Admired how it's weed free and still not completely dormant even after recently being covered in snow.

@Ware How about you?

 

Striped the rye just in time for snow and ice in Atlanta this weekend

 

Road trip to @ReelRollers on Friday 1/14/22 to pick up new C27 TRU-Cut. Shoveling snow Today.




Update from January photo. Getting ready to top dress again.

 

Admired the lack of weeds as compared to my neighbors and starting designing an irrigation system.

@Movingshrub you're not completely dormant yet in Huntsville?! I'm in Madison and I've only got a tiny strip around the edge of the house that's hanging on.

 

Congrats on the Tru-Cut @AllenbSC! The C27 was my first reel, so they hold a special place in my heart.

 

Congrats on the C-27 w/Honda engine those are going to be rare pretty soon

 

Starting to think about servicing the mowers, plan for my spring applications, and maybe get a loose timeline together for a level this year.

Front yard is still mostly green. Some spots trying to go dormant, dull looking however. Haven't ever had it make it this far, even mowed to clean up some and had some decent clipping a week ago.

 

Mowed the ryegrass at 1/2" and thankful to not be covered with snow.



Also worked on removing the rock from the back patio border and moving to the side of the house with the A/C unit and replacing with something like liriope or a shrub. These seem to always get kicked onto the lawn where I have to remove before the reel hits them. If anyone has any tips on how to speed this project up, so far it's been a bit rocky.

 

Working on rebuilding a fence gate sucks

 

Had the landscaper whack down the ficus hedge. Ugh lots of bare spots. Nuked it today with maximum rate of Cyzmic, Nygard, and Excite-R. Hopefully that should severely reduce the whitefly population. Going to do a good root soak with Imidacloprid this weekend for a longer protection.

At least the shorter hedge should allow more sun on the grass which cant hurt.

Going to put down a half dose of Isoxaben this weekend also.

 

I replaced the worn down blade on my Ryobi edger attachment, what a difference it can make. I went with a Stihl blade and found it at Ace Hardware for under three dollars. Northern Tool also has them for around the same price, much cheaper than other big box store replacement blades.

 

Put down Prodiamine 1/3 application rate on 8MFT2 dormant Zenith Zoysia, expecting rain tonigh and tomorrow to water it in!! Thanks mother nature. I Did not get my fall application down. Will do another application 1/3 rate in 3-4 months and then be back on track for the fall.

 

Scalp from 2.5 to 1.5 and grass was everywhere.

 

Got my first app of Prodiamine down today. Expecting some rain over the next 24hrs but still gave it a little water to start working it down into the dry soil. Ready to start scalping soon! Let the fun begin.

 

Scalped my backyard and did some leveling. Getting ready for 3 pallets of ProVista in a couple of weeks.

 

Mowed @ 1.5" and didn't bag any. Soil is exposed pretty well to help with the green up. Ready for spring after one last frost 🤞 this weekend

 

Got two new sprinkler rotors added in the backyard to give me 100% coverage with my new sod. Beats moving a manual sprinkler around and using reclaimed water will save me money.

 

Scalped the yard in Waxhaw NC. I was surprised to see quite a bit of green near the dirt. Let's go spring! Gonna get prodiamine down any day now

 

Sprayed prodiamine at half rate. Feels good to get back out there.

 

Mowed a good bit of the yard at 3/8" which just took some off the top. Waiting until another 2 weeks for prodiamine since it's supposed to freeze again late next week

 

Bought my season's supply of fert and PGR at the Sunniland plant. They didn't have either the prodiamine or dithiopyr 50# bags at the wholesale counter.... Looks like Yard Mastery bought all their production capacity lol

 

Wind finally died down this morning. Put down 1/3 of Prodiamine and Isoxaben.

 

Spot sprayed certainty, etho2sc, and atrazine on winter weeds and poa

 

I replaced the worn down blade on my Ryobi edger attachment, what a difference it can make. I went with a Stihl blade and found it at Ace Hardware for under three dollars. Northern Tool also has them for around the same price, much cheaper than other big box store replacement blades.

Wow, that looks great!👍

 

Sprayed 1/4 rate indaziflam + simazine since we have a "wintry mix" in a few days and could use mother nature to get it down to the soil. 2nd app will be 1st week of April and will forgo simazine for prodiamine + indazilflam since Simazine can stunt bermuda growth and I don't want that during its greening up process.