Coniferous tree needles don't make soil acidic.
It's just the combination of shade and the fact that big trees suck water like mad that other plants can't compete.
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Coniferous tree needles don't make soil acidic.
It's just the combination of shade and the fact that big trees suck water like mad that other plants can't compete.
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Fresh cut and some water
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Came back from vacation and the rain plus new mower made it shine. I can’t pan to the left because it will show the brown part…
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That’s a nice shed.
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….that’s my house. Waiting for the return of double meatOriginally Posted by cjblair
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So, on Friday, I decided to powerwash a tarp on my south facing lawn and leave it in the sun to dry... Got a little distracted and left it for about 4 hours in the middle of the afternoon. When I pulled it up, the grass underneath was yellow/brown and dead looking.
I know solarization is an effective way to kill grass and weeds, but google tells me it takes weeks, not hours. As of this evening, I still have a massive rectangular patch of shit-looking grass in my otherwise pristine yard... What can I do?
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The same thing happened under our trampoline. All I did was cut the dead part, then water for a night and the following morning and it came back green after about a week.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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I don't think you'll have caused any permanent damage from 4 hours. I would just water that spot a lot more than others to get it going again.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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Back yard recovering nicely from dog carnage.... had to do a couple more patch repairs that I missed reseeding or the dog decided to kill again.
Front yard also greening up quite nicely. Took this pic the other night. The 'Green It Up' fertilizer seems to be way slower acting then the usual Scotts stuff, which makes sense as its marketing as slow release and long lasting.
And my test patch of round up painted on the quackgrass. Seems to be a week or longer for the quack to start dying off but it does work. I'm going to concentrate on some of the larger patches I have, kill it, then reseed with EZ Seed.
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I had a good-for-nuthin dog houseguest recently. He definitely doesn't have any balls because he pisses like a bitch.
A couple lazy repairs underway with EZ Seed.
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Funny enough, the grass under our trampoline tends to be the best in the yard, especially after the heat wave. We do tend to move it around quite a bit, so that surely helps.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I'll hold tight and do some extra watering on the tarp patch now... Thanks for the reassurance guys.
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That EZ Seed stuff is pretty amazing, within 2-3 days you have grass visibly growing and not much longer than that pretty well the whole patch is filled in. The new grass is a lot thinner though is the only thing I noticed, but it sure looks better than a dead patch.
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Most of us were getting 2-3 week germination time on the EZ seed previously. I wonder if the warmer temps speed that process up.
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Could be the rain + cooler temps but mine has been sprouting in 2-3 days which was surprising to me as well. You don't want to let it dry out either.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
When I tried to just rake the ground and use straight grass seed, it took way longer and the results weren't nearly as good as the EZ Seed.
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I haven't seen germination in less then 2 weeks, even in the extreme heat. The heat sped up the fresh germination growing to what seems like an 1" a day though lol. I'm having to cut my back grass every couple days from all the extra watering and EZ Seed fertilizer.
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Anybody know of Canadian alternatives to Tenacity? Callisto is apparently the same thing but can't find that for sale anywhere (as in the one farm supplier I called, but they usually sell everything). Might not be an agro product.
Gonna go hard overseeding but I've got a huge pigweed and roundleaf mallow problem, so want to do everything I can to knock them out - plan is to Par 3 a couple weeks beforehand, then use a pre-emergent with the seed on August 1st.
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I think my EZ seed germinated in about a week, planted in early June. I separately threw down a ton of contractor mix with starter fertilizer on June 28th, watered heavily every day through that heat wave, had lots of germination by July 3rd and its basically a full lawn of grass now (but full of weeds too).This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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I think the warm overnight temps are really helping. Earlier in June, ez seed was taking close to two weeks to germinate but the stuff I put down this month is much quicker.
I just put down a lot yesterday afternoon so will see how long it takes this week with the warm temps. I’m watering 3 times per day, never letting it dry out completely.
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Temps here have dropped into the mid 20's now which is nice. My large repair went to shit as I couldn't keep up with watering during the heat wave. Germination didn't happen in some patches. I threw down seed yesterday again after loosening the top layer, setup sprinklers to water 4x a day, fingers crossed for some quick germination. Straight up contractor mix being thrown down.
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After reading this page im going to try EZ seed again, I had been getting pretty good at repairing patches using seeds, soil and peat moss, but it feels im always playing catch up to my dogs pee spots its frustrating.
Ive read the best time for overseeding is spring and fall, does this also apply to Canadian winters? is fall a good time for some over seeding?
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