[Flynt2799]

Been meaning to get this thing going, why not start now.

I have always used some kind of fertilizer but would never look to much into it. I also used to use my rotary and kept my lawn at 3"+.

After finding this forum late last season I wanted to get my lawn game strong! Picked up a used Mclane and just received my soul test results.

2017 lawn





Post scalp/dethatch 3/9







3/25







4/10











4/26 - soil test







5/2

 

[Flynt2799]

Mowed the front and back yard at .5"









Sand got delivered as I was finishing mowing!!





Headed to HD and rented an aerator.









Once I was done aerating I pick up what I could with the rotary and raked up best I could.











Tired and covered in dust so called it a day. Sand should start going down in the morning!

 

[Flynt2799]

Started the leveling project. Finished up the backyard this morning.

 

[Flynt2799]

Went ahead and finished what I could. Ran out of sand though...













Also found out I had a casualty from the aerator, now I just have to figure out how to fix this, they ran drip line underneath the grass in my hell strip.

 

[Colonel K0rn]

Looks great, and I learned that if I need 7 yards, order 8 :lol: Drip line is an easy fix, they sell the connectors at Lowe's. It's 1/2". Just get a male-to-male connector, cut out the damaged area, and put in a small patch. Or you could go with Flex Tape!

 

[Flynt2799]

@Colonel K0rn well I tried patching it, but as you can see from the photos I was chasing leak after leak. Ended up just ripping it all up and replacing it.







Like it never happened!

 

[Flynt2799]

Finished up leveling out the yard.







Ended up using every bit of 4 yards. The drag mat and dump cart were a huge help. Like others have said, a 7 shovel load pile was perfect to work with, anything more than that became a workout.

 

[Colonel K0rn]

Was that 7 regular shovel loads, or the large mulch shovels? I was considering buying one of those. If it's a regular shovel, I'm good then.

 

[Flynt2799]

Just a regular flat shovel. Made easy work of the sand. I used the one on the right.

 

[Flynt2799]

Put out some 13-13-13 at 10lbs/1000sqft, also put out milorginite at bag rate to give some slow release, also put out some fast acting sulfur at bag rate to see if I can help out PH. PlN to keep up the 13-13-13 every two weeks and wait and see.

 

[Flynt2799]

Had to give it a mow today, my OCD kicked in. It's still got a ways to go, but the areas that have pushed through are going strong. Mowed at .5", afterwards had to drag the push broom around to level out the ruts from the Mclane.

 

[Flynt2799]

Installed a gen 2 rachio today. Still waiting for some more of the grass to fill in post leveling.

 

[Flynt2799]

Had to mow again today, the Bermuda is slowly starting to fill in the bare spots.

Before mow:





After mow at .5"

 

[Colonel K0rn]

Looking good! Those trees going to be problematic in the future?

 

[Flynt2799]

Looking good! Those trees going to be problematic in the future?

Tell me about it. Tried everything I could to fight the HOA but they wouldn't budge, had all the cons laid out for them but they didn't seem to care.

 

[jayhawk]

Don't ask (HOA usually doesn't legally enforce #@$&) ...nothing else, crape myrtles?

Between the casa....that bermuda won't make it long term. Now it's smooth for Zoysia

The drip sidewalk, is that on a different zone separately?

 

[Flynt2799]

Swung by siteone thanks to @Ral1121 and they recommended I give there Martin 90% sulfur a try to help reduce my PH, also snagged up some sedgehammer while I was there. Got off work early this morning but still didn't stop me from getting a mow in before my nap. The Bermuda is growing like crazy vertically but still taking time to fill in my bare spots.















Started to notice some slight yellowing in the backyard, can't determine if it is due to the new rachio watering schedule or possibly the fertilizer mix I am throwing down. Plan on experimenting with both to figure this out. All trust aside though today I was finally able to see some truly defined striping in the back so that made up for everything else!!

 

[Llano Estacado]

Looking good! Good job on the leveling.

 

[Flynt2799]

Thanks. Feel like as soon as I get the lawn recovered from the first round I'll be doing another.

 

[Flynt2799]

Been a crazy week but I was actually able to squeeze some lawn care in.
On Wednesday took a trip over to Ewing where the gentleman gave me some great info and recommendations. Set me up with the products below.






Raised the mower for this mow to 5/8" and gave the lawn a cut on 1/1.




Followed up with an application of the Mirimichi CarbonizPN, as well as the Holganix and the GreenTRX. Really like the mirimich as it is really fine and just has that fresh smell, went heavy on the bare spots in my lawn and gave the rest a light coat.