Damn, it wouldn't come until next Friday. My yard will be toast by then. Damn bastards. Lol.
First time verticutter
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Thanks to @concretestorm for helping with verticutting my whole lawn. Pictures here are before and after the cut. So I had a lot of dead and live stolons that made up for most of my lawn. When we cut the lawn, it exposed a lot of the ground. And So you know, this is a sod lawn. Now that it's been nearly stripped, I need some experienced suggestions on what to do next. Oh, and I put out Lescos 15-15-15 fertilizer on my lawn which is about 5,200 sqft and it covers 7,500 sq ft. So, any opinions from people who have had this done would be great.
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How long does it take for this type of fertilizer to dissolve into the ground? I laid it down Wednesday night and have water it since then twice. I also noticed clippings I thought I raked well enough have bunched up as you can see in some of the pictures.
Nothing, but the grubs will come to the top so you can see how bad the infestation is (if any).Suaverc118 said:
As for the armadillo, I like mine sprinkled with a little Dillo Dust...
Ok, that makes sense! Y'all are awesome. I saw that bastard lastnight but he escaped into the woods before I could get to him.Ware said:Nothing, but the grubs will come to the top so you can see how bad the infestation is (if any).Suaverc118 said:
As for the armadillo, I like mine sprinkled with a little Dillo Dust...
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And those ribs looked good. Lol
Do you live in an area where you can shoot it? I had armadillos tearing up my lawn last year around this time as it was newly sodded and was easy pickings for them. One night I looked out into the back yard and spotted one, grabbed my .22 LR and went onto the back patio. It was dark...I could barely make him out, he was moving, and I couldn't see the sites on the rifle at all and had no time to turn any lights on so I took the shot. I didn't hit him, but he made this horrifying screech and ran off faster than I think anything I've ever seen run. Haven't seen them since :lol:Suaverc118 said:Ok, that makes sense! Y'all are awesome. I saw that bastard lastnight but he escaped into the woods before I could get to him.Ware said:Nothing, but the grubs will come to the top so you can see how bad the infestation is (if any).Suaverc118 said:
As for the armadillo, I like mine sprinkled with a little Dillo Dust...
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And those ribs looked good. Lol
My front yard still shows some damage from them though and would have thought those areas would have filled in by now.
I just used that Bifenthrin and it is amazing stuff. I actually haven't had to have my pest guy out since I started using it.Colonel K0rn said:Something similar, but this is the product that I used. The cool thing about this stuff is that you can spray all around the house, to kill roaches, crickets, spiders, ants. You name it, it probably kills them. And it's inexpensive too.Suaverc118 said:Is this it?I read rhatbits for ants, but are there some for what we are talking about as well?? Man it destroyed my yard again lastnight. Really bad.
Water + fert + mow, mow, mow. Become familiar with the Bermuda Triangle. Once your yard shows signs of recovering from the verticutting and scalping, depending on your frost date, you'll want to put down your PreE. Then it should be pretty easy sailing from there.
But first, get rid of that damn armadillo.
But first, get rid of that damn armadillo.
Was that Bermuda triangle suppose to link me somewhere?Colonel K0rn said:Water + fert + mow, mow, mow. Become familiar with the Bermuda Triangle. Once your yard shows signs of recovering from the verticutting and scalping, depending on your frost date, you'll want to put down your PreE. Then it should be pretty easy sailing from there.
But first, get rid of that damn armadillo.
It worked for me :thumbup:Suaverc118 said:Was that Bermuda triangle suppose to link me somewhere?Colonel K0rn said:Water + fert + mow, mow, mow. Become familiar with the Bermuda Triangle. Once your yard shows signs of recovering from the verticutting and scalping, depending on your frost date, you'll want to put down your PreE. Then it should be pretty easy sailing from there.
But first, get rid of that damn armadillo.
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I may mow tomorrow. I do have some bare spots, but I have enough to mow. Now, should I mulch or bag the clippings? I plan to fertilize again with the same fertilizer, but half the bag.
Also, here is my lawn as of now. I've also noticed some green on the dirt showing in the pictures too
Also, here is my lawn as of now. I've also noticed some green on the dirt showing in the pictures too
The bermuda isn't going to do well here - looks like you have some drainage issues in this area?Suaverc118 said:
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