July 12

I applied glyphosate to the lawn today. No turning back now. I applied at 2.5 oz / gallon / 300 sq ft. I used a 2 gallon pump sprayer four times across the area.

More pictures.

 

July 14

I received my shipment today of Bewitched KBG.



I also applied Humic12 at 3 oz / 1000 sq ft.

 

July 19

The kill was progressing fairly well after one week. First I scalped the lawn with my Honda mower.



Then I dethatched the lawn to remove more material.




I scalped lower and bagged everything up.



Here is the final result for the day.

 

July 21

I applied the second round of glyphosate at 2.5 oz / gallon / 300 sq ft. I used the same 2 gallon pump sprayer and filled four times.

 

July 27

Another round of scalping and dethatching.

 

July 28

Applied Air-8 at 8 oz / 1000 sq ft.

 

July 29

Used the SunJoe with the scarifier attachment installed this time. My goal was to loosen the top layer of soil to prepare a better seed bed. I had soil coming the next day to smooth and level the lawn. I also lowered one sprinkler head and made final adjustments.

 

The sunjoe is so helpful in times like this. Looking forward to seeing how it comes out. The dates escaped me and i was starting to get fearful for how late in the season you were doing all this.

 

The sunjoe is so helpful in times like this. Looking forward to seeing how it comes out. Are you concerned with how late in the season it is?

@SOLARSUPLEX Yes, the SunJoe works really well for all of this.

I did all of this in July. I am playing catch-up now with my posts. Hope you enjoy the progression.

 

July 30

I picked up 3 cubic yards of topsoil to help smooth and level the lawn as much as possible. I started with piles across the renovation and worked to spread the piles evenly across the area using a hard tine rake and level rake.

 

August 2

I rolled the renovation with a lawn roller. I also started to think about removing lower limbs from the trees. I started removing a couple tree limbs today but I will be removing more slowly over the next few days. My hope is to allow more sunlight in but not to drastically change the trees.

 

August 3

I used the level rake again today to smooth things out and to work out the larger wood pieces and rocks that were in the soil. I also ran through the irrigation to make sure things were covered and to fallow the soil.

 

August 4

Tree trimming

 

August 6

Tested by the rain a bit today. I'm glad this was before seed down.

 

August 8

More tree trimming.

 

August 9

Cleanup with the Groundskeeper II rake to get rid of the larger pieces within the soil.









Then one last round of glyphosate.

 

August 10

Seed down day!

2,287 total sq ft for the reno
Verticut with SunJoe
Seed two ways with a total of 2.5 lbs per 1000 sq ft
Milo at 8.15 lbs per 1000 sq ft
Starter 14-20-04 at 5 lbs per 1000 sq ft - Totals 1.19 lbs N, 1.33 lbs P, 0.20 lbs K per 1000 sq ft
Rake
Roll
Tenacity at 4 oz/acre rate = 1.26 tsp in 2.5 gallons of water
Water!

 

August 14

Water

 

August 15

Baby grass on day 5!

 

August 16

More babies and that slight green hue!

 

August 17

More and more. Enjoying the flashlight missions.

 

More and more. Enjoying the flashlight missions.

Me, too. I'm living vicariously through you.

 

Glad to hear @Chris LI! More to come!

 

Good work! These flashlight pictures bring back fond memories of last year.

 

Thanks @JerseyGreens ! It is fun to see the day to day changes for sure. Your reno came out great by the way!