Glyphosate in a new flower bed I'm working on

Fertilized all flower beds and roses with Southern AG 20-20-20 using my backpack sprayer

Dead headed roses

 

Glyphosate in a new flower bed I'm working on

Fertilized all flower beds and roses with Southern AG 20-20-20 using my backpack sprayer

Dead headed roses

The one thing I always forget to do is fertilize plants. If do remember I usually use the miracle grow stuff that dissolves in a can of water.

 

Glyphosate in a new flower bed I'm working on

Fertilized all flower beds and roses with Southern AG 20-20-20 using my backpack sprayer

Dead headed roses

The one thing I always forget to do is fertilize plants. If do remember I usually use the miracle grow stuff that dissolves in a can of water.

I'm going to be doing a post on my fert. program but the general concept is you need a granular slow release fert and then a water soluble fert.

Get this stuff - Southern AG 20-20-20. It's awesome. It's 25 lbs and the mix rate is something like 2 tsp. per gallon. I basically double that and still haven't even made a dent in the bag. I have smaller spray cans that I use for it, but last night I just mixed up 3 gallons in my Chapin 20v backpack sprayer and sprayed everything. You can apply it to dang near anything - I even spray some on bare patches in the lawn while I'm walking around just to give them an extra boost. I **try** to spray this stuff about every 10 days.

 

@Ecks from Tex Thanks! Expensive but would last forever.

 

@Ecks from Tex Thanks! Expensive but would last forever.

Yep. Like most good lawn products we use, costly up front but cheaper in the long run. This stuff should last a normal person like 5 years, while something you get at a big box might be $10-15 bucks and last a few applications.

 

Ecks from Tex Thanks! Expensive but would last forever.

Yep. Like most good lawn products we use, costly up front but cheaper in the long run. This stuff should last a normal person like 5 years, while something you get at a big box might be $10-15 bucks and last a few applications.

@pennstater2005 the unit cost is higher, but if you didn't want to buy into a 25lb bag of that, you could pick up something like this 4lb pail of 20-20-20. It would store really well.

 

Ecks from Tex Thanks! Expensive but would last forever.

Yep. Like most good lawn products we use, costly up front but cheaper in the long run. This stuff should last a normal person like 5 years, while something you get at a big box might be $10-15 bucks and last a few applications.

pennstater2005 the unit cost is higher, but if you didn't want to buy into a 25lb bag of that, you could pick up something like this 4lb pail of 20-20-20. It would store really well.

Thanks for the link! That size would probably make more sense. Especially considering how long it lasts.

 

Pachysandra came early hoping to get them in today before it rains.

 

Yep. Like most good lawn products we use, costly up front but cheaper in the long run. This stuff should last a normal person like 5 years, while something you get at a big box might be $10-15 bucks and last a few applications.

pennstater2005 the unit cost is higher, but if you didn't want to buy into a 25lb bag of that, you could pick up something like this 4lb pail of 20-20-20. It would store really well.

Thanks for the link! That size would probably make more sense. Especially considering how long it lasts.

Yes that's close to the same thing. The key is that it has several beneficial micronutrients which is one of the most helpful features of the Southern AG

 

75 bare root pachysandra. Shipped very well with wet newspaper covering the roots. Will try to get them in today.

I'm not exactly sure how to plant them. Do I cover the whole thing with dirt? I guess I'll have to look at them more closely.

 

75 bare root pachysandra. Shipped very well with wet newspaper covering the roots. Will try to get them in today.

I'm not exactly sure how to plant them. Do I cover the whole thing with dirt? I guess I'll have to look at them more closely.

Dig a hole bigger than the root and backfill with compost. I think you need to plant so the root system is subsurface. Then I'm pretty sure you cover the roots with a thin layer of dirt and lay a thin layer of mulch over the top to prevent weeds while the plant gets established.

 

Thanks @Ecks from Tex Didn't get them in today cause it never stopped raining! I'll take a picture before I put them in. They look just like a small root portion with a piece of the stem attached.

 

Put forty pachysandra in tonight. Put down 9 bags of top soil first to be able to mix in. I severely underestimated how many I need. I only have 35 more.

My wife's father has a bunch so I guess I'll have to cut out 75 more. I was seriously hoping to avoid that :evil:

 

Nice dude. Now go get some more and keep those in-laws happy :lol:

I've been trimming trees and large shrubs for the last 4 days. I managed to piss my wife off because I opted to cut a large shrub down completely because half of it had died due to lack of sunlight and the larger pine tree above (which I am going to have to hire someone to take out) was drowning it out. I've got about 35-40 trees on my property and have trimmed around 7 so far :lol:

 

Nice dude. Now go get some more and keep those in-laws happy :lol:

I've been trimming trees and large shrubs for the last 4 days. I managed to piss my wife off because I opted to cut a large shrub down completely because half of it had died due to lack of sunlight and the larger pine tree above (which I am going to have to hire someone to take out) was drowning it out. I've got about 35-40 trees on my property and have trimmed around 7 so far :lol:

That's a lot of trees! What types are they? How are you trimming them?

