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Will help prepare for next spring

 

Cool season started over a month ago, it doesn’t go by calendar year.

 

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Unless you got irrigation, or it's a really wet year, I'd skip fertilizer in the summer. Grass under stress doesn't need to be pushed hard.

Never considered September the "start" of my season, but it does lay the foundation for success until the next June drought.

 

Thanks for the information! I am looking at getting a sprinkler system put in. Does everything else look good? Do you have any other recommendations.

 

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I would suggest getting a soil test done so that you can identify your defeccincies and address those over both he long and short term.

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Greetings from California. I manage about 16 acers of turf and been in the business for 30 plus years. Here is what we use/do.
1. Mulch your grass. This includes leaves too. Put that organic back into the soil.
2. We been using for a few years a product called screeming green fertilizer. It has chicken manual and some waste water by products. https://www.myscreamingreen.com/
They will even ship to you in 10 lbs bags. We use to use lesco product but after two years of this product I will not go back to lesco.
3. We apply a little bit of fert every month to grass. We have Zspayers so it makes quick work of feeding the lawn. Yea its more work but my lawns are super green.
4. If the lawn is thick you will not have weeds. We dont need a spray program for lawn weeds because the grass is so healthy. But when we do see them we spray or if we know crabgrass is around we will do a pre. In CA there are many restrictions of doing blanket applications of herbicides.
5. Get a smart controller to water the lawn. Want the best? then use hydropoint weathertrax system. WeatherTRAK LC+ Irrigation Controller | HydroPoint This service cost 240.00 a year because it figures out how much water to apply, just enough to keep it healthily. In CA we have to use them saves water and makes the grass green and lush. If you put a flow meter and master valve in, then it will detect leaks and if one is there you get a email and it shuts down that zone that is in trouble. Its cellular based so thats why your getting charged the 200 a year. You can log in and make any changes to the unit as you see fit. Rainbird makes a good one too. Need a good wifi connection.
Enjoy your lawn!

 

@imducknuckem I am in Eastern Kansas also. Lots of good advice in the above posts. Those N numbers and timing from K State are a good guideline. As you know our summer weather is not very conducive to cool season turf. Assuming you have TTTF also, this is what I currently try to do.
A pound of N in the spring from a pre-m app and another something else. 2-3 lbs of N in the fall.
This year my last spring app was May 1. My first fall app was October 1. Nothing in between. I believe I avoided some fungus by not fertilizing in the summer.
Also, not knowing what kind of shape your turf is in, you might need to get it up to speed. October is a good time to do that.