[J_nick]

Happy New Years TLF members! Please use this thread to discuss what you do in your lawn.

 

[ales_gantar]

I tried dormant seeding on a neglected part that gets very little rain, and a lot of foot traffic. The ground had just unfrozen, so I guess the next freezing will lift the soil a bit and suck the seeds. The success will be easily visible.

 

[mmacejko]

Piled more snow from the driveway on it...

 

[pennstater2005]

Piled more snow from the driveway on it...

Same.

 

[g-man]

Im watching the bright sunny day from inside the house. It's -8F right now. I was not planning to leave the house until a neighbor called for help with a frozen pipe.

 

[vnephologist]

I've been watching the squirrels endlessly dig holes into what seems like my dry permafrost of a lawn. Looks like temps might be high enough on Wednesday to finally irrigate.

 

[Powhatan]

I cut an oak tree stump lower to ground level in preparation for grinding. My neighbor has three stumps he wants to grind up as well. We plan to rent a grinder if a sufficient size is price reasonable, else hire a tree stump removal company.

 

[Tsmith]

I cut an oak tree stump lower to ground level in preparation for grinding. My neighbor has three stumps he wants to grind up as well. We plan to rent a grinder if a sufficient size is price reasonable, else hire a tree stump removal company.

I would recommend hiring someone to grind multiple stumps rather than try and grind them yourself. Oaks are big stumps and require the bigger grinders which you might have a hard time finding for rent.

 

[ales_gantar]

We are having an odd warm weather, and I'm thinking about mowing. But I'm affraid my neighbour is going to call the people that bring you the jacket which makes you hug yourself and stuff you with pills.
But, but, mowing.

Oh, sorry. Sharpened my mower blade and cleaned an axe.

 

[FuzzeWuzze]

Found a few pounds of PRG seed left i forgot about, so just threw it down in my Fall reno and stomped it in the bare spots to see what happens so i could clean up my storage a bit. Thus far we've had a pretty warm Winter here. It was like 55F/35F yesterday.

Also been spraying Tenacity on some Poa Annua thats popped up in my Reno in late fall, between that and pulling i think i have it mostly under control.

 

[Powhatan]

I cut an oak tree stump lower to ground level in preparation for grinding. My neighbor has three stumps he wants to grind up as well. We plan to rent a grinder if a sufficient size is price reasonable, else hire a tree stump removal company.

I would recommend hiring someone to grind multiple stumps rather than try and grind them yourself. Oaks are big stumps and require the bigger grinders which you might have a hard time finding for rent.

Thanks for the recommendation. :thumbup:

Part two of today's work, busy day ...

I cut down several small trees growing in the gravel road drainage ditch in front of house and repurposed the trunks as trail edging in my back woods. Much easier to do tree maintenance this time of year without the leaves.

 

[Miller_Low_Life]

Moved snow onto areas that didn't have any on it to help prevent desiccation.

 

[MikeD]

Pulled out some poa Annual weeds.. I can finally see the difference in the lighter color and some with seed heads. Grrrr hate that weed.. it's very sneaky and fast growing..

 

[g-man]

^ once you could recognize it, it is impossible not to see it.

 

[kolbasz]

^ once you could recognize it, it is impossible not to see it.

Makes my wife crazy, I'll be walking through the yard talking to her and then stop mid sentence to cuss at and then pull. While the POA is awful, the bentgrass is what has been making me more crazy of late, it is taking over and the tenacity apps were not helping. Going to have to up the dosage.

I know tenacity is a quantity/year product, but what about per app, is there a max to avoid?

 

[g-man]

^ this report has some studies done on bentgrass. I would add that timing is key. You need the bentgrass to be actively growing. That should be May for your area. I don't have experience with bentgrass, but I'm assuming it is like Poa a. Using a high rate of tenecity makes it go dormant instead of killing it. Keep the rate low and increase for frequency.

From the report attached: "Sequential applications of 1.0 oz. per acre with UAN plus non-ionic surfactant at a two-week interval provided the highest observed creeping bentgrass control of 93 percent in 2007 and 97 percent in 2008 (Table 3). "

http://www.golfdom.com/improve-the-efficacy-of-tenacity-for-creeping-bentgrass-control/

 

[kolbasz]

guess I will dial it back to 1oz from the 2 I was doing.

I will agree with this timing thing. When I first found it in my yard last year, I was able to kill it off in a small section. Then I realized things were much worse so after the heat, I was treating with tenacity, but got no response, so there is something to be said about the timing and it seems to be before the summer heat.

Looking back, I have pictures of it bleaching out in early July, so I started to hit it some time in June it would seem. Regardless, before the summer heat. After, my efforts were futile. Either that or my techniques were extremely flawed or it is not bentgrass (but I am pretty sure it is based on the section that did die off)

 

[g-man]

The liquid nitrogen (UAN - Urea Ammonium Nitrate) and non-ionic surfactant had an effect per the study. Make sure you include them.

 

[Green]

Looking back, I have pictures of it bleaching out in early July, so I started to hit it some time in June it would seem. Regardless, before the summer heat. After, my efforts were futile. Either that or my techniques were extremely flawed or it is not bentgrass (but I am pretty sure it is based on the section that did die off)

Having gone through a similar process with Bentgrass and Tenacity several times (unfortunately I didn't know about the 1oz rate being so effective with Nitrogen...thanks, g-man!) I'll add that sometimes Nimblewill (a warm-season plant) gets confused for Bentgrass. But now, having seen both this past year, I can tell the difference easily. Most likely you had Bentgrass if hitting it in mid-Summer didn't work well. Nimblewill, on the other hand, seemed to kill well in the middle of the Summer.

 

[Powhatan]

Cut down some small trees out of the gravel road drainage ditch; repurposed the trunks as yard and trail edging.