First Official Lawn Thread

[TheNJNole]

What is your Spring "awakening" routine...

 

[TheNJNole]

 

[shiv]

Looks very nice OP.

I found a lazy mans way of doing it where my yard wouldn’t be perfect but would be better than everyone in the neighborhood that wasn’t paying a service.

Bermuda grass.

Preemergent in October and again in late February. Also would hit the yard with round up in February while the grass was still dormant. Worked pretty well. Never did soil samples to get PH right or anything.

I’m lazy now and am just paying TruGreen

 

[TheNJNole]

Fyi.... Arby helped me build my arbor 4 yrs ago

David Austin climbing roses. Mine are French and my wifes are English as she hails from Birmingham

 

[shiv]

Fyi.... Arby helped me build my arbor 4 yrs ago



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Arby the GOAT poster. If you are in NJ how did he help you? Just intstructions?

 

[TheNJNole]

I live next to NYC, so space is a PREMIUM. Those shit houses in the back are 15' WIDE and $750k 》

 

[TheNJNole]

Arby the GOAT poster. If you are in NJ how did he help you? Just intstructions?

Yes

 

[shiv]

I live next to NYC, so space is a PREMIUM. Those shit houses in the back are 15' WIDE and $750k 》

Yeah I could tell right away. You got a yard like that in the city you’re ballin a bit at least

 

[TheNJNole]

I guess everyone hired a Mexicant.....

 

[Jtrain80]

Its snowing today in Oklahoma. Sorry no lawn pics.

 

[TheNJNole]

Its snowing today in Oklahoma. Sorry no lawn pics.

Its snowing today in Oklahoma. Sorry no lawn pics.

Who cares about Oklahoma. Indians don't maintain lawns......

 

[dirtytoeddawg]

We started a remodeling of our home last summer and I just gave up on keeping up the yard. Almost done now, just going to call in a landscaper & likely drop a few grand to get it straightened back out again. It's disgusting and depressing at the same time to see our yard look like sanford & Sons for almost a year now.

 

[Mmal7777]

Looking for good advice as well. I planted asoshia in the fall and I’m looking for good advice to get it looking great come spring.

 

[Jtrain80]

Who cares about Oklahoma. Indians don't maintain lawns......

Thank goodness we have a steady supply of Mexicans coming in...

 

[absoluteUnit]

Got mine done yesterday. Don’t know if I was early or late in the spring. I guess it depends on the grass and where you are. Mostly still brown Bermuda grass, but I got that top layer cut off. It should green up super fast. Also got my round up sprayed on all the trouble spots.

Found out my weed eater was missing out of my garage. Don’t know what happened there, but I needed and excuse to get a new one anyways.

This pretty lady looks ready for the Spring time:

 

[HnstTune]

Not yet but I did over seed and put down some 12-12-12 yesterday ahead of the rain that’s coming in today.

My yard is mostly zoysia and I’m trying to get tall fescue to take over. We’ll see how well that goes.

 

[4n6tox]

Scalped my Bermuda last weekend, least favorite process of mine. As far as applications go, I let the lawn company handle that schedule.

 

[Chris Farley]

Did my first cut two days ago. It’s comin it hot !

 

[PawPower1981]

My wife cuts the lawn, I just have to put gas in it for her. I also have to edge and blow(no pun)

 

[Red'75™]

Not yet but my neighbor did. He's apparently slamming Meth again. It took him three days to cut out this pattern with a push mower! WTF?

 

[poke2001]

Scalped my Bermuda last weekend, least favorite process of mine. As far as applications go, I let the lawn company handle that schedule.

We had ours scalped a couple weeks ago. I hate that shit so we had someone else do it.

 

[ajcgn]

No grass to cut up here yet, but in season, I cut it once a month whether it needs it or not.

 

[quickfeet]

No grass to cut up here yet, but in season, I cut it once a month whether it needs it or not.

Where do you live that you are cutting the grass once a month?

 

[ajcgn]

Where do you live that you are cutting the grass once a month?

The lazy part of Toronto. While I exaggerate, I’m lucky to have neighbours who are as lazy as I am and don’t compete to have beautiful lawns, so we push the envelope.

 

[TheGratefulReb]

Hitting mine this weekend. Also, @absoluteUnit is that yours? If so, way to go!

 

[absoluteUnit]

Hitting mine this weekend. Also, @absoluteUnit is that yours? If so, way to go!

