Coli Lawn Care essentials
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blockburna420
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Yard work is my nerve calmer, my mama having the best yard is one of my earliest memories. She ain't even put me to work till I got to high school. That shyt in my blood.Y’all don’t got Mexicans to do this shít for you?
I started cutting grass at 9 years old. I ain’t doing it no more.
And using grass clippings as fertilizer had my yard looking nice af.
Lord_nikon
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I'm cutting the grass with the reel mower cause I overseeded and my new seeds filling in . This cracka ass police randomly ride down my block and pull up in front of the crib talking bout "That's old school BOY" all i could say is best on the block ain't it. I think he realized the BOY shyt soon as it left his mouth the way he pulled off.
blockburna420
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I was even more pissed cause black cop was trailing him in another truck. It's white , black and Mexican ghetto around here
Definitely scouting 4 Ice
The joys of lawn care in the summer brehs!
Ayo, anyone got experience using PGRs? I'm not really trying to slow down growth, but I thought I read it could increase density, thickness, and even color as a byproduct.
Right now I mow once every week which is fine, and lately, mostly to reduce presence of grass seed heads (bermuda). I recently raised the height of my cut to 2" from 1.5 because I noticed some scalping last time. And while i like the shorter look, read the longer blades hold in more water and reduce evaporation from turf by lower soil temps with reduced direct sunlight. Outside of the seed heads, I think I'm seeing some reduced vigor in growth already. Thought I'd put this to the thread for any welcome input
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Ayo, anyone got experience using PGRs? I'm not really trying to slow down growth, but I thought I read it could increase density, thickness, and even color as a byproduct.
Right now I mow once every week which is fine, and lately, mostly to reduce presence of grass seed heads (bermuda). I recently raised the height of my cut to 2" from 1.5 because I noticed some scalping last time. And while i like the shorter look, read the longer blades hold in more water and reduce evaporation from turf by lower soil temps with reduced direct sunlight. Outside of the seed heads, I think I'm seeing some reduced vigor in growth already. Thought I'd put this to the thread for any welcome input
Edit- typos
my granddaddy swear by using beer as fertilizer... well brown spots in lawns....
he buys a case of michelob light near the expiration date...mix it with water.... and go across his lawn wherever he see's brown spots...
after 2weeks its green as shyt ..like it wasnt there.. he said its good tomatoes too.. gets rid of slugs n snails
he buys a case of michelob light near the expiration date...mix it with water.... and go across his lawn wherever he see's brown spots...
after 2weeks its green as shyt ..like it wasnt there.. he said its good tomatoes too.. gets rid of slugs n snails
get these nets
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Which region of the country are you in? And before this year what height did you mow during Spring, Summer, Fall?
I was advised, and have read that you raise the mowing height during the Summer. For some of the reasons you pointed out
Before trying chemicals, I'd look into getting blades sharpened more frequently......and occasionally mulching the grass instead of bagging
he's not wrong in both cases. but the brown spots just to be clear to anyone else reading isn't brown patch fungus, beer wouldn't help with that. the brown in this case is thatch (layers of dead grass) and beer helps with thatch decomposition.
PGRs are suppose to promote lateral growth and slow vertical growth. i looked into for my st. augustine, but decided not to because no matter how on top of your game you are st augustine is going to get something that fukks with it: brown patch, take all in the fungus department, sod webworms, chinch in the insect department, etc. etc. you can nip it in the bud when you spot them, but there will be some damage and one of the good things about st. augustine is that it grows pretty fast and fills in quickly. a PGR would slow that filling in down.
fukk I don't know those region codes, but desert sw. Arizona/phx area
I had been cutting at 1 5/8" using a rotary mower, with the idea of letting the grass grow in at 2 inch
I like the shorter look, and had been pushing myself to cut more frequently and shorter because I read it encourages density and the grass to creep. I'd had some bare patches fill in already
I've not read the regs specifically, but I haven't tried mulching the front, because I'm in an hoa and afraid they might complain about clumps or whatever. That and didn't want the neighbors bothered with potential yard waste blowing into their desertscapes (prolly negligible). I see the moisture the clipping leave in my garbage and seems so wasteful not to have that leech in the ground
Need to address my mower blades for sure. Mower is secondhand and I've not done for the 2 years I've had it. Thanks for suggestions
I'm wondering if I got some of those sod grubs or worms as well. I've noticed the presence of ants pretty consistently, especially after a mow. If that's any indication, maybe the Seven pesticide granules I layed early this year are no longer effective, and may have those grubworms eating root system. Maybe I'll lay another dose rather than delve into pgr. Appreciate the insight