up fertilizer to wake the grass up from summer dormancy. Myself, I am going to use a Starter where I am putting down new seed and a Step 2 to control the weeds a little more in the other areas. I'll do one last feeding in late Oct with a Winterizer too. One other thing I will put down now is Lime. I just put down some lime and leftover weed and feed that the owners had left over. Just wanted to do it before it rains, but I only did the back yard where I'm most concerned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 I find it comical how after your move you're spending all this time in the lawn-thread--welcome to the club! Hey, this is my house for a while...I want it to look good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombo82685 Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 Any idea of what kind/type of fertilizer is best for this time of year? My thoughts are... when you come out of winter don't put much fertilizer down in the early spring. If you have ever noticed in spring even when you don't fertilize your lawn goes nuts. Reason for that is the grass uses a lot of carbohydrates to produce an inflorescence (seedhead) which is how it reproduces. Carbohydrates are a plants main source of energy for growth and root development. So why hammer the lawn with nitrogen in the spring to deplete the energy supply moreso than it already is especially going into summer which is a tough time. Once towards mid may i usually bump my fertilizer rate up to about .5-1lb/k with a fertilizer that contains 30% or more of slow release nitrogen, and a high analysis of potassium, like 3-0-2 ratio. Potassium is essential to the plant for protein development, membrane movement, diffusion and it helps the plant with heat and cold stress. Once into summer and the fertilizer has worn off i go to an organic fertilizer like milorganite or that fertilizer that one guy mentioned in this thread. In the summer you shouldn't be hammering the plant with food, but giving it enough to just survive. To much fertilizer and you create disease issues and just push the plant to the edge that when stress comes along it has no carbohydrates left to help it survive. In the golf industry we do a thing called spoon feeding, which is every 1-2 weeks you apply a .1lb/k of nitrogen. Some put iron down, which is needed in clorophyll production during photosynthesis. Iron greens the lawn up without making it grow. Once towards the end of august early september i put down your quick release fertilizers at about 1lb/k in late aug/early sept and another shot in early october...once you do your last mowing you put down your winterizer. If you ever noticed about a winterizer fertilizer it has a high percent of slow release nitrogen and it also has a lot of potassium which helps in cold hardiness. The point of a winterizer fertilizer is to help with early spring green up and root development without wasting it on the top growth In terms of putting down starter fertilizer, i never use that down here. I'm not sure what your soil analysis and pH run up there but i can't imagine its to much different. You will likely be acidic with the amounts of rain/sow you get. Down here the soil has an abundance of phosphorus already in the soil so as long as you have a pH between 6-7 that is available to the plant already,so whats the point of putting down more? When im seeding i usually concentrate on putting down a fertilizer that has a good amount of nitrogen and maybe some phosphorus... like this kind of analysis 18-3-3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted August 9, 2013 Author Share Posted August 9, 2013 Any idea of what kind/type of fertilizer is best for this time of year?Hit it with Lesco mostly straight fert. Like a 24/6/10 mix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moneypitmike Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 Ah, the wistful days of summer when the leaves beginning to shirk their deep greens and begin adopting the hues of an impending fall. 68.9/61 off a high of 75.5, day 27 in the sub-80 streak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 Managed to move the remainder my pile of loam pile from last year over the weekend. Was like 1cu/yd or so. I need to begin prepping the soil by removing the dead matter that remained when I bombed my lawn earlier this spring to kill the chickweed. Should get that done by the weekend. Hoping to have 2-3 cu/yds of top soil/ compost delivered in the next 10 days so I can begin moving that into place. Hoping to drop seed Labor Day weekend if all goes as planned. I have quite a few plants to move as well as hopefully get a Plum Tree put in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moneypitmike Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 Managed to move the remainder my pile of loam pile from last year over the weekend. Was like 1cu/yd or so. I need to begin prepping the soil by removing the dead matter that remained when I bombed my lawn earlier this spring to kill the chickweed. Should get that done by the weekend. Hoping to have 2-3 cu/yds of top soil/ compost delivered in the next 10 days so I can begin moving that into place. Hoping to drop seed Labor