Did a quick double cut on the front today. There wasn’t much growth at all, but the color is getting better. I will be seeding the glyphosate areas around the sidewalk and driveway. If the spring seeding fails I’ll plug from inconspicuous areas.

 

I started to make small videos of the lawn in the past week. It’s always been something I’ve wanted to do but I’ve finally had the motivation. Below is a link if anyone is interested.

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I’m still mowing about every 5 days in the front. I’ll be adding more seed to the bare spots this weekend.

I cut the backyard for the first time this weekend and it was rough! I let this go at the end of last year but intend to go back to using the reel mower.

Before and after the triple cut. I have ALOT of leveling work to do. I’m sure it’s always been this bumpy but it seems worse after this last winter.

If time permits this weekend, I want to dethatch and add sand.

 

I was able to dethatch the backyard. The was a decent amount of material even though I did this twice last year. This is a must if you cut low to prevent floating.

Followed the detaching with a double cut. I plan on starting my PGR regime soon.

 

Did a quick video of yesterday’s activity’s in the backyard. The video isn’t the greatest but it will get better over time.

 

A busy weekend ahead! I’m starting my leveling project in the backyard. More to follow.

 

Where did you get your sand from? Big box store?

 

Started off with a double cut of the front.

 

 

Great videos!

 

Thanks! I’m hoping they’re improving lol.

 

My side yard is desperately trying to hold off against the weeds. No pre emergent this year.

 

Did my first ever sand leveling project nine days ago. I learned a lot and still need more sand later in the season.

Fast forward to today and I cut at .75in. Most everything has filled in.

I had some leftover Scott’s fertilizer with mesotrione, so I used that in the back. It’s killing off the poa spots.

I’ll be starting up my pgr regime very soon.

 

Were the poa spots young? I don’t know if I’d really expect them to be killed vs just getting stalled for a little while.

Leveled area looks great!

 

 

Applied first application of pgr and fungicide to the front yard.
.6 floz per 1000sqft pramaxis
2floz per 1000sqft Propiconazole

 

Another lawn mower acquired. It’s a 1989 Jacobsen. It’s set to cut greens at .15. I couldn’t pass it down since it was free.

 

An extremely busy weekend! Update on the backyard still cutting at 3/4in. Color is good but poa and some crabgrass is coming through. No pre emergent. I honestly don’t mind the poa that much.

 

Jealous- if I cut that low I would take every bit of green off my lawn and be left with a bunch of white stems. LOL 😮 Looks great Thrush

 

Thanks! It’s been a long process

 

What grass is this, kbg?

 

Mainly ***. This is the original grass that was here when I moved in. I did two overseers with rye, but I can’t see much of it.

I’m highly considering switching to bentgrass.

 

Applied my second application of Pgr to the front yard. 2OZ total.

 

What product, rate, and timing are you going with?

 

I use paramaxis MEC Pgr. A rate of .89OZ per 1k. I target 250GDD.

I haven’t used other pgrs such as TNEX, but it seems like the application rate for the suppression I want is higher. I’ve used this brand of Pgr for about two years.

Pramaxis MEC Plant Growth Regulator

Pramaxis MEC Plant Growth Regulator

www.domyown.com

 

How are you calculating the GDD?

 

I use greencasts gdd tracker and set the base temperature at 0C. Once the total hits 250gdd I reapply.

Growing Degree Days | GreenCast | Syngenta

www.greencastonline.com

It’s easy once you get the hang of it. I track all of my applications in excel.

 

Still maintaining the front at .75in. The drive unit on my GM1000 stopped working, so I had to use the old Jacobsen to finish. I still haven’t had the time to see what’s wrong with it.

 

Looks good

 

It has been very dry the past couple weeks. However we got almost 4 inches of rain within 24 hours.

I missed a fungus application and it started creeping in the front yard. I applied a curative rate of propiconizal and Pgr a few days ago. It seems to be working.

Right before the rain I applied a foliar application of nitrogen. It had four hours to dry but I’m not too sure if it was washed away with the rain.

 

 

How far away was the tornado that touched down in Macomb County yesterday?

 

It is getting hot here in Michigan! It will be in the 90’s for the upcoming days.

I triple cut the backyard and double cut the front. Maintaining everything at .75in. The back came out of regulation so there was a lot of clippings. Especially since we’ve had over 4 inches of rain in the past three days.

You can tell that the backyard has slight heat stress and fungus. I did a spray mix of PGR, propi, insecticide, and nitrogen. I know this goes against all rules but I wanted to see if I get side affects and or bronzing. I talked to the superintendent at my work and they regularly spray nitrogen with pgr. I was apprehensive to follow his advice but he’s the expert. I can blame him when I get bad results 😂

I ended up following the online hype and buying some of the neighbors envy fertilizer. I know it’s overpriced the for the nitrogen amount per application, but the convenience is worth the price for me. Two kids under the age of two will do that to you. I’ll have a full review coming up.