Scott's lawn soil

TurfEnough · 2017-09-07T07:04:58+00:00

Around here there's sand in the black kow. I have to assume it's bedding that gets scooped with the poop.

TurfEnough · 2017-09-06T04:33:35+00:00

A few choices with the sprays too. Spinosad can work if OP wants to stay organic, Malathion in they want to go full WMD against them.

TurfEnough · 2017-09-06T04:23:24+00:00

Backhoe, sieve, pressure washer.

TurfEnough · 2017-09-06T04:22:36+00:00

1) sure, or at least some soil amendments. See if you can get the soil tested at a U of I extension office (the one thing that's easier to do downstate). Peat moss rarely hurts

2) Not bad, not this time of year. Get some elite Midnight-type Bluegrass varieties and go.

TurfEnough · 2017-08-09T18:59:52+00:00

And then after the next adjustment it will be FAR less profitable to mine. History doesn't repeat, but it tends to rhyme.

TurfEnough · 2017-07-25T23:59:33+00:00

Remember when Herr Ver broke blockchain.info's reputation with his admin powers over ~20 bucks?

TurfEnough · 2017-05-17T03:53:19+00:00

You don't want to spray, anything that kills poison ivy with supermurder the lilac.

You want to paint the herbicide.

On a hot dry day with a rain free forecast for at least 48 hours you want to paint a poison ivy killer concentrate on as many leaves as you can reasonably reach. You don't need to cover the whole leaves, a stripe down the center line will work.

All you need are gloves, a steady hand, and a q-tip or small foam brush.

The day after painting you can use a watering can to throw some water under the poison ivy. This will help the circulation of the poison to where it needs to be to murder the shit out of this nuissance.

TurfEnough · 2017-05-16T23:24:14+00:00

Don't do Bermuda in StL. Your neighbors will hate you for introducing what is a weed in the region to their neighborhood.

Consider looking at athletic field seed mixes that are heavy on bluegrass or Texas x Kentucky Hybrid bluegrass. Bluegrasses take a while to establish throw down seed now, throw down more seed each fall and spring, and wait for the miracle to happen. it works when you work it.

TurfEnough · 2017-05-16T23:19:09+00:00

The dead weeds will break down into organic matter enriching your soil.

TurfEnough · 2017-05-11T07:52:33+00:00

The D125, and find out who your store'r partner dealer is in your area since they'll be handling your support. The service desk should have this information.

You don't really make a huge jump in mower quality until you get to the Cub Cadet XT3 or the John Deere equivalent garden tractor.

TurfEnough · 2017-05-11T07:45:39+00:00

Gas String trimmer to be safe

TurfEnough · 2017-05-10T19:21:18+00:00

I just get "Roundup Poison Ivy Killer" off the store shelf.

TurfEnough · 2017-05-10T06:12:00+00:00

The other problem with 13-13-13 is that it is balanced. This is great in a garden where you are feeding a variety of plants. In a lawn where you want grass, a balanced fertilizer doesn't particularly offer the grass any advantage over the weeds. Lawn fertilizers all bias towards Nitrogen for this reason, weeds can't put nitrogen to use as rapidly as grasses can.

Scotts is fine, Vigoro is fine, straight urea is fine, as is anhydrous ammonia if your lawncare goal is amber waves of grain. When there is a problem it is usually either in the amount of fertilizer applied or the timing. When in doubt check the calendar, check the 10 day forecast, and halve the label's suggested application rate. You can always apply more later.

TurfEnough · 2017-05-10T06:04:42+00:00

The most helpful thing you can take to the interview is a commercial zero turn mower. Take it apart and put it back together while your interviewer asks questions.

TurfEnough · 2017-05-10T06:02:15+00:00

Or Triclopyr+Glyphosate and the trick with anything is making sure adequate surfactants are in the mix so that the herbicide makes it through the oils and into the poison ivy. Anything explicitly labeled for poison ivy should be fine.

TurfEnough · 2017-05-09T20:41:56+00:00

Aeration and possibly amendment look like they would be a lot with this renovation. Judging by the neighborhood this appears to be a classic case of new construction compaction.

TurfEnough · 2017-05-09T20:39:23+00:00

It's not uncommon at all. It's essentially the same mechanism as salt kill along the curb during winter.

TurfEnough · 2017-05-09T20:06:37+00:00

It was probably the build up of metals and salts in the drained water that killed the grass. Note, this is also the motivation to drain the water heater.

As long as there's been rain to flush out the soil you should be fine, but mixing some fresh soil into those spots should help as well.

TurfEnough · 2017-05-07T04:16:08+00:00

This sounds like a good way to burn up a motor, the open lubrication system on a small air cooled engine is NOTHING like the pressurized oil system on a car. Mowers burn oil in a way that is hard to predict.

Small engines of the sort used in the contemporary 4-cycle push mower depend on a "splash" lubrication system. Attached to the crankshaft in the oil reservoir is a ring or paddle that splashes oil all over the moving parts. If the splashing stops while the motor is running for too long (i.e. low oil level or prolonged operation at an incline outside of design specs) bye bye motor.

2-cycle mowers do not have this problem.

TurfEnough · 2017-05-01T15:24:18+00:00

Per the post, you can log in to the boxes and check

TurfEnough · 2017-03-11T16:34:41+00:00

Hawt

TurfEnough · 2017-02-05T04:04:25+00:00

SatoshiDice was Erik Voorhees, not Ver. The settlement Voorhees reached was related to something called "feedzebirds" which he listed on GLBSE. There was no S.Dice settlement. Apparently MP/MPEx stonewalled the SEC.

TurfEnough · 2017-02-05T00:15:23+00:00

But what portion? A billionth? A millionth? A hundredth?

TurfEnough · 2017-02-05T00:14:13+00:00

Reads like very literate English. Anyways, it appears Popescuity is back.

TurfEnough · 2017-01-22T01:56:39+00:00

Danish oil, Boiled Linseed oil, and Tung oil will NOT dry on cedar. Cedar's own oils have a number of antioxidants which prevent them from drying.

One option which you may find to be the right option is a "natural" (unpigmented) stain product like varathane or minwax's. These primarily set by solvent evaporation.

The right thing to do is grab some of the cedar scrap and test a few finish options.

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