[Captquin]

Good deal! Todd Valley only carried the Yellow Jacket coating under 50#. I ended up ordering the seed only version though StoutSeed. Already got the ship notification text.

Picked up some compost/topsoil blend on the way home.

 

[mbaisley]

I bought some Turf Blue HGT with yellowjacket from Todd Valley. I noticed the blend is slightly different from what they shipped you.

 

[ksturfguy]

Yeah that must be most recent blend, when i emailed them a couple weeks ago that was the blend they told me.

 

[Green]

Yeah that must be most recent blend, when i emailed them a couple weeks ago that was the blend they told me.

Is the Barvette the only one in that blend that you Transition Zone people are after? Or do the others in these blends have good heat/drought performance too?

 

[ksturfguy]

Barvette and Barserati score well in transition zone. I cant remember one of the others might as well. But I think the entire blend is made more for the transition zone so I'm guessing they all do well.

Barvette ranked #1 in quality in transition zone and Barserati was #4. Barduke was towards bottom. I couldn't find other 2 so cultivars so maybe they weren't tested or were a different year.

 

[Captquin]

Good stuff, all. I sincerely appreciate the advice and activity on this forum. It was a buy weekend.

• Brought in 5 CY compost/topsoil blend to be used in all areas of lawn

• Spread blend in back yard but have not leveled as the Turf Blue HGT has not arrived yet

• Dug up THREE truck loads of monkey grass in front flower bed (this area will become turf)

• Spread and leveled blend in front and side yards

• Seeded front with Rendition RX TTTF (fescue there now and seed was given to me for free!)

• Rolled seeded area

• Spread peat moss over bare areas

• Started irrigating seeded areas

Looking forward to getting the *** down in the back. Also plan to get a fine fescue blend for some deep shade areas. I think it will grow there, but won't be disappointed if I'm wrong. Goal is really to help with runoff.

Please let me know if this info is useful and/or should be put in the "Lawn Journal" section.

 

[Captquin]

HGT Bluegrass should be delivered today. I plan to spread it at 3lbs/1000, apply Scott's new lawn starter w/ weed control, and cover with peat moss.

Any issue/preference on applying the Scotts before or after the peat moss?

Thanks!

 

[social port]

HGT Bluegrass should be delivered today. I plan to spread it at 3lbs/1000, apply Scott's new lawn starter w/ weed control, and cover with peat moss.

Any issue/preference on applying the Scotts before or after the peat moss?

Thanks!

I usually apply the fert-mesotrione after I seed and roll, but before peat moss.

 

[Captquin]

Got the Barenbrug Turf Blue HGT today. Here are the cultivars in it this year.

 

[Captquin]

Germination in 5 days. Steady light rain from hurricane Dorian certainly helped. Outside of that, irrigation is set at four times a day for 15 minutes each.