[ionicatoms]

Sprayed the backyard

12 floz Atrazine 4% and
11 floz Image Southern Lawn Weed Killer and
An Arbitrary amount of NIS

24 hours after mowing, front yard is looking pretty good… stripes are harder to see.

 

[wilsonline]

@ionicatoms , what selective herbicide would you suggest for killing common broad-leaf weeds on SA? I'm looking for something safe and cheap lol. It's for my neighbor.

"12 floz Atrazine 4% and
11 floz Image Southern Lawn Weed Killer and
An Arbitrary amount of NIS "
Does this mix takes the color or stunt the growth? TIA

 

[ionicatoms]

@wilsonline Image Southern Lawn Weed Killer is the best starter herbicide. It is readily available at the HD or Lowes. At high rates or on hot days it can ding the grass, but the grass will recover after a couple weeks and the broadleaf weeds will be dead. I got my start spot-spraying this stuff and it is very reliable. I’m convinced all the complaints about it not working are due to lack of patience.

 

[wilsonline]

Thanks. I will get that sson and hit those pesky weeds. This guy is across the street. Right after I seeded my lawn in the winter with prg, he hired a company, installed irrigation, and soded his front lawn. I'm not saying it was my influence, but he did talk to me about grass a couple of times lol. So now I will spray his lawn and see if does improve something. I'm curious about how PGR will affect his SA.

 

[ionicatoms]

PGR on St Aug will darken the color unless you hit it too hard, it can get a bit yellow if you go too heavy. It definitely slows the growth, so I would hit it with a fungicide to give it a little extra protection. I’m planning on 2 cc’s of Pramaxis per k this go-around. St Aug is very sensitive to TNex.

Be aware that newly sodded St Aug is especially prone to GLS. In general I think newly sodded St Aug is a little more sensitive to everything, so I think a light touch on the herbicides may be overall better for the first year, but I do consider insecticide and fungicide to be critical to success.

 

[wilsonline]

I already applied tnex/primomaxx. Too late now. But I didn't notice any damage. The color is a bit darker now, but not a huge difference. I didn't apply any fungicide. Only 2 x 5lb/M of 10 10 10, eddha iron (half scoop, I don't know how much to apply), 0.1oz/M primomaxx, bifen xts, Avaunt, and some urea (urea+iron+ pgr).
We don't have many issues with fungus here. But we also don't get much rain. The issue here is drought. And bugs! Well, that I noticed. But I will keep eyes open to that. Thanks.

 

[wilsonline]

I just checked and pramaxis mec has the same active ingredient. Is there any difference between this pramaxis and tnex or primomaxx? I have to check conversion on ccs lol.

 

[wilsonline]

ok, cc would be cubic centimeters lol so same as ml. Isn't that super low? actually, 0.1 oz is like 3 ml, right? haha yeah, it's all low. And considering his lawn is actually 1.1 k, not 1 and that my Milwaukee sprayer (horrible) always leaves some liquid in the bottom, it was probably closer to 2.5 ml/M. Ok, so I will keep with the lower dose and not going to do the 0.15oz. would once a month be effective?

 

[ionicatoms]

@wilsonline

Yeah, they are all the same product. Just different size bottles or brand names.

I think once a month at the low dose should be fine. You may not see much of a response after the first dose, but it should be obvious a couple weeks after the second dose. My neighbor has St. Aug so I have a literal side by side comparison to check the effectiveness.

 

[ionicatoms]

Replaced another sprinkler head tonight. The old one was pretty hard to get out, I had to dig a little deeper than normal.

 

[ionicatoms]

Well damn. I learned today that my rotors are not all the same body size. I went to replace one and ended up having to dig out the whole damn hole because the new rotor is 1/4” larger in diameter than the old one. Keep an eye out for this “gotcha.”

 

[ionicatoms]

Thank goodness -- it finally rained. Once a month just isn't enough to keep St. Augustine happy.

 

[beachlife399]

Glad y'all got some much needed rain! Starting to get dry here too the last three weeks (way over in Santa Rosa County)

 

[ionicatoms]

Sprayed my neighbor‘s corner a month ago on March 4th with hydretain and greenepunch. Look for the wet curb.
View attachment 8963


Taken on April 5th. View attachment 8965

Test spot still shows evidence of Hydretain working.

 

[ionicatoms]

Mowed the front and side yards at 3.75”. Saw signs of Dollar Spot in several places.

Spread YM Stress Blend over side yard. Only had enough left over to hit the perimeter of the front yard. Used setting 5.5 on the Echo RB60.

 

[ionicatoms]

Ha! First time I’ve let my St Aug produce flowers! Neat!

 

[ionicatoms]

Cut all three lawns. Front yard was still a little wet at the time it mowing.

 

[ionicatoms]

 

[ionicatoms]

Edged the curbs. Mowed the side yard at 3.75”

Spread 29-0-3 on Front and Side yards using RB60 on setting 4.5. Definitely too much by about 50%.

 

[ionicatoms]

Finally getting good heat and water. Color is starting to darken.