 

Nice dude. Now go get some more and keep those in-laws happy :lol:

I've been trimming trees and large shrubs for the last 4 days. I managed to piss my wife off because I opted to cut a large shrub down completely because half of it had died due to lack of sunlight and the larger pine tree above (which I am going to have to hire someone to take out) was drowning it out. I've got about 35-40 trees on my property and have trimmed around 7 so far :lol:

That's a lot of trees! What types are they? How are you trimming them?

All kinds. Several live oaks, crepe myrtles, white oak, redbud trees, cottonwood trees, one pine tree that I hate, and a bunch of others. I've got a saw but I also have a Kobalt 40V Power Pole Pruner that works awesome for getting up there. We luckily get curbside pickup of all trees and rubbish in our city, so all I have to do is drag them to the trash pickup spot and they'll get it tomorrow.

 

Nice dude. Now go get some more and keep those in-laws happy :lol:

I've been trimming trees and large shrubs for the last 4 days. I managed to piss my wife off because I opted to cut a large shrub down completely because half of it had died due to lack of sunlight and the larger pine tree above (which I am going to have to hire someone to take out) was drowning it out. I've got about 35-40 trees on my property and have trimmed around 7 so far :lol:

That's a lot of trees! What types are they? How are you trimming them?

All kinds. Several live oaks, crepe myrtles, white oak, redbud trees, cottonwood trees, one pine tree that I hate, and a bunch of others. I've got a saw but I also have a Kobalt 40V Power Pole Pruner that works awesome for getting up there. We luckily get curbside pickup of all trees and rubbish in our city, so all I have to do is drag them to the trash pickup spot and they'll get it tomorrow.

I hear ya on the pine tree. We had two ~70ft Norway spruces that we had taken down. Roots 30ft in every direction which meant no backyard at all. How long is the Kobalt pruner?

 

That's a lot of trees! What types are they? How are you trimming them?

All kinds. Several live oaks, crepe myrtles, white oak, redbud trees, cottonwood trees, one pine tree that I hate, and a bunch of others. I've got a saw but I also have a Kobalt 40V Power Pole Pruner that works awesome for getting up there. We luckily get curbside pickup of all trees and rubbish in our city, so all I have to do is drag them to the trash pickup spot and they'll get it tomorrow.

I hear ya on the pine tree. We had two ~70ft Norway spruces that we had taken down. Roots 30ft in every direction which meant no backyard at all. How long is the Kobalt pruner?

I just hate the damn pine needles. They killed the shrubs underneath and are impossible to clean up. And then of course the roots for several trees that need to go have totally screwed up my garden paths.

This is my second year with the Kobalt Pole Pruner and I really like it. It will reach out 10.75 feet and will cut a 6-inch diameter limb. It's so lightweight that I am very comfortable climbing an 8 ft. ladder, so I can realistically get cuts between 15-18 feet without having to lean an unsafe ladder or climb anything. I've only lived at this house for 2 years, I'm just trying to get some of this crap under control, I'll worry about canopy trimming in a few years.

 

That's a lot of trees! What types are they? How are you trimming them?

All kinds. Several live oaks, crepe myrtles, white oak, redbud trees, cottonwood trees, one pine tree that I hate, and a bunch of others. I've got a saw but I also have a Kobalt 40V Power Pole Pruner that works awesome for getting up there. We luckily get curbside pickup of all trees and rubbish in our city, so all I have to do is drag them to the trash pickup spot and they'll get it tomorrow.

I hear ya on the pine tree. We had two ~70ft Norway spruces that we had taken down. Roots 30ft in every direction which meant no backyard at all. How long is the Kobalt pruner?

My pine is about 50 feet. How much do you think would be reasonable to have it cut down, assuming crews can get a truck in to do it? I have another one that is inaccessible with a bucket truck, so i am dreading getting a quote to cut that sucker down.

 

@Ecks from Tex

In 2012 I paid $1700 for two 70ft spruces. That included stump grinding and he also ground down all the roots far out from each tree.

So, $800 might be reasonable. This guy was more expensive than others but was worth it.

 

This is the machine the guy used on my neighbors tree. It was remote controlled. He had it parked and then brought the arm all the way to the back of the property.

Then a he grabbed a giant branch with the thumb and a saw came out of the box. He cut the limb then brought it back toward himself and lowered it to the ground.

It was crazy! Took the tree apart like that.

 

Man that truck is crazy. Yeah that's what I was sort of expecting as far as costs. It's a lot but it is a job I know I need to farm out.

 

Remote controlled stump grinder as well....

 

Wife finished planting the pachysandra. Need more.



Will be moving the Hostas up around the arborvitae in the picture down to the driveway. They're not actually planted.

 

I cut enough trees to stack a pile 5 ft tall and 30 ft long. Flat *** tired, so it seems like a perfect time to go get some cardio exercise in :lol: