Lawn Thread - MEGA

[ExtraSlow]

High fibre diet helps move through more volume.

[The_Penguin]

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RIP My front lawn.
Dethatched, aerated, Beyond fertilized. It was doing really well.
But Telus thinks it need more fibre.

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Oh crap, about to get worse....

[nagooro]

I had 3 of these planted last year, 2 of them seem to be doing okay. Is this third one considered dead? Or could it still make a comeback next year?

Also..anyone know what they're called?

[MPowered]

Anyone know of the best way to get rid of cinch bugs in the lawn?

[Rocket1k78]

My bro is so fucked, this is the neighbors across from him and its like this in the whole community. He put that artificial grass in years ago to avoid maintaining grass and now he has to lay sod and then maintain it all lol

It was hard to tell for sure yesterday because it was kinda wet but my lawn is looking a lot greener than it was before. It looked like shit after the detatch and there was a couple spots where i scalped it pretty good but they filled in pretty good

[bjstare]

So your brother put in turf in an acreage community? That would be like $100k. It would be way cheaper to pay landscapers haha.

[Rocket1k78]

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So your brother put in turf in an acreage community? That would be like $100k. It would be way cheaper to pay landscapers haha.

My bad, i forgot to say the turf was in his old house, he just moved to the acreage on the weekend. It would be well over 100k to cover his chunk of land. It was just under $15k to turf his old place, the turf itself was pretty expensive but it was the labor and prep needed that makes it so expensive.

[88CRX]

A lawn of that size is a loosing battle for Beyond.ca's award for best lawn of the year.

You can maybe fertilize it but mostly you're just letting it go somewhat wild. No way are you spot killing weeds and/or watering it with a sprinkler lol

[ThePenIsMightier]

I'm not winning, but this is nothing to be embarrassed about.

[sxtasy]

Lookin good, you've definitely earned a pair of New Balance shoes with that lawn.

[ThePenIsMightier]

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Lookin good, you've definitely earned a pair of New Balance shoes with that lawn.

I'm trying, but I'm missing the joke. I hope it's really mean!
My wife had to hastily mow it (and she doesn't usually) because a duck has decided to nest in our yard (because my grass is so fuckin tight). So she's got nine eggs (I've been meaning to start a Tony Soprano thread) and she only fucks off about once a day and only for about an hour, so it's been tough to mow on schedule. Mrs. MightyPenis didn't manage the same QC level as myself, but at least it got done.

[you&me]

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A lawn of that size is a loosing battle for Beyond.ca's award for best lawn of the year.

You can maybe fertilize it but mostly you're just letting it go somewhat wild. No way are you spot killing weeds and/or watering it with a sprinkler lol

The nice thing about a lawn like that is the sheer size changes the scale of imperfections so they're no where near as noticeable.

I don't have anything quite like Rocket's brother, but I'm in my first season at the new place and my lawn looks way better with way less work than my old yard...

[Tik-Tok]

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A lawn of that size is a loosing battle for Beyond.ca's award for best lawn of the year.

You can maybe fertilize it but mostly you're just letting it go somewhat wild. No way are you spot killing weeds and/or watering it with a sprinkler lol

A lawn with no significant tree's is super easy to take care of.

[SkiBum5.0]

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The nice thing about a lawn like that is the sheer size changes the scale of imperfections so they're no where near as noticeable.

I don't have anything quite like Rocket's brother, but I'm in my first season at the new place and my lawn looks way better with way less work than my old yard...

I find the bigger yard easier. Grab the 120L tank sprayer and let it go with Par3. I think the key is an application in the fall. I’m going to try that this year.

[you&me]

Ok, now I'm facing the opposite problem and could use some help.

We have some areas landscaped with rock and I'm having a bitch of a time stopping random shoots of grass from growing. We've tried pulling, pulling then herbicide (Scotts "Path Clear") and yet, the grass just keeps coming back.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

[ExtraSlow]

If you want the ground sterilized on a nearly permanent basis, then there are products and methods for that purpose. But you want to be sure.

Round-up is temporary and effective. And if you like fire, a weed torch is a good relaxation method.

[ThePenIsMightier]

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Ok, now I'm facing the opposite problem and could use some help.

We have some areas landscaped with rock and I'm having a bitch of a time stopping random shoots of grass from growing. We've tried pulling, pulling then herbicide (Scotts "Path Clear") and yet, the grass just keeps coming back.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

You used garbage landscape fabric instead of the stuff that costs 8x more but actually works for about a decade.

Honestly, I'd try SALT. The term "salting the earth" is not just made up.

[you&me]

The landscape fabric was here long before I was, but might be ~10 years old, so may be deteriorating due to age. Not interested in getting into replacing that right now.

Will look into salt and fire... If anyone has any other roundup-like products to suggest, I'd love to hear them. Thanks!

[ThePenIsMightier]

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The landscape fabric was here long before I was, but might be ~10 years old, so may be deteriorating due to age. Not interested in getting into replacing that right now.

Will look into salt and fire... If anyone has any other roundup-like products to suggest, I'd love to hear them. Thanks!

Yeah, fuck replacing that fabric. I didn't mean "you" you, either. Sorry for sounding like that.
I used to work in garden supplies and it's always been a pet peeve of mine that 95% of people who go to the trouble of installing landscape fabric then choose to put the toilet paper thick ones down instead of the tarp thick ones.
I used a commercial grade one time... I think it was called Weed Ban and it was amazing. Fucking expensive as shit, but amazing.

[you&me]

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Yeah, fuck replacing that fabric. I didn't mean "you" you, either. Sorry for sounding like that.
I used to work in garden supplies and it's always been a pet peeve of mine that 95% of people who go to the trouble of installing landscape fabric then choose to put the toilet paper thick ones down instead of the tarp thick ones.
I used a commercial grade one time... I think it was called Weed Ban and it was amazing. Fucking expensive as shit, but amazing.

Yeah, no worries... I have a feeling the fabric used was high(er) quality, but is definitely older and, like you said, probably just old and tired.

Medium-term plan is to redevelop the property, so I really don't want to be making any significant investments in landscaping... hundred bucks on weed killer? Sure! Thousands on redoing landscape fabric, only to rip it all up again in a couple of years? No thanks.

I looked into salt (great suggestion, btw), but the affected rock beds all have other trees & shrubs, so I don't quite want to salt the earth.

My buzzkill, er, wife gave me that "don't be an idiot" look when I showed her the "Giant Weed Torch" at Lee Valley (like I bothered clicking the link for the "Mini"), so I might need to plan-B that suggestion... That just leaves some sort of application, either chemical or natural...