Baroclinic Zone Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 1 hour ago, SJonesWX said: been there, did that back in late April Was probably too soon to catch the crabgrass germinating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJonesWX Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 34 minutes ago, Baroclinic Zone said: Was probably too soon to catch the crabgrass germinating. funny thing is, I had a second application of pre-emergent in late May when the TruGreen guy showed up to do the neighbors house and did my yard by accident. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 1 hour ago, SJonesWX said: funny thing is, I had a second application of pre-emergent in late May when the TruGreen guy showed up to do the neighbors house and did my yard by accident. he probably sprayed just water, lol. I got rid of TG after they stopped showing up last summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S&P Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 21 hours ago, SJonesWX said: been there, did that back in late April late april shouldn't be a problem (especially for late July) where did you get it from? the only other thing would be if something distrubed the ground surface which would allow the seeds to germinate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted July 31, 2018 Author Share Posted July 31, 2018 Been a tough year for lawn. First the drought and then too wet . Went from torched to red thread. I put down some Lesco straight fert to hit it with a shot of nitrogen this past weekend. But it needs to rain to rinse it in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 Back yard coming around with the recent rains. A lot of the bright stuff is crabgrass. I'l take that for now rather than brown dirt patches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 Chestnut experts... These were growing off the side of my parents’ driveway. I see no larger trees around that match this leaf style and these were the only 2 small ones like it. Chestnuts? They look quite a bit like mine from a nursery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 5 hours ago, dendrite said: Chestnut experts... These were growing off the side of my parents’ driveway. I see no larger trees around that match this leaf style and these were the only 2 small ones like it. Chestnuts? They look quite a bit like mine from a nursery. Brian, I'm not sure but I don't think so. Here is a picture of a leaf from my 2-3 year old chestnut. Seems longer and not as broad. I Googed leaves with serrated edges and found a few similar ones. I'm hardly a tree expert! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 20 minutes ago, wxeyeNH said: Brian, I'm not sure but I don't think so. Here is a picture of a leaf from my 2-3 year old chestnut. Seems longer and not as broad. I Googed leaves with serrated edges and found a few similar ones. I'm hardly a tree expert! At first I thought beech, but the mature beech trees they have there had significantly wider leaves. Maybe the sapling leaves just aren't developed as much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 6 hours ago, dendrite said: Chestnut experts... These were growing off the side of my parents’ driveway. I see no larger trees around that match this leaf style and these were the only 2 small ones like it. Chestnuts? They look quite a bit like mine from a nursery. That looks like a yellow birch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 16 minutes ago, Baroclinic Zone said: That looks like a yellow birch. The serations on the edge of these leaves is a lot more coarse than a yellow birch. I think they tend to have a more round shape too. Usually there's 2 leaves with one bud...this is one leaf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 The other possibility is a chinese chestnut hybrid. Although I have no idea how it would've gotten there. They've lived there since 2010 and never planted those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 I think I'll stick to beech. https://www.biodiversitygardening.com/american-beech.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 23 minutes ago, dendrite said: I think I'll stick to beech. https://www.biodiversitygardening.com/american-beech.html The zig-zag twigs are a beech characteristic. Leaf shape can vary, between sun and shade, between seedlings and older trees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 36 minutes ago, dendrite said: The serations on the edge of these leaves is a lot more coarse than a yellow birch. I think they tend to have a more round shape too. Usually there's 2 leaves with one bud...this is one leaf. Pretty serrated in this photo. https://macphailwoods.org/nature-guides/trees/yellow-birch/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 55 minutes ago, Baroclinic Zone said: Pretty serrated in this photo. https://macphailwoods.org/nature-guides/trees/yellow-birch/ What I mean is that the serrations look wider and more coarse. They seem to appear on each vein of the leaf with no smaller ones in between. The yellow birch has many serrations, larger at the veins and smaller, finer ones in between. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 Lots of green now, of.course a lot of crabbgrass too.Sent from my Pixel 2 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 9 minutes ago, Lava Rock said: Lots of green now, of.course a lot of crabbgrass too. Sent from my Pixel 2 using Tapatalk Sure looks a lot better than earlier this summer. Can you treat the crabgrass and let the other grass grow in or are you still planning a complete do over? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJonesWX Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 crabgrass, although it sucks, is green grass. way better than what you used to have. At least the crabby will hold the soil in place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 Sure looks a lot better than earlier this summer. Can you treat the crabgrass and let the other grass grow in or are you still planning a complete do over?No do-over on this side of house. I slit seed last fall but it never took. I'm just going to let crabbgrass go for now and focus on other side of house where we're going to put in a flower garden on slope and get rid of our moonscape under the oak tree.Sent from my Pixel 2 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ineedsnow Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 Got tons of crabgrass here.. Is there anything natural I can put on it? My son plays outside and don't want him near chemicals.. If not I'll just deal with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 Pretty sure I have a Chestnut here on my street. I’ll grab a pic. Also nice to see an elm too, although it’s got some brown leaves now. I have these weeds going nuts in my front and not sure what it is, but needs to be terminated. Never had that. I’ll grab a pic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 10 hours ago, CoastalWx said: Pretty sure I have a Chestnut here on my street. I’ll grab a pic. Also nice to see an elm too, although it’s got some brown leaves now. I have these weeds going nuts in my front and not sure what it is, but needs to be terminated. Never had that. I’ll grab a pic. Spotted Spurge is the big one now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 Spotted Spurge is the big one nowWe've got this. Started in the flower garden then onward to lawn. Sent from my Pixel 2 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 22 hours ago, Baroclinic Zone said: Spotted Spurge is the big one now Yes. Think that is it. Just came from nowhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 10 hours ago, Lava Rock said: We've got this. Started in the flower garden then onward to lawn. Sent from my Pixel 2 using Tapatalk 1 hour ago, CoastalWx said: Yes. Think that is it. Just came from nowhere. It's a pain in the ass to control. Sticky on the fingers from the sap when you pick them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNNAWAYICEBERG Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 On 8/5/2018 at 10:19 PM, ineedsnow said: Got tons of crabgrass here.. Is there anything natural I can put on it? My son plays outside and don't want him near chemicals.. If not I'll just deal with it. Just embrace it at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 My zoysia has been thriving in my barren front yard during the FL-like stretch. That stuff will grow and spread in almost any sand or soil. The plugs I planted in the back corner of my garage/house has almost completely filled in after 3 years and is green and lush. Normally it looks like Yuma back there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 21 minutes ago, dendrite said: My zoysia has been thriving in my barren front yard during the FL-like stretch. That stuff will grow and spread in almost any sand or soil. The plugs I planted in the back corner of my garage/house has almost completely filled in after 3 years and is green and lush. Normally it looks like Yuma back there. I didn’t know zoysia was cold hardy enough to survive up here. I would consider that in my barren front yard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 10 minutes ago, mreaves said: I didn’t know zoysia was cold hardy enough to survive up here. I would consider that in my barren front yard It goes dormant for me in October and doesn't really green up until May, but once it gets established it is thick and lush all summer. It's even plowing through the crabgrass and clover. When it's dormant it's very dead, but since we usually have snow cover most of the winter it doesn't really bother me. I just have to deal with seeing the brown in late fall and April. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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