Best of luck! Should be a nice blend of quality cultivars. Will be following along as I will be renoless for the first time since 2019.

 

@jskierko thank you! I wanted to do a monostand of Mazama, but back in April, Seed Super Store didn't have an availability date and I figured three different varieties would be good. Now you can sit back, enjoy the summer and follow along as others do the hard work.

 

Good luck! I think you're going to like those cultivars.

 

@Chris LI the pictures I've seen probably don't do it justice compared to how it'll look.

 

What's the reason for the reno?

Just wanted a single type of grass, kbg?

I'm actually in the process of a monostand reno of Mazama. So far so good 🤞.

Love the idea of the lights with your Hosta's. Looks good!

 

@Justmatson what I currently have is a mix of KBG, TTTF and PRG. The rye seems to check out around now I think the way it grows makes it look uneven. It seems like whatever varieties are present, aren't the best for diseases. Lastly, there's a lot of that thick fescue (KY-31?). I have those cheap solar lights from Amazon, all over the backyard.

 

I have to ask - for the future reel, are you going greensmower??

 

@bf7 to answer your question, this picture was sent to me by an esteemed member in Michigan.

 

This will be a good one to follow. Good luck!!

 

Nice! I've always wanted to try a Mclane or Tru Cut.

 

@bf7 aside from the 20" Scott's, this will be my first reel mower, so I am pretty excited. I need to figure out how to fabricate a roller on the back of it though. Eventually, I want to get an Allett Liberty 43. Now if I can only convince my city to remove the two trees in the parkway, then I would reel mow the front too.

 

Today is the point of no return. Spraying Roundup at the label rate of 54oz in 9gal of water to cover 2,857sqft. With a 2gal sprayer it's going to take several refills.

 

I probably should have used blue marking dye. I suck with the handheld sprayer.

 

Your neighbor missed more than you with their gly app though!

 

@jskierko haha.

 

This actually looks like good coverage to me. Did you use the roundup with diquat in it? That's a lot of brown for only 2 days.

 

@bf7 yes. I also applied during the hottest part of the day.

 

I agree with bf7. That's good coverage for the first round.

 

@Butter thats good to know. I know that over application is less than ideal, so I sat down and did the math until it looked right. Should have used 6oz 9.18 times, but used only 9 of them.

I'll be mowing low this weekend and getting topsoil by Tuesday.

 

good luck! I killed and did monostand Mazama in my front in 2020 and monostand RPR (rye) in my back in 2021.

 

@briansemerick thank you. I would have done a monostand of Mazama, but couldn't find enough seed anywhere.

 

in case you still want Mazama, I got some for filling in dead spots here:

https://www.cdford.com/lawn-and-garden-1/mazama-kentucky-bluegrass-10

 

@briansemerick thank you but I had ordered 10lb of KBG already.

 

@briansemerick thank you but I had ordered 10lb of KBG already.

awesome. I'll check out your thread later

 

I will be scalping the backyard tomorrow. Some spots seem harder to kill.