JDgreen18 2018 lawn journal

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JDgreen18

Discussion Starter · Jun 27, 2018

I sprayed glyphosate. On about 10500 square feet of my back yard...now I wait for it to die.
I have a question at what point should i address the grub situation. I put grubex down in the new grass areas I did this spring but not in the back as its all weeds. I have a mole that makes tunnels everywhere back there and I need to get rid of him before planting my new KBG.
Should I just put down a 24hour poison or a preventative like grubex. I was thinking the 24 would kill everything and eliminate the food source....

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HomerGuy

· #21 · Jul 11, 2018

Did you use any equipment to spread all that topsoil? Looks good.

JDgreen18

Discussion Starter · #22 · Jul 12, 2018

HomerGuy said:
Did you use any equipment to spread all that topsoil? Looks good.

Oh yeah I have a John Deere 1025....I used the loader to spread and rough grade then I made a grader...I attached 2 pallets to two 2x8. I dragged that around for a while. You can see it in one of my previous pics.

JDgreen18

Discussion Starter · #23 · Jul 14, 2018

Today I cut my driveway and ran a 3 inch pvc sleeve for the irrigation system. Contractor is coming out tomorrow to flag everything out. I also mapped out the landscape beds
Just now as I was typing this I caught my first mole

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JDgreen18

Discussion Starter · #24 · Jul 14, 2018

Irrigation contractor came out and flagged the whole yard. I'm getting 15 zones with 3 heads per zone. Installation starts Monday.

zeus201

· #25 · Jul 15, 2018

Does your area have low water pressure? 15 zones with 3 heads is an odd combination.

JDgreen18

Discussion Starter · #26 · Jul 15, 2018

zeus201 said:
Does your area have low water pressure? 15 zones with 3 heads is an odd combination.

When he checked I have 65 psi but my dynamic pressure was 45 which he said was a little low. He checked this by putting a gauge on 1 spiket and turned on the other one. Because of this he said only 3 on a zone.

g-man

· #27 · Jul 15, 2018

Did he measure your gpm?

JDgreen18

Discussion Starter · #28 · Jul 15, 2018

g-man said:
Did he mesure your gpm?

Yes but I dont remember whal it was.

Edit I was mistaken some zones only have 2 heads depending on the output of each head. The middle heads 360s put out 4 gallons a minute the 180s are 2 gallons and the 90s are 1 gallon. So depending on the heads in each zone determines how many. My contractor said he kept me at 6 gallons a min per zone. I was correct tho have 45 heads in total.

zeus201

· #29 · Jul 15, 2018

What style heads are you going with? Wonder if a pump would beneficial in this instance?

JDgreen18

Discussion Starter · #30 · Jul 15, 2018

zeus201 said:
What style heads are you going with? Wonder if a pump would beneficial in this instance?

Hunter I-20s
We talked about a pump contractor said Id be ok without one.
He did say tho that getting one would def make the heads have more pressure especially if we are running water elsewhere. I will see how it goes I can always add one later if I see fit.

zeus201

· #31 · Jul 16, 2018

JDgreen18 said:
Hunter I-20s
We talked about a pump contractor said Id be ok without one.
He did say tho that getting one would def make the heads have more pressure especially if we are running water elsewhere. I will see how it goes I can always add one later if I see fit.

I'd wonder how much it'd cost to add it now as you'd be able to reduce zones. With anything lawn, asthetics plays a role and I was anal about placement of the 6, 6" zone control boxes. I couldn't imagine having 15 of them, but I assume they will be condensed into larger boxes.

pennstater2005

· #32 · Jul 16, 2018

JDgreen18 said:
Today I cut my driveway and ran a 3 inch pvc sleeve for the irrigation system. Contractor is coming out tomorrow to flag everything out. I also mapped out the landscape beds
Just now as I was typing this I caught my first mole

Awesome catch!

JDgreen18

Discussion Starter · #33 · Jul 17, 2018

Yesterday the irrigation system started.
Controller rain senser and all inside plumbing was done
All pipe outside was run
All but 1 valve box were completed
Looks like today they have to hook up to the back flow and dig and put in all the heads.

JDgreen18

Discussion Starter · #34 · Jul 17, 2018

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Wooohooo irrigation system is done....

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JDgreen18

Discussion Starter · #35 · Jul 17, 2018

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Discussion Starter · #36 · Jul 17, 2018

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JDgreen18

Discussion Starter · #37 · Jul 20, 2018

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Cut in a new garden bed today, planted new plants and mulched ....not totally done but it's getting there.

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JDgreen18

Discussion Starter · #38 · Jul 27, 2018

Seed down is about 12 days out I just nuked the entire site again....with all the rain there was quite a few weeds again. I'll hit it one more time 2 days before seed down.

JDgreen18

Discussion Starter · #39 · Jul 27, 2018

Saw more mole tracks must be another mole wanting to move in. I set some traps in the active tunnels

I also stated stocking up on supplies...
2 bags of Lesco starter fert with Mesotrione 21-24-4
1 50 pound bag of urea
10 bags of peat moss...going to need more but I ran out of room in my truck.

JDgreen18

Discussion Starter · #40 · Jul 28, 2018

I was thinking of adding a soil enhancer like love your soil by Jonathon green or humic dg to the soil next week... What do you guys think? Any recommendations.

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