I want to lie and get the internet cred so bad... this is my chance... but no it’s not

 

[tiderollsonu]

Got mine done yesterday. Don’t know if I was early or late in the spring. I guess it depends on the grass and where you are. Mostly still brown Bermuda grass, but I got that top layer cut off. It should green up super fast. Also got my round up sprayed on all the trouble spots.

Found out my weed eater was missing out of my garage. Don’t know what happened there, but I needed and excuse to get a new one anyways.

This pretty lady looks ready for the Spring time:

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Do yourself a favor and go Ego, will be switching all my yard stuff to it except the mower. No mixing gas, no pull starting, pull the trigger and it is full speed.

Also yes fixing to have to do my second mowing of the year.

 

[absoluteUnit]

Do yourself a favor and go Ego, will be switching all my yard stuff to it except the mower. No mixing gas, no pull starting, pull the trigger and it is full speed.

Also yes fixing to have to do my second mowing of the year.

Thanks for the tip pal.

 

[CBradSmith]

How many of you have mowed your lawn as of 3/29? I broke the seal yesterday.

My fescue was getting shaggy, but it was by design. I overseeded in some areas and wanted to make sure the root systems had a chance to develop as much as possible before cutting.

First cut is in the books, which means I'm likely on a 1 time per week schedule until mid July, when the temperature slows the growth rate.

Edit:
I changed thread title name to possibly get a universal thread/conversation going, as this is a topic that is talked about year-round.
Second, my apology to @absoluteUnit . You started a first mow of the season thread just few days ago.

@HnstTune What breed of zoysia you running? How far into shady areas does it grow, and how does it handle long stretches of 90+ temperatures? I love fescue, but the summers here makes it wilt and turn brown without copious watering. I think I'd like to try a fescue/zoysia combo...allowing the zoysia to penetrate as far as possible into shaded regions and fescue remaining where the zoysia can't reach.

@4n6tox Tell me about scalping, as this is something I think I **need** to know about. Have a neighbor a block over that has a lawn service. Once I year I notice his front yard is basically flat dirt. Then a month or so later fescue starts poking out. Another few months after that, he's got what could pass as perfect carpet for an early Spring lawn when nobody else has any green showing.

 

[Viking]

Haven't even seen mine yet, still skiing here in Alaska! SKOL!

 

[CurtOFD78]

Twice since the start of the year

 

[GatorOK]

I watch the lawn service guys here every week. No idea if they have run a mower, but did get a blanket email to the neighborhood asking people to pick up their dog shit more than once a month. Son does it twice a week.

 

[PinkelsVisor]

Did mine this weekend first time this season.

 

[BTAvenger]

Not quite yet...but soon. Probably within the next week or so.

 

[tiderollsonu]

lol did my second mowing of the year this weekend. Also did my Talstar and lime treatments.

 

[Jtrain80]

Nope, but i rutted up my front yard trying to get the boat around the house.

 

[Renegadenole]

Time to put down some spring fertilizer and pre emergent in Ohio. Mowing in a week or two.

 

[Nas]

Time to put down some spring fertilizer and pre emergent in Ohio. Mowing in a week or two.

Fellow zone 6 guy. Put down pre emergent last week. Hoping its not too late.

 

[absoluteUnit]

How many of you have mowed your lawn as of 3/29? I broke the seal yesterday.

My fescue was getting shaggy, but it was by design. I overseeded in some areas and wanted to make sure the root systems had a chance to develop as much as possible before cutting.

First cut is in the books, which means I'm likely on a 1 time per week schedule until mid July, when the temperature slows the growth rate.

Edit:
I changed thread title name to possibly get a universal thread/conversation going, as this is a topic that is talked about year-round.
Second, my apology to @absoluteUnit . You started a first mow of the season thread just few days ago.

@HnstTune What breed of zoysia you running? How far into shady areas does it grow, and how does it handle long stretches of 90+ temperatures? I love fescue, but the summers here makes it wilt and turn brown without copious watering. I think I'd like to try a fescue/zoysia combo...allowing the zoysia to penetrate as far as possible into shaded regions and fescue remaining where the zoysia can't reach.

@4n6tox Tell me about scalping, as this is something I think I **need** to know about. Have a neighbor a block over that has a lawn service. Once I year I notice his front yard is basically flat dirt. Then a month or so later fescue starts poking out. Another few months after that, he's got what could pass as perfect carpet for an early Spring lawn when nobody else has any green showing.

That thread was the one thing I had going in life. This is me now:

 

[Renegadenole]

Fellow zone 6 guy. Put down pre emergent last week. Hoping its not too late.

Just checked soil temp at 4" deep. It was 46f. Ideal time is around 50f. At least that's what I read.