S&P Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 On 3/22/2021 at 1:19 PM, amarshall said: Dethatched my lawn with a wire rack this weekend? Is it ok to aerate in the spring? Not sure if some one said this - I think the reason behind this school of thought is if you put down pre- emergent, busting holes in the surface after you put it down renders it useless, so if your going to do it, do it before Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 The next phase of the lawn rejuvenation project begins next month. I think we were pretty successful with the back lawn last Fall, but we'll see how it comes back. After struggling for years to get good lawn and getting wiped out 2 yrs ago by grubs/chinch bugs, I finally found some really good seed from the south that is adapted for cold season areas. The plan is to buy some more, topdress the next ~15,000 sqft and bust out the sprinklers. Kinda hoping for a fairly wet spring. Of course it's risky seeding on the sunnyside of the house in Spring, but this seed is quite drought tolerant, so I'm giving it a go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torch Tiger Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 On 3/23/2021 at 1:42 PM, dendrite said: Lawn porn. But man non-Americans must laugh at our lawns and how we maintain them. it's pretty dumb (the middle america lawn craze). but to each their own 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 30 minutes ago, Torch Tiger said: it's pretty dumb (the middle america lawn craze). but to each their own would you want to stare at this out your window (2015). I save this image just to see how bad our lawn was: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torch Tiger Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 4 minutes ago, Lava Rock said: would you want to stare at this out your window (2015). I save this image just to see how bad our lawn was: the flawless, ugly florescent green lawn look is silly, so I guess you know the answer. you can do some things with that area that aren't glowing green grass 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 9 minutes ago, Torch Tiger said: the flawless, ugly florescent green lawn look is silly, so I guess you know the answer. you can do some things with that area that aren't glowing green grass Already done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 1 hour ago, Torch Tiger said: it's pretty dumb (the middle america lawn craze). but to each their own I'd like to cover 9/10 of my lawn with a foot of wood chips and just plant all fruit and nut trees. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torch Tiger Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 3 minutes ago, dendrite said: I'd like to cover 9/10 of my lawn with a foot of wood chips and just plant all fruit and nut trees. That sounds awesome. growing up, my grandfather had several/many apple and pear, I forget which others ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 12 minutes ago, Torch Tiger said: That sounds awesome. growing up, my grandfather had several/many apple and pear, I forget which others ones. I'll have 10 pawpaw trees after I add 6 this summer. I have 2 large pear trees (good large fruit), a common apple (fruit sucks), a crab apple (good but tart), a peach (dying and cutting it this year), and 2 tart cherries already. I've started a good dozen american chestnut trees as well. I planted 4 seedless concord grapevines a few years ago and got a ton of fruit last year, but they all have seed remnants. So I turned to Double A Vineyards in NY for higher quality vines that are truly seedless. I'll plant those bare root in April. I want to use my land. I don't want it to use me. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 Our lawn is a product of benign neglect, and gradually disappearing as our 3 apple trees and the fir I transplanted in 1998 when it was 2 feet tall get bigger. Now that fir is closer to 35' and nearly 20' branch spread. Anybody want a really dense and big Christmas tree? If one has kids who like to play football/soccer/whiffleball, etc., especially if they have a bunch of friends join them, a lawn makes some sense, especially if there's a lack of public play space nearby. Otherwise, less is more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whineminster Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 One word. ZOYSIA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJonesWX Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 2 hours ago, Torch Tiger said: it's pretty dumb (the middle america lawn craze). but to each their own i know, it is pretty dumb how some people like to have a nice looking lawn and yard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 9 minutes ago, Whineminster said: One word. ZOYSIA thought about this, but you have to buy and plant a gazillion plugs and wait forever for it to grow in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torch Tiger Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 10 minutes ago, SJonesWX said: i know, it is pretty dumb how some people like to have a nice looking lawn and yard. you think it looks nice, I don't. I don't see the beauty or purpose even. heh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torch Tiger Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 1 hour ago, dendrite said: I'll have 10 pawpaw trees after I add 6 this summer. I have 2 large pear trees (good large fruit), a common apple (fruit sucks), a crab apple (good but tart), a peach (dying and cutting it this year), and 2 tart cherries already. I've started a good dozen american chestnut trees as well. I planted 4 seedless concord grapevines a few years ago and got a ton of fruit last year, but they all have seed remnants. So I turned to Double A Vineyards in NY for higher quality vines that are truly seedless. I'll plant those bare root in April. I want to use my land. I don't want it to use me. Here's my grandfathers house. you can dissect the different species far better than I could. a pretty cool Japanese tree on the left of driveway, I forget the exact species. Also the chestnut he loved, on the left of the first pic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 3 hours ago, SJonesWX said: i know, it is pretty dumb how some people like to have a nice looking lawn and yard. It’s totally an American thing. Most people from other countries