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Last Updated: 09/19/2022
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Central Virginia, its still kind of mild out. Would I just be wasting money?
Hi there, I have established buffalo grass lawn (I think sir walter), and recently it has started yellowing and has these small dead spots on them. Any idea what is causing this? Thanks for any help
Its pretty cold, not yet freezing. There's a few different species of trees growing like this.
We do get a lot of deer passing through, that's my only theory... The line of defoliation just seems too perfect to be the deer, especially because I know some of the bigger deer could easily reach higher than that (the line is at about 5-5.5 feet)
Do all the different models of the Scotts walk behind spreaders (Mini, DLX, Elite) suffer from the same "fertilizer in wheel" caused striping issue? Or is it more prevalent in some models than others?
Our neighborhood had some gas line maintenance done over the summer which involved digging up sidewalks and some areas of lawn, including ours. Today they finally came by and put down new sod. It looks good, but I'm wondering how to take care of it since it's already late november and I'm in the Chicago area.
The instruction sheet they put on our door said to water every day for a couple weeks, but I think grass around here is already starting to go dormant. Most people have stopped mowing every week, or will soon.
Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks!
There's a leaf blower on Amazon that has me confused. It says the "Air Flow Capacity" is 440 Cubic Feet Per Minute. It also says it has a 260-CFM max air flow. Is there a difference between these 2 or are giving me conflicting numbers for CFM?
Just got a new house and the lawn has multiple areas with patches and is mostly brown. Was thinking to just overseed with Bermuda, but didnt know if I needed to wait till spring or could do it now because of the warmer temperatures here in central Florida?
I planted plugs over the summer. This is a video of me removing the weeds that grew around them.
Seeded about 45 days ago. If I were to treat them would tenacity be the recommended material to treat them with or should this be held off until spring?
There is a section of my house where the crawlspace dehumidifier drain pipe expels about 8 ounces of water, 6 times a day onto a concrete pad beneath it. I overseeded a few months ago, and some seed was accidentally spread onto the concrete pad.
Would you believe me if I told you that the nicest, greenest, thickest grass on my lawn is a 12 inch long, 6 inch wide patch on this concrete pad? IT HAS ZERO SOIL ON IT.
My takeaway is that I have been blaming my soil for what is almost certainly a watering issue.
When I was a kid, we used to have snow by late-October or early-November in New England. These days, my lawn still looks stunning as we approach December. Crazy how things change.
North Florida zone 9b. This is probably a dumb question but my neighbor and I were talking about fertilizing now.
Could I fertilize my St Augustine lawn now with a 24-0-7 blend without causing significant harm?
We have a cold front coming through today and will have nighttime temps in the 40s for the next several days before warming back up. We should have day time temps in the 60-70s until January.
So I had a mound of top soil sitting where the rye grass is growing. I let my neighbor take the leftovers that I didn’t need to spread around his yard. He said he’d rake up some he area in my yard when he was done. Well he decided to plant seed too, which I didn’t know he was going to do. Nice of him, but I wish he didn’t. You can see here the color is an eye sore with my new KGB and fescue. I have seed left to plant over in the spring but what do I do with this for now?
Can anyone please tell me what type of grass I have please?