Spanks45 Posted July 18 Share Posted July 18 On 7/16/2024 at 6:28 PM, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said: Crabgrass invasion. The Pre emergent in the spring clearly did not work… Yeah, it has definitely mixed in with the other grasses/clover this year....sure does look nice when you mow it though. Best the yard has looked since I moved in.... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted July 28 Author Share Posted July 28 Tomato plants all have the yellow spotted blight but are producing huge volumes of tomatoes All different types both large and small. Picking many daily despite the blight, Peppers are a huge yield this year too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJonesWX Posted July 28 Share Posted July 28 2 hours ago, Damage In Tolland said: Tomato plants all have the yellow spotted blight but are producing huge volumes of tomatoes All different types both large and small. Picking many daily despite the blight, Peppers are a huge yield this year too. How’s the lawn looking? mine is struggling from lack of rain even though I have irrigation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted July 28 Author Share Posted July 28 2 hours ago, SJonesWX said: How’s the lawn looking? mine is struggling from lack of rain even though I have irrigation Lush and green. We’ve had almost 6” of rain just this month . In fact a portion of the new grass / soil eroded and washed into the woods . I’m gonna aerate and over seed late Augdewst Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted July 28 Share Posted July 28 We haven't mowed in a month. Even the clover and weeds are dying in spots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted July 28 Author Share Posted July 28 9 minutes ago, dendrite said: We haven't mowed in a month. Even the clover and weeds are dying in spots. Mowing weekly and at times twice a week . 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted July 28 Author Share Posted July 28 I wish we could send you some of the rains. Seems like another soaker of a week south of 90 . Not as wet as last summer but more than enough rain. Had almost 2” in 30 minutes last Thursday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted July 28 Share Posted July 28 5 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said: I wish we could send you some of the rains. Seems like another soaker of a week south of 90 . Not as wet as last summer but more than enough rain. Had almost 2” in 30 minutes last Thursday This will look even uglier in a couple days when our last inch+ event from 4/30 gets erased. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted July 28 Author Share Posted July 28 37 minutes ago, dendrite said: This will look even uglier in a couple days when our last inch+ event from 4/30 gets erased. Thats brutal . That was us 2 years ago. Just no rain all summer . Of course this couldn’t be winter . Pike is dividing line with have and have nots . Though would probably be mainly rain in winter now so not sure it’d matter much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted July 28 Share Posted July 28 1 hour ago, dendrite said: This will look even uglier in a couple days when our last inch+ event from 4/30 gets erased. That NVT stretch east of the Greens has to be from lack of radar coverage, right (area between Champlain Valley and NNH)? I guess I’m asking if this is radar generated instead of ground obs generated? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted July 29 Share Posted July 29 16 minutes ago, powderfreak said: That NVT stretch east of the Greens has to be from lack of radar coverage, right (area between Champlain Valley and NNH)? I guess I’m asking if this is radar generated instead of ground obs generated? I was thinking the same thing. St. j has had more than 15” since June 1 and KMPV is at it over 11” when I looked late last week. And you posted the cocorahs map. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted July 29 Share Posted July 29 1 hour ago, powderfreak said: That NVT stretch east of the Greens has to be from lack of radar coverage, right (area between Champlain Valley and NNH)? I guess I’m asking if this is radar generated instead of ground obs generated? 55 minutes ago, mreaves said: I was thinking the same thing. St. j has had more than 15” since June 1 and KMPV is at it over 11” when I looked late last week. And you posted the cocorahs map. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted July 29 Share Posted July 29 Here’s the “observed” precip over the past 60 days. Widespread 10-20” in N VT and NH. 2-4” here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted July 29 Share Posted July 29 10 minutes ago, dendrite said: Interesting. Going back to May 1st, just hard to believe this swath of Vermont would be below normal even with any gauge input, regardless of radar limitations here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted July 29 Share Posted July 29 9 minutes ago, dendrite said: Here’s the “observed” precip over the past 60 days. Widespread 10-20” in N VT and NH. 2-4” here. Ahh if they are basing it on those amounts, that makes sense. The yellow and dark green pixels up here are about 50% of actual rainfall. It should be widespread dark orange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moneypitmike Posted July 29 Share Posted July 29 What's the best way to get rid of crabgrass? I've had some take over a pretty big section of lawn. Is this just something to tackle with overseeding in the fall? Thx. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted July 29 Author Share Posted July 29 11 minutes ago, moneypitmike said: What's the best way to get rid of crabgrass? I've had some take over a pretty big section of lawn. Is this just something to tackle with overseeding in the fall? Thx. Did you put down the preventer in spring? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moneypitmike Posted July 29 Share Posted July 29 58 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said: Did you put down the preventer in spring? I had not......I had put down some other 'early season' soil nutrients and didnt' want to totally ruin the lawn by having too many things on it at once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNNAWAYICEBERG Posted July 29 Share Posted July 29 1 hour ago, Damage In Tolland said: Did you put down the preventer in spring? I did and it still infested. Just Gotta aerate and overseed in the fall…can’t do anything about it now. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted July 29 Author Share Posted July 29 1 hour ago, moneypitmike said: I had not......I had put down some other 'early season' soil nutrients and didnt' want to totally ruin the lawn by having too many things on it at once. It isn’t fool proof as you’ll always get at least some . But it’s imperative to put down the preventer when the forsythia start to bloom. Once it grows it’s very difficult to get rid of 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted July 29 Author Share Posted July 29 19 minutes ago, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said: I did and it still infested. Just Gotta aerate and overseed in the fall…can’t do anything about it now. I have done in newly hydroseeded areas . I expected that to happen. Just have to hope next spring and summer I can eliminate much of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted July 29 Share Posted July 29 I had a large area of crab grass that came in where they repaved my road and seeded over. This was last summer. In the fall I killed it all and it came back great in the spring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted July 29 Share Posted July 29 If anyone here is near Thomaston, CT and curious about pawpaws…Cricket Hill Nursery has some grafted and seedling trees for sale. They don’t have many grafted varieties, but Shenandoah and NC1 are good ones. NC1 is stronger flavored while Shenandoah is mild. NC1 is also a bit ornamental with deep green/blue leaves. They have a variegated one too, but to my knowledge that one is slow growing. You could always grow just the inexpensive seedlings and I can hook you up with scionwood of just about anything out there too. I have about 35 different ones here. edit for link https://www.treepeony.com/collections/fruits-and-berries-for-shipping/genus_asimina?sort_by=manual 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNNAWAYICEBERG Posted July 29 Share Posted July 29 1 hour ago, Damage In Tolland said: I have done in newly hydroseeded areas . I expected that to happen. Just have to hope next spring and summer I can eliminate much of it Dandelions irk me but they tend to fade quickly by June if treated. Crabgrass is an entire different beast whos seeds spread like wildfire…they can’t be stopped. Maddening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChillinIt Posted July 29 Share Posted July 29 Crabgrass.....Retired GCSAA Golf Course Super here 30 years at 2 Private Country Clubs. You can certainly keep the crab out, give me your details ( sq. footage and type of grass) and I will help you out! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisrotary12 Posted July 29 Share Posted July 29 22 hours ago, dendrite said: We haven't mowed in a month. Even the clover and weeds are dying in spots. I mowed the weeds down this past Saturday after not mowing for a month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNNAWAYICEBERG Posted July 29 Share Posted July 29 8 hours ago, ChillinIt said: Crabgrass.....Retired GCSAA Golf Course Super here 30 years at 2 Private Country Clubs. You can certainly keep the crab out, give me your details ( sq. footage and type of grass) and I will help you out! 1.5 acres. Type of grass is difficult to say. Northeast mix and….50% crab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavisStraight Posted July 29 Share Posted July 29 10 hours ago, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said: Dandelions irk me but they tend to fade quickly by June if treated. Crabgrass is an entire different beast whos seeds spread like wildfire…they can’t be stopped. Maddening. It really chokes out the good grass, I'll have to wait until fall to do something about it, but this year is the worst since I've been here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted July 30 Share Posted July 30 I've had decent success with Ortho Weed Clear Lawn Weed Killer, the one with the crabgrass killer in it, in spot treatments of the inevitable sprouts in random areas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChillinIt Posted July 30 Share Posted July 30 1.5 acres use 5 bags https://www.lebanonturf.com/products/2254326 or something similar as long as it is .38 barricade (Prodiamine) when soil temps hit 53 degrees Late March / early April. Then six weeks later come back with another 5 bags of some product. Presto no Crab! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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