Day weekend if all goes as planned. I have quite a few plants to move as well as hopefully get a Plum Tree put in. Busy times ahead in Taunton!! Good luck with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 Busy times ahead in Taunton!! Good luck with that. Indeed. I was out the last couple nights prepping the areas where I will seed. I totally forgot we had one of those Intex pools there and we had dropped a bunch of sand to level the area. I spent most of the evening last night removing as much as I could. It was 2-3" deep in some spots. Over roughly 250-300sf. I'm ready to get my loam dropped so I can spread it. Just need to call to get that done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 4 cu/yds of loam set for delivery on Monday. Not bad $15.99 cu/yd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 4 cu/yds of loam set for delivery on Monday. Not bad $15.99 cu/yd. I'm getting that over the next two weeks. Good price too. BTW, anyone know how to get rid of moles or voles...whatever the hell they are? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted August 22, 2013 Author Share Posted August 22, 2013 I'm getting that over the next two weeks. Good price too. BTW, anyone know how to get rid of moles or voles...whatever the hell they are? Its in this thread a few times,but buy the popcorn kernel looking stuff in the can. Dig down about 6 inches into their tunnels and pour some in in about 5-6 places. Cover those spots back up but don't tamp down the tunnel. It will take awhile but it gets rid of them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 4 cu/yds of loam set for delivery on Monday. Not bad $15.99 cu/yd. Where did you get that from? Nevermind, Bridgewater Farm I see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Where did you get that from? Nevermind, Bridgewater Farm I see. Yeah. http://www.bridgewaterfarm.com/loam-compost-soil/ Expensive deliver to Weymouth though. You may want to check South Shore Landscape Supply http://www.ssmulch.com/products_loam.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 Its in this thread a few times,but buy the popcorn kernel looking stuff in the can. Dig down about 6 inches into their tunnels and pour some in in about 5-6 places. Cover those spots back up but don't tamp down the tunnel. It will take awhile but it gets rid of them What about rabbits? I have them everywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joey2002 Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 What about rabbits? I have them everywhere. Bunnies are awesome... be nice to them!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 Bunnies are awesome... be nice to them!!! They are burrowing tunnels to the point I roll my ankle when I mow. Death to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joey2002 Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 They are burrowing tunnels to the point I roll my ankle when I mow. Death to them. Those are the moles and voles, not the rabbits! I love bunnies... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 Those are the moles and voles, not the rabbits! I love bunnies... Then I have extremely mutated moles and voles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S&P Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 They are burrowing tunnels to the point I roll my ankle when I mow. Death to them. get a dog or two, let em roam the yard, and don't let anyone get upset when the dog brings the half-eaten babies inside Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joey2002 Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 Then I have extremely mutated moles and voles. lol you can't harm something this cute... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 lol you can't harm something this cute... When my son starts to run around and fall flat on his face because of these cute bunnies, they won't be as cute anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joey2002 Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 When my son starts to run around and fall flat on his face because of these cute bunnies, they won't be as cute anymore. It's the moles and voles that are digging the tunnels... you aren't seeing them because they're underground most of the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 It's the moles and voles that are digging the tunnels... you aren't seeing them because they're underground most of the time. These are pretty big holes, bigger than my fist in spots. My neighbors had the same issue. Some of these are abandoned luckily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted August 26, 2013 Author Share Posted August 26, 2013 They are burrowing tunnels to the point I roll my ankle when I mow. Death to them. Dude it's moles. Did you get the poison and do what i told you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 Dude it's moles. Did you get the poison and do what i told you? No, but I don't see how they can make such holes if these moles are so tiny. I've seen tiny holes before..these aren't it. BTW, where do you get that poison stuff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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