Good start!

 

Does the front yard come with an irrigation system?

 

I wish! Thankfully the ol' sprinker and hose covers the whole area.

 

Though it's only been 10 days, I think I may just mow it tomorrow morning. I've got to get some horizontal spread going to fix those dead spots. Using an earthwise manual 7 blade.

 

Couldn't be more impressed with TifTuf. The color is incredible.
Only starter fert and of course no iron yet...
Got that mow in. Didn't measure, but probably about 2"

 

Where did you get TifTuf sod from? I’m planning on sodding my front as yard as well

 

So far so good! When do we get a glimpse of what you’ll be working with in the backyard? Any idea what your air and soil temps are currently?

 

Ha! The back yard is currently hopeless. The 55 year old live oak covers 95% of the entire yard.
I'll try to post a pic of that tomorrow.

It's been very pleasant here with temps 45-55 in the morning and afternoon highs around 80.
That's about to change drastically as total temps will hit 155 to 160 soon....and stay there for a good while...

Soil temp is currently 79 degrees with a five day average of 69.6

 

Here's the terrible back yard. I just don't have the time with two little kids.
I feel like I've got to get rid of the ugly shed.
Who knows, maybe it has potential?

 

Honestly with the little kids running around back there for next couple years I'd probably just mow the weeds. Maybe put preemergent and one three way in the summer. Then when your ready either massively thin the trees or go with St Augustine or Zoysia which is lots more shade tolerant.

Front yard waking up nicely and looks good!

 

That's essentially all I've done.
Put down a 15-0-15 weed and feed last month then sprayed a Winter weed cocktail.
Now I'm mowing the patch of St. Aug consistently.

Once I get the tree thinned it should get dense enough for play.

 

Looking real nice Clark. You think you’ll eventually reel mow it?

 

Does my earthwise manual not count?!😂

 

St. Augustine will grow in there. Just foster it. A fairly low level of effort will get you a nice St. Augustine yard in my experience.

 

It's coming along.
I was off all of last week plus Good Friday and I think I mowed about 5 times during that stretch
We also got about 3.5" of rain, which was well received!
I found out that 7/8" and 1 1/8" both look nice, but it scalps in a couple of places, though not too bad (I think only I would notice).

I plan to maintain at 1.375 this summer for a nice, plush and dark green look.
I'm thinking 7/8" next year after leveling.

Added a soil conditioner on Sunday and spoon fed some AS this morning at .41lb per 1,000

4/26

4/27

4/28

 

Very nice. No water here in a while so its looking pretty crispy.

 

Very nice. I’m hoping when my Tahoma plugs fill in I will be mowing around that 1” 1.5” mark.

 

Looks good! I love my TifTuf.

 

Day 26.
Looking forward to spraying Sedgehammer, PGR, and FEature...whenever that may be.
Any opinions? Is it ready?

 

1 1/8 back down to 7/8"
7/8" is a bit scalpy so I think 1 1/8" will work well for the rest of the season.
Struggling with what to do about the remaining PRG (confirmed that my TifTuf was overseeded)!
90s next week, but I think I'll spray it out with MSM Turf anyway after this rain is gone.
Wanted to spoon feed again this morning, but will wait until I spray the Rye.

Yesterday morning after a 1 1/8" cut on Tuesday night followed by ~3 in of rain.

This morning after 7/8" cut yesterday evening. Rain all day today.

See the dark green patches? It's rye

 

Ya spray it out man. Will look so much better in a month!

 

Worried that I've done something bad. This always happens doesn't it....
Saw after the fact that the MSM label states not to use on turf less than a year old.
I used 1/8 tsp and thankfully diluted in 1.5 gal. Sprayed over about 1,500 sq ft.
Added 10 oz of 20.5-0-0 as well, which dissolved nicely.

We'll see if I have a lawn in a couple of weeks.

Will take continue to take pictures for comparison:

 

How quickly did you water after applying it? Could just be some leaf tip burning from the AMS.

 

It'll grow out. Hit it with some more N next week and keep watered. It will be fine

 

Maintenance cut of 1 1/8" last night.
Who knows, maybe I'll get lucky and the transition will be hardly noticeable?!

 

Mid month comparison.
Laid on 6 April.
First pic is 15 April. Second pic is 15 May.
Dark green stripes are likely overspray (MSM Turf with 10 oz of AMS).

 

That is some crazy progress.

 

Looking good! Are you in BR? That looks like a BR neighborhood.

I'm in Lafayette.

 

You have a good eye!

 

Saturday 5/17: I noticed the rye present in streaks after an early morning watering. It wasn't overspray, but underspray 😣
After I mowed at 7/8” the stripes of rye were mostly gone.

Saturday evening I mixed 2.5 oz of FEature, .15 oz of Primo Maxx, 10 oz of 20.5-0-0, and about 1/16 tspn of MSM Turf (if that). This is my first app of PGR on the new sod so I went cautious with my rate.
I diluted all of that in 1.5 gallons of water.
I used some blue dye, but I don’t think I used enough.

It’s clear that I either walk too slow, keep the pressure pumped too high, or just need 2 gallons of water. My Bermuda area is just 900 square feet... I would think 1.5 gal should be plenty..?
Help?

Sunday midday - You can tell that 7/8" is a bit scalpy...I'll be leveling sooner than I thought...

Sunday at dusk

An ever so slight amount of MSM Turf to finish off the rye and any other broadleaf. 2nd application in 7 days, so I was very careful, or I hope I was...

 

I go by weight (grams) when measuring MSM but that looks like the appropriate amount for 1.5 gallons.