[Cory]

Was told I should make one of these so here we go. But want to say thanks to everyone here before I do! Without all the info on this forum I doubt I would have our lawn as nice as it is currently!

So here's the rundown so far....

February 23. Scalped, applied Prodiamine
Didnt get up as much of it as I would have liked to but knew I was gonna put sand down so wasn't worried about it. My wife thought it would be funny to make a meme :lol:









March 31. Applied 50lbs 16-4-8 front yard

April 11. Applied 100lbs 16-4-8 back yard
Back yard is still a work in progress. I let crabgrass take over last year and think I had a grub problem late summer



April 20. Leveled front yard with 9 yards sand















Some progress pics...

April 27th







May 2





May 7 with a backyard







May 9





May 13









May 18, aerated, drug cores back in and light scalp






May 27







May 30









June 2











June 16






Here is my notes on when and what I applied

April 11. Applied 100lbs 16-4-8 back yard
April 20. Leveled front and fertilized
April 29. Applied Bayer insect/grub killer
May 1. Applied 34-0-0 front and back
May 9. Applied AS and Iron
May 13. Applied 34-0-0 front
May 18. Aerated front and back
May 24. Applied 34-0-? And fungicide front
May 27. Applied 34-0-? Backyard
May 27. Applied FAS front yard.
June 3. Applied Sedgehammer front
June 8. Applied 16-4-8 150lbs front/back and RGS/AIR-8 front
June 22. Applied PGR

There was some weed killer apps in there too but guess I didn't mark them down. I don't have a current photo of the back yard so will have to do that tomorrow but it's not much better :lol:

:thumbup:

 

[Cory]

Mowed and aerated the backyard, 3rd time this year. And applied grub ex. Still looks really rough but after all the other thing I have bought this year there's not much left for the back so just have to wait it out.

Those are not stripes in the photo. Something is wrong with my rider and I can't figure it out. I think one of the blades is off balance but not sure. I have taken them off twice and sharpened them but still does that.

 

[Cory]

Mowed the front last night and applied PGR. Wasnt following the 1/3 rule, was cutting almost 1/2 so looks a little scalped. Crazy how fast it was growing in 2 days. Took a few pics this morning.

 

[Cory]

Afternoon mow. Have a little yellowing but not sure if it's fine having to cut off too much the other night or needs a little nitrogen.

 

[Cory]

Applied GreenTRX at 1lbs/N per 1k.

 

[Cory]

Getting some much needed rain.

 

[steensn]

:shock: :shock: :thumbup:

 

[Amaxwell5]

That's looking really good. Nice work.

 

[Cory]

@steensn and @Amaxwell5 thanks!

 

[wiredawg]

Looks Awesome...

 

[Cory]

Looks Awesome...

Thanks

 

[social port]

It is amazing to see the progress over time. Really nice work; looks great

 

[Colonel K0rn]

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[Cory]

Scalped it

 

[ryeguy]

What kinda sprinkler setup do you have there?

 

[Cory]

@ryeguy I do t have a system so have to drag hoses around. I have a few different things I use.

I have tractors for the back. Used them a couple of times and pretty happy with them. They are just super slow and can only drive on areas with grass, no bare spots.





And I made a few with pop up gear drive sprinkler heads.





A a couple with regular full circle adjustable heads. I like these better when it's windy because the gear drives put out too much mist. The only problem is I have to move them more because they only spray maybe 10' circle for each head but they put out a lot of water. The gear drives cover 50' and need to stay in one spot for a while in order to put enough water down .

 

[Ral1121]

if you want heads that perform well in wind, why not try some mp rotators. They are probably the best performing heads in the wind.

 

[Cory]

@Ral1121 I have to move them to so many different spots I need to be able to adjust from full circle to quarter circle and also distance. I don't think you can do that with the MP, I would need to make several different heads for them to work. The sleds have orbit 0-360° heads on them

 

[Cory]

@Ral1121 they probably do more like 15' diameter per head. I could probably put full circle MP heads on them though

 

[Ral1121]

You should be able to run more money heads then the regular fan nozzles. The only thing you have to watch out for is if you have enough pressure going to your furthest out heads.