don’t understand it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 2 hours ago, Lava Rock said: thought about this, but you have to buy and plant a gazillion plugs and wait forever for it to grow in The section on the SW side of my house/garage is really going nuts in a few years. I know we’ve talked about this before, but it was basically 2 years for it to really start spreading. I’m torn on whether I’d do it again only because it can be hard to stop once it gets going, but it torches so bad over there that all cold season grass just died and I don’t have the well to keep watering it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavisStraight Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 4 hours ago, dendrite said: I'll have 10 pawpaw trees after I add 6 this summer. I have 2 large pear trees (good large fruit), a common apple (fruit sucks), a crab apple (good but tart), a peach (dying and cutting it this year), and 2 tart cherries already. I've started a good dozen american chestnut trees as well. I planted 4 seedless concord grapevines a few years ago and got a ton of fruit last year, but they all have seed remnants. So I turned to Double A Vineyards in NY for higher quality vines that are truly seedless. I'll plant those bare root in April. I want to use my land. I don't want it to use me. I planted a peach, pear and apple 4 years ago, been getting a ton of peaches, some pears and no apples, didn't realize I needed mate for the apple so I got a delicious tree, supposed to be good for mating and got a few apples finally last year. Next I want to plant a cherry tree, they do well here, just have to pick them before the birds get them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 15 hours ago, dendrite said: It’s totally an American thing. Most people from other countries don’t understand it. IMO, lawns are mainly a product of suburbia, a phenomenon much less common in other countries, where living is urban or rural with little gradient between. Hoping to get a good season from our 3 apple trees - last year the Haralred was apparently resting - not a single blossom after a 3-year run of gigantic/branch-bending; good; then very heavy crops. We'll see. The other 2 (Empire, Ultramac) had good blossoms but terrible fruit set. I ate one scabby Empire as the year's entire crop. We'd planted Reliance peach trees, one in 1998 and a 2nd the next year. A week after the 1999 tree went in, a late frost killed all of its leaves. It tried to recover but died prior to spring 2000. The 1998 tree would double in size each summer then get killed back each winter, until the 01-02 winter failed to get colder than -12. Several hundred blossoms and 100+ tennis-ball-size luscious fruit in 2002 made us optimistic. Then JFM 2003 brought a dozen mornings between -20 and -29, some with wind. The tree produced a weak sprout that spring from below the graft, thus useless, and it died in midsummer anyway. We were thankful for that one crop before it became clear that our frost-pocket location wasn't peach country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moneypitmike Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 We had had some work done at Pit2 last summer in which they laid down some sod. Is there any reason I should not put down any fertilizer on that? Any other recommendations for its first spring? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavisStraight Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 3 hours ago, moneypitmike said: We had had some work done at Pit2 last summer in which they laid down some sod. Is there any reason I should not put down any fertilizer on that? Any other recommendations for its first spring? Not sure how thick it is but I would fertilize, little trick I learned is between doing step 1 and step 2 is to put down a thin coat of starter fertilizer to keep it green. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TauntonBlizzard2013 Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 So I ordered my pencil holly from targets website lol.... one showed up today in surprisingly great shape. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TauntonBlizzard2013 Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 I’m having 3 yards of stone delivered Thursday, it’s basically an extension of a walkway. I bought some azaleas to put with it as well. Can the azaleas be planted directly into the stone? Or should I mulch around them a bit and then stone the outside? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhitinsvilleWX Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 My grass has really greened up since last week. My south facing lawn is gonna need a mow if this keeps up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhitinsvilleWX Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 On 3/26/2021 at 7:42 PM, TauntonBlizzard2013 said: So I ordered my pencil holly from targets website lol.... one showed up today in surprisingly great shape. I’ve had 2 of those in for about 10 years. They both are about 5 feet tall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 2 hours ago, TauntonBlizzard2013 said: I’m having 3 yards of stone delivered Thursday, it’s basically an extension of a walkway. I bought some azaleas to put with it as well. Can the azaleas be planted directly into the stone? Or should I mulch around them a bit and then stone the outside? I think they have fairly shallow root systems so the rocks may get too hot in the summer and damage the plants...especially if not established. And obviously the stone is not supplying anything beneficial to the plant either in terms of nutrients and moisture retention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amarshall Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 Going to attempt to do the sand and soil mix today on a few dips in my lawn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S&P Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 1st cut yesterday 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 1 hour ago, S&P said: 1st cut yesterday Wow. Will be a while here, but grass is slow to start usually. You moving? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 Jesus. I’m just barely getting green blades to come up on the west side of the house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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