Looks great coming out of winter. I've got the same dog area in the back that looks amazing and is already overgrown ha

Cant wait to see some drone shots

 

Very nice, looks great coming out of winter. Looking forward to following your journal once again this year! Just a few more weeks until everything really takes off.

 

Welcome back! I'm following this years journal from the first row!
Good luck and have fun this season.

I leave the commenting on the high PH and low P for the experts :nod:

 

Winter color retention is out of this universe. Even the mowing stripes stayed.

 

Those mowing stripes were on point!

 

Winter color retention is out of this universe. Even the mowing stripes stayed.

It's pretty cool. I've experimented with TTTF, and some of my neighbors have it. Winter color is much stronger on the KBG, IMO.

The stripes could have something to do with mowing the same pattern for a month and not stopping until middle of December. Then again, I remember them sticking around well into March last year too.

 

Thank you for sharing! The lawn looks great after the snow cover! Which drone do you use btw? There are a lot of budgets picks available(example) but I'm not sure that I'll take the same quality

 

Thank you for sharing! The lawn looks great after the snow cover! Which drone do you use btw?

Thanks bud. I got the DJI Mini SE. Haven't used it yet - been waiting for the weather to improve.

 

Soil re-tested at Waypoint. Much better pH and P.

No clue what happened with the first sample. Maybe I didn't clean the bucket well enough before mixing.

 

I wonder how accurate these labs are? It would be interesting to take the same sample, split in half (or more) and send to multiple labs to see how close the results match. I'm going to make a thread in the fertility section and see if we can convince someone to do it.

Agree with the others, looks great coming out of winter!

 

I actually just did this with Yard Mastery vs Waypoint.

Soil Test Results

Looking for any recommendations on how to make sense of my soil test as it pertains to my fertilization schedule. I sent a sample to both Yard Mastery and Waypoint. I unfortunately did not request the micro analysis from Waypoint, but the results of both are below: According to the Yard...

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I wonder how accurate these labs are? It would be interesting to take the same sample, split in half (or more) and send to multiple labs to see how close the results match. I'm going to make a thread in the fertility section and see if we can convince someone to do it.

Agree with the others, looks great coming out of winter!

Thanks! Good call - I should do that but don't want to toss another $40 at soil tests this year, ha. And I find smashing up the cores to be a PITA.

It's hard to believe that it could be the labs. But everything was the same between the two samples except the second time, I took almost twice as many cores and thoroughly scrubbed the bucket (it is plastic, not metal).

I trust the Waypoint results more for the above reasons and that the pH from Spectrum just made no sense (again, I believe my fault, not theirs) compared to every test I've done on my soil previously. I hope this doesn't discourage anyone from using Spectrum.

 

Does look great and looks ready to go! The burned in stripes are pretty cool. I think there a lot of factors that go into testing. Like how long the soil stays wet for before testing and how long they leave it in contact. There's probably a million other reasons and ways I can mess mine up. Can't wait to try!

 

Thanks @Wile! I didn't realize soil moisture could impact testing. My soil is seemingly always wet.

Ps - I am thinking of trying to maintain a collar around my backyard with a manual reel or maybe a rotary this year. I love the look on your lawn and want to see the color improvement at the higher HOC.

 

Thanks @Wile! I didn't realize soil moisture could impact testing. My soil is seemingly always wet.

Ps - I am thinking of trying to maintain a collar around my backyard with a manual reel or maybe a rotary this year. I love the look on your lawn and want to see the color improvement at the higher HOC.

Yes sir! @Wile is going to be the trendsetter on this one. With how easy the HOC adjustment is on the Swardman I can't pass this opportunity up. Looks sharp and will help keep the mulch in place.

 

@bf7 @jskierko yes, yes! do it! Can't wait to see!

 

moonlight looks like an amazing color out of the gate, what did you agree on using?

 

@ABC123 yes, moonlight looks pretty darn good. All of the pots suffered from disease and/or winter kill to some extent. Hoping I can keep the remaining babies alive.

No decisions yet. If another reno is in the cards, it would likely be 2023. That is assuming one of the cultivars doesn't blow me away over the next few months.

 

First mow, finally! A cold / rainy start to April had been delaying things, but today hit 80F for the first time since September in my area.

The yard has been ready for a mow for at least a week. Standing water was preventing me from getting the greens mower on it. Still has not completely dried out. The grade is poor, and the soil does not drain well. Hoping more sand will help.

I started out at a HOC of 3/4", and the basket was full after 30 seconds. Much shaggier than I thought. I was cutting off too much for my liking, so I raised it to 15/16". I plan to gradually lower it.

Love the new drone :bandit:

 

Bravo, that looks awesome!

 

Great start to the year!

 

0.3 lbs/k of N - Humic coated urea (foliar)
1 lbs/k of P - TSP
1 lbs/k of K - SOP
6 oz/k of Air 8
6 oz/k of RGS
6 oz/k of Microgreene

Macro totals 2022:
Nitrogen - 0.3 lbs/k
Phosphorus - 1 lbs/k
Potassium - 1 lbs/k

 

DOOD! Ridiculous color! And looking great right at the start of the season!

 

Of course you just had to go and throw down some N didn't you!?

It's like the first guy on the block who clears out their driveway after a snowstorm...everyone else comes out shortly thereafter. Let's go!

 

Of course you just had to go and throw down some N didn't you!?

It's like the first guy on the block who clears out their driveway after a snowstorm...everyone else comes out shortly thereafter. Let's go!

LOL I'm amazed I lasted this long. The weather so far has just been terrible. Otherwise I might have a pound per k down already. It will be a tight window since I don't really want to feed it after May.

For the record, I'm the last guy on the street shoveling his driveway 🤣

 

Winter color retention is out of this universe. Even the mowing stripes stayed.

I was thinking the same thing!

 

I spent most of the weekend fixing edges on the beds. That required removing all the river rocks first. Not the most enjoyable work. But my rocks were getting buried in mulch, and edges were losing definition. So it needed to be done. Still more edging to do, actually. Then I need to put all the rocks back, assuming I don't fall in love with the naked edges.

I was able to fit in a mow yesterday after 8 days. This one was about 3/4". Forget the 1/3 rule - given the N I put down earlier in the week, I would have violated a 1/2 rule easily. The JD was vomiting clippings like nobody's business. Note to self - start PGR asap to get ahead of the seed heads.

I've started the process of forming collars around the borders / beds by not mowing those areas. I'm trying it in the front and back. It's likely going to look messy until I figure everything out. People are really going to wonder what the heck is going on. A decent portion of my front yard will be rotary mowed because it's so small.