Power rake and rotary mow down to 1/2”. Ready for the reel mower when growth starts. Tried to blow away as many clippings as possible to avoid tiger stripes after rain. Also put Prodiamine down and turned on/checked sprinkler system.

 

Glad you’re feeling better and back at it!

 

One of the best lawns on here!

 

Getting there. Down to .40”.

 

Do you use granular or wettable dispersible prodiamine?

 

Granular this year. In the past I have used WDG.

 

Reset complete. Down to dirt basically. Applied Essential G.

 

Glad you are feeling better. I looked last year quite a bit and wondered if you were just not posting. I have Emerald also and always looked forward to seeing new pics of your lawn. It's one of the best I've seen. Hope the injury is behind you now. Spinal issues can sure cause some pain.

 

Thank you very much!!

These cold temperatures are driving me crazy. Lawn keeps taking 1 step forward and 2 steps back with the night time lows dropping into the 30s.

 

Do you have issues with fertilizers standing on top of the turf at low heights? Does it matter if some is visible when you mow? I've been using fertilizers at big box stores and didn't know if that was recommended with low HOCs.

 

I use small prill fertilizer for golf greens. The big box fertilizer will sit on top of the grass.

 

Cutting at .375”. Back is struggling to recover from scalp. Front is doing much better. Applying very small weekly doses of liquid fertilizer. Applied Bifen last week as critters were digging for (and I assume finding) bugs. Also applying monthly fungicide. Disease X (Azoxystrobin) was the first application.

 

Did you take pics of the grass at that high hoc?
Animal Flex may help you. It's a joint supplement that works great for me.

 

Did you take pics of the grass at that high hoc?
Animal Flex may help you. It's a joint supplement that works great for me.

Pics above are at just over .375 hoc (2 days post mow). It is just taking longer to come in this year with the severe scalp (let it grow out last year) and low temps recently. These are picks from last year. It just need time and heat. Thanks for the advice on the supplement. I will try it.

 

Cut at .375 and very light top dress (80/20 mix). Sand came from Soil3. It was very nice. Absolutely no rocks. Wet but the eco spreader made the job easy. Only downside is the price.

 

Is that 80 sand/20 compost? Or 20 topsoil?

 

Finally getting some growth with the warmer temperatures. Cut at .375”

 

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Man you have your very own Amen Corner😂

 

What are you mowing with? Looks fantastic.

 

Thanks! John Deere 220 E-cut hybrid and Swardman.

 

Got a quick mow in before the forecasted afternoon downpours. We have had a lot of rain lately. Applied Caravan G fungicide to stay ahead of the fungus. Next weeks weather looks beautiful in the Birmingham area.

 

Before and after mow with Swardman. Going to try and monitor growth over the next few days.

Front yard before mow:

Front yard after mow:

Backyard before mow:

Backyard after mow:

 

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5/25 post cut with John Deere e-cut 220

 

🇺🇸🇺🇸Happy Memorial Day!!🇺🇸🇺🇸

 

Gone for 2 weeks. Applied PGR just before I left. Worked great. Cut at .5”.

 

AUsome looking lawn!! I started couple years ago reading and trying to learn from your post. It has helped me greatly. Hope you are doing well. Also, what about a pic of the e-machine you are using?

 

Looking good in the late season. Pushing nitrogen to see how long I can keep it green.

 

Getting there. Color is still a bit off. First PGR app this weekend.

 

Beautiful property and lawn. Only seen a handful of properties this nice for Alabama fans. Usually these yards are owned by Auburn grads. Well done.

 

Second PGR app applied yesterday (with iron and fungicide). I’ve been having some issues with the Edwin. Throttle cables and drive belts. This is its 5th season so not entirely surprising. Decided to order the Revolution from Reel Rollers. Looking forward to comparing Revolution v. Edwin.

 

Any mid-summer updates? Really enjoy your journal!