2020 Lawn Thread

[cool cat]

Check your yards for armyworms!! I am in Greenville, hopefully they aren't as wide spread as they were a few years ago. I have lost about 40% of my good bermuda in the back yard.

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I had them real bad two years ago, they even found their way inside my locked truck. I’ve been in this house since 05, and that is the only time I had them.

[black2002ls]

I throw down insecticide 3-4x a year

I typically spray Cutter backyard spray to control mosquitos, but it has been a while. :/ It got a healthy dose this morning and they seem to be gone.

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[Stephen]

Check your yards for armyworms!! I am in Greenville, hopefully they aren't as wide spread as they were a few years ago. I have lost about 40% of my good bermuda in the back yard.

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I throw down insecticide 3-4x a year

[black2002ls]

Check your yards for armyworms!! I am in Greenville, hopefully they aren't as wide spread as they were a few years ago. I have lost about 40% of my good bermuda in the back yard.

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[Rick Modena]

Ironite works great, just blow or sweep off of concrete or it will stain it and you driveway walk way will look like shit...

[Stephen]

I think I needs that, but I also think I need to aerate because our grass is SO dense. I want to get that deep, dark green without burning. I'd considered Ironite, but I might should test the soil pH and make sure I've under control.

I follow some lawn forums and there isn’t a lot of love for ironite. But it’s cheap enough and worth a try

[Tx Redneck]

I think I needs that, but I also think I need to aerate because our grass is SO dense. I want to get that deep, dark green without burning. I'd considered Ironite, but I might should test the soil pH and make sure I've under control.

[Stephen]

Low nitrogen and organic is a good idea during hotter months

Try milorganite. It’s got iron too and will make your yard a darker green

[Tx Redneck]

Fert after you get water stabilized, otherwise you'll just burn it worse.

[cool cat]

My yard has done really well this year, between the heavy rains of the spring, using a local made fertilizer (similar to PGF Complete) and working from home for a while so i had more time to tend to it. I'm now fighting against the grass burning up due to no significant rain in a long time. Would using fertilizer now help keep the grass going strong for the remainder of the season?

[Tx Redneck]

You're correct, it needs the leaves in tact.

[Stephen]

O no, I have started to cut at ground level and PLAN on spraying weed killer so it soaked into the roots. I don't want lots of voids in the lawn. Little garden shears and get to cutting. Now if I can have the time to do it

Someone correct me if im wrong, but generally herbicides take through the leaves on the plant and not the roots. That’s why some herbicides require a surfactant and some have one built in.. (surfactant is just a cool word for something that bonds to something else.. dish soap works great as a surfactant)

[Stephen]

I have used Honda mowers for the last 20yrs and they have 2 blades. They started out calling them Quadra Cut.

I have an old dome deck honda (hrr216), and Hrx217 and a commercial toro.. the twin blade Honda’s cut fantastic and bag well.. the mowers with the gcv190&200 are super powerful too and shred tall grass.. my gcv160 honda struggles in tall grass but still cuts great.. the toro with the Kawasaki engine is a monster too.

[Stephen]

First mow in a while not bad lol
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Cheap Walmart fertilizer with iron and a bag of milorganite

[Tx Redneck]

I have used Honda mowers for the last 20yrs and they have 2 blades. They started out calling them Quadra Cut.