2 other great sources of high quality, free, compostable materials come from your local coffee shop or brewery. I haven't done in a while, but I used to drop off a 5 gallon bucket at the coffee shop near my job, and pick up at the end of the day. Same for spent brewery grains, but I haven't tried this yet.
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Same with 2,4-D. Folks have to carefully read the label and apply accordingly.
I picked up a container of liquid Moss Out last night, but it looks like I need to get a watering can to apply it as ours are broken. I'll do that today and apply it tomorrow.
I’ve got robins, cardinals, gold finch, thatcher, several wood peckers (Downey and red headed) so far today. Just sayin...Not going to get into a debate again. People should do what they want as long as it’s responsible.
I would argue it is irresponsible to poison wildlife, soil, and local watersheds.
Yea, I know you would. I wouldn’t. I can’t figure out why some people feel compelled to try to impose their values. Like I said, do what you want. I respect your decision to do what you want.
Well I'd like to be irresponsible and poison that f'in' raccoon that's getting into my grill!
Holy crap! For the cost of that I can afford to just pull the damn things. Particularly since I don't need much of it. Wow.Actually Dimension is a brand. The active ingredient is Dithiopyr. I like to use a backpack sprayer. This looks costly but old last several years.
You can get a fertilizer And Dimension combo spread at Home Depot for cheaper. You might find a quart size, which would still last a few years.I use the spray but it’ll last me several years. You can pull it but as you know, Japanese stilt grass is har to control. Do not let it seed in August!
I think we’re probably a week to 10 days away here open central NJ. I put it down when the forsythia blooms, which roughly coincides with soil temps 50-55 degrees four inches down. It really doesn’t have to be precise, especially for crab grass. Yes, depending on your rate you’d be good for 3 or 4 months.
That’s got several preemergent active ingredients including Dithiopyr, dicamba, 2,4D. Good luck! Let us know how it goes. The Acclaim Extra is excellent for post emergent if some gets through. Or hand pull it early!Bought a bag of this, gonna give it a try:
Yep! Everything I've read is that August is when this nasty little beggar reseeds itself.
I was going to lay this down along the edge of the woods (not the lawn) tomorrow - do you think that's too early?
Thanks for the note. I checked with my wife, who is the bird watcher in our family. I remember her running around like a kid at Christmas not too long ago because we had a red headed woodpecker and they are, as you say, not that common here. I double checked with her and she confirmed we have had both the red headed and re bellied ones, but not the pileated.. We also have a red grosbeak, which is a cool looking bird!
It won’t create any problems putting it down a bit early, you just lose some coverage down the road because once you get it down the effectiveness clock starts ticking. If you have the time now and it’s convenient, no big deal to put it down now.
Agreed. And Dimension has some post emergent control to the 3-5 tiller so you can actually be a bit late in the application of crab grass is your main concern.
Please post your thoughts on this product as i',ve always found this brand to be cheap.Bought a bag of this, gonna give it a try:
This was a shot I took last fall of a nothern flicker otherwise known as a yellow shafted flicker:
Do you mean Geeenview? I haven’t heard of Greenlawn but have heard of Greeenview. The active ingredient is Dithiopyr, which is the AI in Dimension and several other products.
