[Jeff_MI84]

Came home to .87" in the rain gauge! Still raining. Went out with a flash light. Very minimal peat moss movement. I threw some seed down as a precaution. I could have sworn I saw a few grass babies at day 4. It's possible.

 

[E.A]

Glad to see I’m not the only one in the area fully renovating their front lawn. Hope you’re having better luck than I am. I put my seed down the weekend before you and was hit with last tue sudden rain storm and had really bad washout. And then reseeded this morning when forecast changed to “light rain” and hit with another storm and now washout again. Lol I maybe shoulda kept my old lawn. This full Reno business is alot of work.

 

[Jeff_MI84]

Glad to see I’m not the only one in the area fully renovating their front lawn. Hope you’re having better luck than I am. I put my seed down the weekend before you and was hit with last tue sudden rain storm and had really bad washout. And then reseeded this morning when forecast changed to “light rain” and hit with another storm and now washout again. Lol I maybe shoulda kept my old lawn. This full Reno business is alot of work.

There's still time to fix it. It wasn't supposed to rain like that last night. I skipped the 7pm irrigation thinking it would be a light rain then boom. Sunday and Monday calls is predicting more rain, hopefully not a thunderstorm.

Going out this afternoon to do a more thorough walk thru.

 

[Jeff_MI84]

One spot has lift off! Zoom in to see grass babies. I won't call it 1 DAG just yet but it is 5 DAS.

I did not pre-germinate. Remember, I am lazy.

 

[Jeff_MI84]

Two spots by the sidewalk.

 

[Jeff_MI84]

First green haze.

 

[PNWLawnnewb]

That was way quicker than I expected! I thought everyone said KBG grows in slow

 

[M32075]

That was way quicker than I expected! I thought everyone said KBG grows in slow

It does that's just fluff something for us to get excited about

 

[Jeff_MI84]

It does that's just fluff something for us to get excited about

It's a nice reminder of what's to come. From this morning to an hour ago I noticed more areas with sporadic popping up of grass babies. The next few weeks are going to drag.

 

[Jeff_MI84]

That was way quicker than I expected! I thought everyone said KBG grows in slow

It's the sprout and pout that's the slowest part.

 

[M32075]

It's the sprout and pout that's the slowest part.

I found the whole process the slowest I didn't have a full lawn to the next fall but definitely worth it

 

[Jeff_MI84]

DAS: 6 DAG: 0 today is day 1. Seeing baby grass pop up in any area visible from the cement or flowerbed. Along the driveway and next to the flowerbed is still slow going.

Also of note, when I let my dog outside at 6:30 this morning, I didnt see any mycelium or anything of concern disease wise.

 

[Jeff_MI84]

Along the neighbor's driveway it's starting to take off.

 

[Jeff_MI84]

DAS: 8 DAG: 2

I remember my last renovation, the center was slower to fill in too.

 

[Jeff_MI84]

After the 5pm cycle ran, I saw storm clouds. It wasn't supposed to rain until late tonight going into tomorrow. Threw a handful of seed down in an area where I haven't seen anything pop up, probably washed away. Intense rain coming around 9pm. Fingers crossed. At least half the lawn has germination at this point. No more seed until I get to 3 weeks after seed down and evaluating.

 

[Montauket]

Jeff what was the brand name on the green pellets you used if you don’t mind? Assuming it is some type of hydro mulch pellet.

 

[Jeff_MI84]

Jeff what was the brand name on the green pellets you used if you don’t mind? Assuming it is some type of hydro mulch pellet.

Lesco Seed Starter 3 mulch with tackifier. These will decompose by the end of the season or once I start mowing, depending how heavy I throw down. It's a 50lb bag I got from Site One. I've had this bag since 2022.

 

[Jeff_MI84]

Only .01" of rain yesterday. Resuming normal watering. I woke up to green in the middle.

 

[M32075]

Only .01" of rain yesterday. Resuming normal watering. I woke up to green in the middle.

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You dodged one mother nature showed some mercy

 

[Montauket]

Thanks Jeff . Planning for next year, I have a slight 3way slope on the front lawn and have been looking for something like that.