[llO0DQLE]

I am currently in the middle of a reno. I am on Day 15 today. Going with a Bewitched Monostand. Some pics of the lawn before the kill.

 

[llO0DQLE]

Timeline:

May 18 - Applied 1 lb NPK per 1,000 ft2
May 20 - Round Up
May 24 - Scalped and levelled
May 28 - Seed Down, applied Milo 1#N/M
June 6 (Day 10) - Germination. Only a few sprouts in a few spots.
June 12 (Day 16) - Reseeded washout area.
June 13 (Day 17) - Applied 0.25# N/M urea, repeated reseeding in bare areas (windy yesterday, didn't feel like I dropped
seed properly).
June 19 (Day 23) - Applied 0.5# N/M urea, BLSC, Kelp Help, Milk and Molasses, reseeded problem area by tree
June 21 (Day 25) - Germination on reseeded washout area. Took 10 days to germinate. Same as the first batch.
June 24 (Day 28) - First mow, barely cut anything
June 27 (Day 31) - 2nd mow
June 28 (Day 32) - Reseeded bare/thin areas (washout area, back part, small bare spots)
June 29 (Day 33) - Tenacity 4oz/A
June 30 (Day 34) - 0.5lb N/M + 1lb P/M (urea & MAP)
July 3 (Day 37) - Reseeded bare areas by tree and front left corner and top dressed with peat moss.
July 8 (Day 42) - 0.5lb N/M urea, reseeded bare/thin areas in the back.
July 11 - Natria 2oz/M
July 17 - BLSC, Kelp Help, Cream (was out of milk lol), molasses
July 18 (Day 52)- 0.5lb N/M urea
July 20 (Day 54) - Overseeded all thin/small bare areas - front left corner, near tree, washout area, back section
July 22 - Milo @ 0.8lb N/M
July 27 - Natria 2oz./M
July 30 - Overseeded bad spot in the back, area by tree and other thin areas in the back, as well as front left corner
July 31 - Tenacity 4oz./A
Aug 1 - 0.22lb N, 1lb P & K /M (MAP & MOP)
Aug 6 - 1lb N/M Milorganite
Aug 8 - Prodiamine 0.5lb/A (3 month duration)
Aug 11 - Natria 3oz./M
Aug 12 - 0.5lb N/M urea
Aug 15 - BLSC + Kelp Help + Milk + Molasses
Aug 19 - 0.5lb N/M urea
Aug 22 - Natria 2oz./M
Aug 23 - Tenacity 4oz./A
Aug 26 - 0.5lb N/M + 1lb P&K from urea/MAP/MOP
Aug 29 - FAS
Sept 2 - 0.5LB N/M urea, Tenacity 4oz./A, Natria 4oz.
Sept 4 - FROST ADVISORY
Sept 6 - BLSC, Kelp Help, Molasses, Milk
Sept 27 - FAS

 

[llO0DQLE]

May 30 (Day 3)



Currently dealing with some washout areas due to a storm yesterday. I will reseed this area probably tomorrow as germination is spotty in this area.

 

[ericgautier]

:wave: pare! Looking forward to the progress.

 

[llO0DQLE]

Thanks kabayan! I'm a little late to posting my reno here as I'm quite busy these days with a new baby and I didn't see a "Renovations" sub forum. I have a thread at ATY too and I have a bit more detail there but I'll just pick it up from this point here.

 

[g-man]

I wanted to ask in ATY, but I was banned, are you doing a full yard or just this strip?

 

[llO0DQLE]

lol crazy how many people are banned. I'm just doing this strip..which is all of my front lawn. It will be a test run for a monostand as this is my first mono. Depending on how things go, I may do the backyard next year. We'll see.

 

[SNOWBOB11]

As you know I was following your thread over on ATY but I don't really like posting there much anymore so I'm really glad you made a thread here. Looking forward to seeing the progress.

 

[llO0DQLE]

Yeah I had intended on posting here from the get go but didn't find a reno forum so I went on ATY first. Thanks man, your lawn is looking great. I can't wait for mine to get established.

 

[PHXCobra]

Looks like good progress. Really dig cool season Reno's because you have to commit. Payoff is slower but just as rewarding.

What's your goal for height of cut on it? Since it's a smaller area I can't imagine you can get many stripes

 

[llO0DQLE]

I can stripe a bit, but not that much. I don't really go for stripes per say, just the tracks of my mower. I like taller grass so I would probably shoot for 4" eventually, maybe in the 3rd year as I know it takes time for the density to get to the point where it can support that HOC. I start off around 2.5" then raise it from there. I like tight crew cut look of shorter HOC but also love the darker color and the more meadowy look of higher HOC. Since I lower the cut in the fall anyway, I find that I will sort of get the best of both worlds that way.

 

[llO0DQLE]

I filled in the low spots in the washed out area today and reseeded that area and tossed some seed in other areas with no/little germination. I didn't top dress as I'm out of peat moss and had a bit better germination in my pots last year without any topdressing. https://aroundtheyard.com/forums2/viewtopic.php?t=22915 We'll see how it goes. I'm contemplating fertilizing on Day 21. It's Day 16 today.

 

[g-man]

I had the same issue with a timer. Out of the blue it keep running. At first I was think one of the neighbor kids was messing with it, but it happen again. I ended up changing the batteries.

edit: in reference to your 05Jun18 post.

 

[llO0DQLE]

Thanks g-man. Maybe that's what it is as I've never changed the batteries on mine. They've been in there since 2015. lol I was wondering too if someone messed with my timer.

 

[SNOWBOB11]

Wow day 16 already. I feel early fertilizing helped establish my reno faster and get things going. I can't remember the exact amount I put down but I started light weekly urea apps at day 15. Weather conditions and time of year were obviously different for me than you though. If I reno my backyard this fall I'll do the same thing again and start the urea apps early.

 

[llO0DQLE]

You put down 0.25lb N. I got germination on Day 10. I feel like Day 14 may be too soon. Grass right now seems to be really pouting and are very short. When I looked at Paul's 2016 reno thread, his grass seemed longer at Day 7.

 

[ericgautier]

Wow day 16 already. I feel early fertilizing helped establish my reno faster and get things going. I can't remember the exact amount I put down but I started light weekly urea apps at day 15. Weather conditions and time of year were obviously different for me than you though. If I reno my backyard this fall I'll do the same thing again and start the urea apps early.

+1. I did the same thing. :thumbup:

 

[llO0DQLE]

How long were your grasses when you fertilized? My sprouts are like 1cm long.

 

[ericgautier]

How long were your grasses when you fertilized? My sprouts are like 1cm long.

I was not worried about how long they were. I was more worried about walking on it. If you can get over that fear... then throw it down.

I have a Day 7 - Day 98 gallery up here... starting day 14 I started to spoon feed the lawn. You can see the difference.

 

[llO0DQLE]

Well I've been walking on it already so I guess I should just throw it down. Your Day 14 pic has longer/thicker areas than mine currently but looks similar in the thinner areas. So you don't think it matters how long/mature the grass is before yiu start throwing down urea? Did you do 0.25 or 0.5lbs?