I've learned when planting bulbs, you put the bulb at the bottom of the hole, fill halfway with dirt, liberally sprinkle in some powdered ghost peppers, then fill hole with remaining soil. No more squirrel & rabbit buffet line.
My Parent's house is on the water (pond actually) in Sea Girt and the daffodils and tulips along the water line or close to it were never touched. It looks like Holland back there...hundreds.
To me, the ethanol free gas is worth it for the trimmers, mowers, snow blowers, chain saws, and other similar engines.
Spray a little Xiaflex on that curved shaft, and that will straighten in out. 🤣
We switched everything over for work and the farm a few years ago. More expensive but everything's been starting up pretty easy after sitting for a while. Chain saws especially used to be a real bitch. The expense is well worth alleviating the aggravation.
I spot sprayed Speedzone a two weeks ago and it destroyed what dandelions I had. I didn’t have too many and normally I just pull them but wanted to see the effectiveness of the Speedzone. I don’t think you can find it in a big box store though. Bio advanced has a product at Lowe’s that I used in the past and it worked decent on dandelions. It hooks right up to your hose. They were all wilted in about 12 hours.
Speed zone works well as Postman said. So does triclopyr (the active ingredient in Ortho CCO that you can get at the box stores. I wouldn’t do another application of 2,4d now. As I suggested last month, 2,4d,is a post emergent weed killer that only works on actively growing weeds. I don’t know where you live but dandelions are not actively growing in central NJ in early March so a post emergent application at that time would not be effective.
Thanks Clayton DE. I'll get some more of the Ortho Product which worked well for me in the past.
Wow! Well the intention was good. Fingers crossed.
Rule of thumb used to be you could put it (the YELLOW bag) down until the dandelions were at the puff ball stage. Not sure if that is true anymore.
It’s a little late for the initial pre-emergence application (if you’re doing sequential applications a few months apart.) If you didn’t do a pre-emergent this spring you can put it down but it probably won’t be as effective as it would have been if it was put down earlier. It won’t hurt anything, though, assuming you didn’t already do one as mentioned.
I don’t seed in the Spring but agree on the lack of rain. I haven’t put down fertilizer yet either. I do have a sprinkler system and have been using it the past 2 or 3 weeks. Did Dithiopyr early spring.
Our lawn in South Monmouth held up well. A couple of light brown dry patches. I tweaked our pop up sprinkler settings to hit the areas that are dry.It was a really, really dry May:
I do my first application in late May or early June. I generally use Oceangro (5-5-0, slow release) except for late fall when I’ll use a synthetic. I like to think about it as an annual program. The link below is useful to plan.
rutgersnjfertilizerapp.blogspot.com
I second Oceangro, Ive used it in the past and had great results. I dont believe they sell it in big box stores. Here is a link for its availability. If you dont see a place near you a substitute for it is Milorganite that may be easier to find. Oceangro is based out of Jersey. Just make sure to get any leftover off of your sidewalk because the iron in it could stain. You could always do a soil test to see what nutrients you need. This should be done prior to anything being put down though.
I had Rainbird controller for many years but had to replace it a couple years ago. I asked the owner of the sprinkler company what he has or would buy and he said Hunter, which I bought. I’m very happy with it. (Not sure if you’re talking about the controller or sprinkler heads. My system is a combination of both rotors and spray heads from Rainbird.)
Interesting. I may lean towards Orbit. Have not done research, but perhaps this may be like HVAC equipment- parts are the same but assembled by different companies. The Weathermatic rotors seem to be wearing out. On a rental property, I used Toro heads (too small for my main home), and they have been solid performers for a lot of years.
