Your neighbors are definitely going to think your nuts 😂 what KBG seed you going with

 

Some already do. I am the "neighborhood lawn nazi" after all. Lunar, Bluebank and Mazama KBG. Lunar is the only variety I don't have in the backyard. My last renovation was about 2.25lbs/k of seed. I am aiming for 2.50lbs/k this time around. If any washout, I will have over 1.50lbs of seed leftover, plus the old SS1100 from before.

 

Sprayed Killz-All, 11oz worth. Standing out front to direct people away until it dries. I used a cheap throw away sprayer. Next round I'll fill a spray bottle to get near the shrubs. I sprayed a plant I'm pulling (the sprinkler hits it).

 

Following this one!

 

I will put 3-4# of seed per bag, zip tie the end to allow for movement, don't overfill the bag The larger ones work well for this. I do the change water every 12 hours, making sure to use the water when it runs cold from the hose, don't use the hot water sitting in the sun at the end of the day. I keep them in the shade and covered. One year I brought them inside since there was a heat wave. It stinks bad those first days. I also tumble the bags thoroughly when in the bucket. After two days, you don't need a brick on top of them. I'll drop the bags on the driveway on seed down day to smash the water out of the bag after draining for 10 minutes until the wet spot is minimized. Then mix with milo material 4:1, basically using 5-gallon buckets and pouring amounts back and forth. Easy peasy. Actually, it's a lot of work. I've done 5 and 6-days, though my seed has been TTTF w/ 7%KBG blend.

 

Thanks for the detailed explanation.

 

Starting to see progress from my first spraying of Killz-All, plus areas I missed. Doing a second application this weekend.

 

That stuff is greener than my entire lawn!!! 😂

 

😂 I agree confused me why Jeff was killing it off I thought he definitely has some triv grass invasion what other reason could there be. But following his journal for awhile I understand his thinking

 

How many rounds of gly are you going to do? I assume you're still watering regularly?

 

I think I will do two more. I've had some rain so not watering until tomorrow.

 

Good stuff!

 

I missed an area with my spray. Better luck next time (Sunday).

 

First thought was hey it's starting to look at my lawn now. Second thought was oh no this is the reno thread.

 

Started fallowing yesterday and rain today.

 

My spray game with one nozzle is weak.

 

Sprayed Killz-All again with 11oz. Just about 1.25gal of water. Went over some areas twice. See how it looks come late next week then start mowing low and dethatching.

I put the pump wand on the right side, I'm left handed. Not much pressure with manual sprayers. For the most part the sprayed areas are crispy dead.

 

As a fellow left hander I feel your pain I don't even bother trying to edge my walkways. For me to be comfortable on my gas trimmer and get a straight line the carburetor is upside down and stalls I have to flip it the other way but extremely uncomfortable and hard to control

 

Week of the 21st will be dedicated to doing all of the necessary prep work of getting rid of dead grass.

I do need some topsoil by the sidewalk, about 10sqft. Also the walkway to the porch will need slight re-grading (I will put 6a stone and a border there) between two sprinkler heads.

The plan is to wrap a collar all the way around (mowed at 2.50"-3.25"), with one or two passes using the Timemaster nearest the sidewalk. I really only use the Recycler on the parkway or leaf cleanup now.

 

Looks like a good start!

 

Did you guys get heavy rain last night too? We got 2.1 inches!!

 

Last night no. Only today.

 

Progress after the second glypho app. I see tips starting to brown on the areas I missed the first time.

 

Spraying again tomorrow, after mowing it lower if I have time.

 

No spraying today as there was surprise rain in the morning.

 

Sprayed Killz-All again with 11oz. This should be the second to last spray. Rain tomorrow thru Sunday so I'll scalp it when I can. Little bits of green poking thru, hit those spots and triple sprayed what big areas remained.

 

I find that the yellow caution tape keeps looky-loos and kids on bikes away when I spray. Most likely I will tape off the whole lawn when I drop seed, keep it up til I'm ready to mow it. So looking forward to bringing the Greensmaster out front.

 

Green areas are showing signs of dying finally. Yesterday a family was riding their bikes past my house, one of the kids said "what did he do to his grass?". 😆

 

Cut it down to 2.1875". Doing it again lower tomorrow.

 

One notch lower and it's getting hard to mow. Seeing bare dirt. Still need to use the Greenworks dethatcher.

 

Does your town take clippings? We can't put in trash or at curb have to bring to a specific drop off if we want to get rid of them.

 

Going to be a busy weekend mowing lower and dethatching. Watching the extended forecast, might be a thunderstorm in early August so I will plan accordingly.

If I remember my last renovation, irrigation should be 9am, 11:30, 1pm, 3, 5 and 7pm at first for two minutes. Then dropping the 7pm time to run the last cycle around 5-5:30. Thinking of going at a rate of 2.5lbs/k for seeding.

 

Finally some headway. Mowed at 1" with the Earthwise and started dethatching. Aiming for as much bare dirt as possible. The push reel wasn't bouncing around which is good.