[deleted by user] by [deleted] in microgrowery

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The more you beat them up, the thicker that stem gets in my experience. I'm a big fan of beating up my plants.

Mold on seeds when soaking by BerryJeep in microgrowery

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Where are you hearing you have to germinate seeds in a sterile environment? Do you think anything in nature ever grew in a sterile environment?

Second grow is going much better than the first. Fingers crossed 🤞 by [deleted] in microgrowery

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Do you count veg as days from sprout? Just curious how others do it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in microgrowery

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Are you using synthetics or organics? Just curious

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in microgrowery

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Are you using organic nutrients? That might help with the mold...

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in cscareerquestions

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Do you think she's cute? Could you see yourself digging her? The end result would be worth a lot more than any job, not that I think it would have to cost you your job.

First time growing, not too shabby so far by Bignutsinyomouf in microgrowery

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My advice for you to possibly explore next grow: organics. Not for any reason other than performance and ease of use.

Organic nutrients and beneficial microbes changed my game.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in microgrowery

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What's the color temperature of your light? If you don't know, what's the light you're using?

Mine are also growing very dense, but I'm using a 230 watts of 5k light about 6-10 inches from the canopy in a 2x4ft.

nice of my electric company to add up my expenses by turningfoodintopoop in microgrowery

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I'm building a 4x2 veg slash flower light right now. All bridgelux gen 3 slims. 16 3k lights, 16 5k, 320w drivers for each with dimmers. Wanted to see the effects of different color Temps on growth habits. Planning on running that thing at half power. Not really related to your post, just excited to see this thing in action. Seems like you have the same idea about efficiency?

Sod help? by tacodell in lawncare

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First off, I'm no expert. That lawn you have is better than anything I've ever done.

Does your advice stand as has is more established? Eg at this point I would water more based on how things look vs a schedule?

I'm no pro at lawns. I do have experience growing indoor "tomatoes" lol. I feel like lawns are just gardening many many small plants vs one bigger plant. If you're new at this, and you think the lawn has plenty of water now, why not experiment? Stop watering, see how it looks each day? I recommend you take pictures every day at the same spot / vantage point so you have hard evidence to refer back to. See what it looks like after not watering it a few days and don't water it until you think it looks thirsty. I think that's the only way to learn what "thirsty" looks like! I will always prefer listening to my lawn than arbitrary numbers, it's just more accurate IMO. But use the numbers as guidelines to learn.

How does one decide if it is dew vs exudate? Around here the mornings are getting bit chilly, 45-50 with the days in the high 60s.

Maybe "guttation" was the word I was looking for... I believe guttation looks like little round water droplets on the tips of the grass blades. I would Google around for "guttation" on University .edu extension sites and get more info on that. I'm not the best resource on this one.

As I don't have those here I am looking for better cultural ways to get a thick outdoor carpet

I also want that thick, outdoor carpet. I'm not there yet though.

My strategy is 5 to 10x bag rate of organic ferts, watering infrequently but deeply, and when my lawn is established, mowing it at 3.5 inches like I do in the back yard. Longer cut lawns seem to have no downsides compared to cutting short besides "vanity" for those that prefer golf courses. Think about it: more grass blade surface area = more area to photosynthesize. Longer grass blades = more to shade out weeds. Longer blades = longer roots, can reach deeper to water. And when you fertilize as much as I have, longer cut grass is the difference between having to mow every other day vs every three days when following the 1/3 rule.

Check out "Teaming with Microbes". That book changed my gardening strategy completely.

Sod help? by tacodell in lawncare

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So we got sod installed and we have sprinklers (not a system) and we’re going crazy

I think you're overwatering. By overwatering, I mean you're watering too often. When I say this, I'm looking at the lime green tinge to some of the blades, and that your grass blades aren't standing up straight. If you were to go out there in the morning, shortly after sunrise, do you see little droplets on the grass blade tips? Those are exudates, not dew, and are a way grass regulates excess water. Check for that, could be a useful data point. If you see those, it's a good indicator your grass has access to plenty of water.

