Developing an annual maintenance calendar

Movingshrub said:

I have looked at the maintenance calendars for Clemson, Mississippi State, Auburn, and Georgia.

I am trying to come up with an annual plan for the next 12 months, that captures the right time of year for which products, including both herbicides and insecticides.

I would welcome input from fellow members. Items to consider - I live in North Alabama. I installed a sprinkler system and sprigged my yard over the summer. The Bermuda is mostly established although there are some areas of the yard that are lacking in complete coverage. I also have settling in the trenches from the irrigation install which need to be filled in with topsoil/sand. The top dressing step is for primarily for purpose of resolving those and will likely be at least an inch thick in those areas; I'm okay with the grass being buried and filling in from the sides. I have a toddler that doesn't understand the risk of ants yet. I am taking the three step approach of adult supervision, teaching that ants can hurt, and minimizing the quantity of ant hills in the lawn through the use of insecticide application.

Nov-17 Post-em with three-way or brushed glyphosate; Winterize sprinkler system; Winterize/sharpen/maintain outdoor equipment; Soil test

Dec-17 Post-em with three-way or brushed glyphosate; Apply amendments, if necessary, per soil test results

Jan-18 Post-em with three-way or brushed glyphosate

Feb-18 Post-em with Celsius, Certainty, brushed glyphosate, or three-way, depending on weather; Apply pre-em of simazine and oxadiazon (this year only)

Mar-18 No herbicides during spring green-up; Brushed glyphosate for post-em.

Apr-18 Post-em with Celsius, Certainty, brushed glyphosate, or three-way depending on weather; Scalp, top dress, and fertilize at 1lb of N per month. (Can I push this to March?); Spray bifenthrin or cyfluthrin insecticide

May-18 Post-em with Celsius, Certainty, three-way, or brushed glyphosate; Fertilize at 1lb of N per month; Spray bifenthrin or cyfluthrin insecticide.

Jun-18 Post-em with Celsius, Certainty, or brushed glyphosate; Apply oxadiazon (This year only; Can I spray oxadiazon on non-dormant bermuda in June?); Fertlize at 1lb of N per month; Apply imidacloprid for next year's grub control (Is this a once a year application or multiple times?); Spray bifenthrin or cyfluthrin insecticide.

Jul-18 Post-em with Celsius, Certainty, or brushed glyphosate; Fertilize at 1lb of N per month; Start applying T-nex PGR once bare spots have filled in with Bermuda (21 day cycle); Spray bifenthrin or cyfluthrin insecticide.

Aug-18 Post-em with Celsius, Certainty, or brushed glyphosate; Fertilize at 1lb of N per month; Continue T-nex application; Spray bifenthrin or cyfluthrin insecticide.

Sep-18 Post-em with Celsius, Certainty, or brushed glyphosate; Fertilize at 1lb of N per month, last application of N about 6 weeks before average frost day; Continue T-nex application; Spray bifenthrin or cyfluthrin insecticide.

Oct-18 Post-em with Celsius, Certainty, brushed glyphosate, or three-way, depending on weather; Raise HOC 0.5" to prepare for cooler weather; Apply pre-em of prodiamine, simazine, and monument.

Repeat except no oxadiazon next year - switch to prodiamine.

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