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2025| What did you do on your lawn today?
Mightyquinn
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Watched it snow in Houston of all things
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Celebration and Common Bermuda 9k Sq. Ft. Cal Trimmer, Ryobi Electric, Rotary Scissors
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How are you liking that mower?
Scalped some more today until running out of gas. I think I’m up to 6,000 square feet scalped down to .3”, but will have to dethatch and then scalp again to start the year fresh. That celebration got insanely thick last year.
The unit is very well built and solid. Coming from my Mclane 25” I do miss the reel engagement handle & drive lever vs the 2 bars on the Catalyst if that makes sense. I find it odd having to pull one bar back and feathering the back drive bar forward and trying to move my hand out the way.
Cut quality is really great. Granted I didn’t get the lawn where I wanted to last year just due to schedule. So for a bit I was scalping in certain areas of my yard because the .75 on the Mclane was lower on Catalyst due to it being heavier.
This season I plan to verticut for the first time, scalp to 5/8 & maintain at 7/8. Hopefully then the yard stripes will start to burn in with the rear drum and not feel like it is floating.
I ran into Bermuda Mites last season with your help and the only thing I used was a few apps of bifenthrin. I really want to get the Catalyst cutting as low to dirt as possibly in my backyard.
Celebration and Common Bermuda 9k Sq. Ft. Cal Trimmer, Ryobi Electric, Rotary Scissors
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That's great feedback! I'm looking to get one as I like the rubber rear drum due to my hilly yard. I also like the cartridges. Sounds like a good plan for this season, hopefully the weather will cooperate! 🤞🏼
Started up my mower & let it run, try to do once a week in the winter months (vs. letting it sit all winter). Picked up sticks/branches & cut some branches out of trees that were barely hanging on from the ice storm damage a couple weeks ago.
Hoping lawn completely thaws out this week to pull some soil samples for a soil test & hope to spray a pre-E before rain next weekend. I’m ready for spring & mowing!
Hoping lawn completely thaws out this week to pull some soil samples for a soil test & hope to spray a pre-E before rain next weekend. I’m ready for spring & mowing!
Weeds to keep (St. Augustine) and weeds to get rid of!
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Put down some Atrazine.
Spraying pre e tomorrow so it can get watered in. Forecast shows highs in the mid-upper 70s for the foreseeable future starting this weekend
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Put down a year max application of prodiamine yesterday morning so it could get watered in. Maybe early, but soil temps were 51 and 53 the previous two days. This is my second season doing my own chemicals. I think I finally have my application rate on the sprayer mostly figured out, so we'll see how it goes. Hopefully I didn't just kill everything.
Weeds to keep (St. Augustine) and weeds to get rid of!
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Watching my Atrazine do its duty!! Clovers and all kinds or junk are dying off nicely. I sweeped a spary onto my neighbors property..... (think a buffer zone) of about 50% clover..... its dying off and the grass is popping up under it!!!
I think I like this stuff!!
Applied half yearly rate of Prodiamine and trimmed a few smaller trees.
Yesterday was beautiful here with high of 75, sunny and low winds so I took the afternoon to give a serious trim up to the 6 live oaks I have. The lawn will thank me! Within 2 weeks will be scalp and preemergent for me.
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