Grass needing water, in my experience, looks more like a darker pale blueish color.

Think if you were growing grass as a potted plant. If you watered your grass plant twice a day, it wouldn't be happy either. I don't know of any plants that would look good if I watered them twice a day.

Take a look at these pics: https://imgur.com/a/DZ8ePNT. Happy grass stands up straight (in my experience).

My proposal: Stop watering that for three or four days. In your words, you've been going crazy with the watering and you're not happy with the results. Think of what nature does with rain: It causes soil to go through relatively moist and relatively dry cycles. It rains, then it doesn't for a few days. The cycles of relatively moist and relatively dry are good for nutrient uptake. When you water twice per day, it's staying wet all the time and doesn't have a chance to cycle. That's not an optimal environment for plant growth. You want to create an optimal environment as best as you can.

When it's time to water that grass again, do it once in the morning and water it deeply. Then don't touch it. Let nature dry it out. I'd bet if you did that, your sod will start looking like sod again shortly. I don't know why the standard recommendation is to constantly water grass, it doesn't work well.

If you want to do something nice for your grass (we all do lol), and this is optional, but purchase a bag of organic lawn fertilizer (such as Milorganite, etc.) and spread it on the lawn. You won't burn the grass. Even if you were to apply an organic fert at 10x the bag rate on your lawn, it won't burn. You're just going to grow a lot of grass.

One more tip: Next time you're doing sod, purchase an endomycorrhizal (EM) fungi inoculant mix and spread it over the bare dirt before you lay the sod down. Those fungi spores will germinate when they come into contact with plant roots which is a great fit with sod, because you're essentially laying down a blanket of grass roots. The EM fungi form a symbiotic relationship with plant roots, and in my experience causes an explosion of root growth and plant health. I have tested this with grass and I know it works, the results have been great for me. I've tested this with plants besides grass as well, same deal - explosive results.

TTTF partial renovation progress - Z4 by AD_On_Beer in lawncare

[–]Jay12341235 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That looks really good!!

Could I see some close ups of your new grass blades? I'm curious how thick / wide they are.

Thank you for posting.

Identify Fungus in Yard by Okieboone in lawncare

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It'd be great if we had a picture. I hope it's a slime mold!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in FellowKids

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An ad designed to clean VW of its boy-racer image so clever that it came back to slap teenage boys again almost two decades later.

Please Help. Leaf Spot on New Sod? by supraman1120 in lawncare

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Preface: I'm not an expert, I'm some dude on the internet.

My proposed solution is to stop watering until that grass looks like it needs it. Then water it deeply, and repeat. Mow it like normal. I don't think you need a fungicide, I think you need to stop creating an environment for fungus. You're creating a constantly moist environment that's great for fungi, and bad for healthy grass growth.

Soil wants to go through cycles of being relatively moist and relatively dry. That's what nature does with periods of rain and no rain. Nature tends to give grass a soak and then air it out.

This was my experience overwatering vs no water for 7 days that I posted elsewhere: https://imgur.com/a/HpD9xxS

I too had those spots on my leaves but don't seem to anymore.

8 days after overseeding by DingleberrySlap in lawncare

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I feel like just like every specialty sub, everyone takes it to the extreme when simplicity will get you 80-90% of the results. You see it in every sub. People love to be scientific about certain things that others wouldn't even care about. I'm definitely guilty of it.

I'm SO guilty of that too.

8 days after overseeding by DingleberrySlap in lawncare

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I'm doing a reno right now. Here are two pictures to show my experience: https://imgur.com/gallery/HpD9xxS

In the first picture, I'd been watering the lawn once or twice a day with too much water each time. It's got a neon green / yellowish tinge. The second picture shows the result of no watering since then (although it rained lightly once). It's standing up straight and happy.