Front yard - 2/22/20

 

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Back yard - Needs to get some growth to fill in some thin spots

 

Looking good!

 

@ionicatoms thanks! I see you have St. Augustine as well.

 

Yeah, but mine went dormant this winter and I've got Bermuda invading thanks to the previous owner throwing out seeds from Home Depot instead of just watering the St. Aug!

Some people! LOL

Yours is looking great. What's your height of cut?

 

I'm cutting at 4". I never went dormant at all.

We had a cold snap and the tips yellowed but as soon as the warmth returned it greened back up.

 

Yard Mastery app for bio stimulant schedule:

2/28/21
Humic12 @6 oz per 1k
Microgeene @9 oz per 1k
Will spray RGS next weekend

Fungicide:
Propiconazole 14.3 @ 1oz per 1k. Spray it as a preventative.

Backyard view looking back at house:

Need to get something to clean my wall after accidentically spraying some micro or humic on there 😃.

 

It's been warm here in South Florida. Had to do a mid week cut.

Still not sure if I want to spray some Dismiss NXT to hit some weeds. Might just hand pull for now and see what comes up later. I have Celsius as my back-up.

Getting a little cooler so might just spread some Prodiamine left over from last year.

I have some Bermuda invading on the corner section of the yard. I figure for now I'll let the St Aug go to battle for that spot. My last fert was only on where the St Aug was thickest.

Wednesday late cut:

Some Bermuda at the bottom right:

 

Yard Mastery app for bio stimulant schedule:
3/6/21
Airs8@6 oz per 1k

Will wait unti next weekend:
RGS@3 oz per 1k
Pre-emergent: Prodiamine 3lb/1000

Backyard filling in after last weeks fert

 

Cut lawn, edge & trim.

Put out some Prodiamine 0-0-7 @3lb/1k. Didn't water it in because rain was expected tonight.

Looking to spot spray a few spots for weeds in the backyard. Expected to stay below 80F this week so Wed. will be a good time to spray.

 

Dismiss NXT
Blanket spray @.234oz temp high of 75F.

Previous attempt @.35oz with temp high of 86F burnt the lawn.

 

@leefjl63 , what weeds were you targeting in your decision to use Dismiss NXT?

 

@UltimateLawn I was going after spurge, buttonweed and nutsedge. There were some others but I couldn't identify them. It did knock down most of the weeds except the buttonweed (suppressed). But the problem is that it ding the St. Aug pretty hard. I learnt the hard way not to spray over 85F. Doesn't matter if you do it in the evening.

Celsius cleaned up the buttonweed. Not sure if the NXT helped. But zero damage to the grass.

So far the grass looks pretty good. Looks like this will work in the cooler weather.

 

Looks like I need to cut every 4 days now.

Also sprayed some RGS @3oz/1k

Grubex in a few weeks.

 

Looks awesome! Great curves on that bed. I figure I've got another month before I start cutting more than once per week.

 

One week after spraying Dismiss NXT there some stress on the grass. Not too bad as it's also killing the weeds. Good thing I went with the low rate.

 

@leefjl63 nice job! Great looking turf!

 

@Catch thanks! I saw your journal. That's a lot of yard to work on. Good luck!

@ionicatoms thanks! I edge that at least once a week. Makes it nice and thick.

Today I did my mid week mow. I have some spots that I'm thinking of levelling with mason sand. Going to give the grass more time to fill in before levelling.

 

Saturday cut and put down some 7-0-20 StressX from Yard Mastery. Grass a little stress from the Dismiss so I'm going to see if I can just grow it out.

This time of year I water twice a week. But I have this small area that will show signs of dryness when there's no rainfall. I usually just water that spot and it will bounce back. This time I sprayed some humic to see if that will help the area. Hoping that the high potassium will also help.

Some yellow tip but this is really to show the line of domination 😄 I offered to help but he didnt take me up on the offer 🤷

 

Late night cut and put down Grubex. Finally should get some rain tomorrow.

Grass is healthy but there's a dry spot in the back.

I originally was planning to just cut but decided to edge and trim as well. Just something about having that finishing touch.

 

Today:
Fungicide: Azoxy as preventative (Group 11)
Insecticide: Bifen & Cypermethrin (Group 3)

 

Mid week cut. Also sprayed Air8 (0-0-5) in the back yard. It been a while since it has rained so I've been spot watering. Potassium is suppose to help when grass is stressed so figured the Air8 might make the dry spots recover quicker.

Backyard needs more water because of full sun all day.


Front is way easier to maintain.

 

@leefjl63, Great looking St Aug!

 

Thanks @UltimateLawn!

 

Finally got some rain! Yesterday I applied .4#N with Sunniland all purpose 6-6-6. It has that smell of success.

The recent dry spell showed me the areas that needs attention. So next week I'll get some Lesco CarbonPro G that's available at Site One. Doing this along with the monthly treatment of N-Ext bio-stimulant.