OT: Eternal Lawn Care Thread

[Postman_1]

Did a blanket spray of Propiconazole on Monday evening. It sat on the grass until rain arrived Wednesday morning. I see a few spots that look like fungus. It’s my first time using the Propiconazole as I wanted to switch it up. I used Scott’s disease X in the past.

 

[Joey Bags]

Did a blanket spray of Propiconazole on Monday evening. It sat on the grass until rain arrived Wednesday morning. I see a few spots that look like fungus. It’s my first time using the Propiconazole as I wanted to switch it up. I used Scott’s disease X in the past.

What appears to be a fungus is spreading on all the lawns around me including mine. Popped up in less than 2 weeks. Never seen it before, nor sure what to do about it

 

[Postman_1]

What appears to be a fungus is spreading on all the lawns around me including mine. Popped up in less than 2 weeks. Never seen it before, nor sure what to do about it

I’m thinking all the rain we have gotten is playing a big part in it.

 

[DHajekRC84]

What appears to be a fungus is spreading on all the lawns around me including mine. Popped up in less than 2 weeks. Never seen it before, nor sure what to do about it

A fungus is what destroyed my lawn last year (missed by the lawn service team). Definitely want to get on it fast. Got some fungus growing on arborvitaes this year ..crap never stops anymore.

 

[GoodOl'Rutgers]

PSA...


The Parker House in Sea Girt is opening for the season on Friday, May 16th. The restaurant.

The bars already opened as of last night.

ahhh.. table on the porch.. grilled cheese with ham and tomato on rye... sea air,, only slightly still hungover.. good stuff

 

[Postman_1]

Sprayed some Feature 6-0-0 this morning on the lawn. I used it for the iron content. I was reading though that they changed there formula on it and now it only contains 0.5% chelated Iron and 9.5% water soluble Iron. The old packages showed 10% chelated Iron. Does anyone have any experience with this stuff?

 

[Postman_1]

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[phs73rc77gsm83]

Tons of fungus this year due to all the rain, as others have mentioned. I think I posted in thisthread a couple years ago about rotating fungicide and which products are in which groups. Good luck everybody! By the way, fungicides work best as preventative measures. You might start the first week of May or even late April and then rotate.

 

[rufeelinit]

Planning on applying a second application of Lesco next week to keep the crabgrass away for the rest of this year.

 

[Knight Shift]

Planning on applying a second application of Lesco next week to keep the crabgrass away for the rest of this year.

Same for me, but with Jonathan Green product, the first application has kept 99% of the weeds at bay. Have a couple of small patches of clover on edges of the lawn, which is no big deal.

 

[phs73rc77gsm83]

Planning on applying a second application of Lesco next week to keep the crabgrass away for the rest of this year.

I’ll do my second application this week. I also do an application in late august or early September (if I’m not overseeding) for winter annual weeds and grassy weeds (.e.g., Poa annua).

 

[phs73rc77gsm83]

Same for me, but with Jonathan Green product, the first application has kept 99% of the weeds at bay. Have a couple of small patches of clover on edges of the lawn, which is no big deal.

Just double check your label. Most preemergents provide coverage for 3 to4 months (depending on application rate) so you maybe toward the end of your coverage. Also, I think you and me both battle Poa annua so an early fall application would help there.

 

[Knight Shift]

Just double check your label. Most preemergents provide coverage for 3 to4 months (depending on application rate) so you maybe toward the end of your coverage. Also, I think you and me both battle Poa annua so an early fall application would help there.

Im starting to get over PDS or POA Derangement Syndrome. It disappeared quite quickly in May, and I may to learn to live with it.

 

[Postman_1]

Tons of fungus this year due to all the rain, as others have mentioned. I think I posted in thisthread a couple years ago about rotating fungicide and which products are in which groups. Good luck everybody! By the way, fungicides work best as preventative measures. You might start the first week of May or even late April and then rotate.

Yeah I'm not waiting next year. It is going down in April no matter what. Every year by mid May I start to notice it. This year is the worst so far for me.

 

[CranfordKnight]

Had parts of my lawn ripped up and reseeded by the gas company when they did some line work and moved my meter from inside to outside (after moving it from outside to inside a few years back, lol). So I put down a fertilizer and pre-emergent formulated for seeding. Now I have patches of lawn where some blades are literally turning bright white. Does that mean the grass is dying? Injured or damaged and will repair itself?

 

[e5fdny]

Had parts of my lawn ripped up and reseeded by the gas company when they did some line work and moved my meter from inside to outside (after moving it from outside to inside a few years back, lol). So I put down a fertilizer and pre-emergent formulated for seeding. Now I have patches of lawn where some blades are literally turning bright white. Does that mean the grass is dying? Injured or damaged and will repair itself?

It just means they are afraid of you.

Be nicer. Introduce yourself...."Hello lawn."

 

[ATIOH]

I put down a fertilizer and pre-emergent formulated for seeding. Now I have patches of lawn where some blades are literally turning bright white. Does that mean the grass is dying? Injured or damaged and will repair itself?

My guess is your product contains Mesotrione. One of the ways Mesotrione works is by disturbing chlorophyll, which leads to some plants looking bleached. From the Scotts label for their Pre-emergent made for seeding:

"This product may cause temporary whitening of grass foliage. Symptoms typically appear 5 to 7 days after application and may last up to 14 days. Discoloration is most common on ryegrass."​

On a different note - I've never had to deal with a lawn fungus before, so I spent the last hour combing through TKR lawn threads and @phs73rc77gsm83 's posts. Such a great resource! I've linked the 2022 fungus post below in case it helps anyone else:

Scott’s Diseasex has the active ingredient of azoxystrobin. It is very good. Used based on the label you won’t damage your lawn. You should alternate “classes” of fungicides to guard against resistance. Here is a great reference from Rutgers.

http://www2.ca.uky.edu/agcomm/pubs/PPA/PPA1/PPA1.pdf

 

[Postman_1]

Spot sprayed some SpeedZone mixed with Ortho CCO this morning. My neighbor has creeping Charlie that always starts spreading into my lawn. Every year it seems to happen as they do nothing at all for there lawn of weeds.

Also sprayed some Taurus SC around the perimeter of my house again, and all around my grill and were the propane tank goes. I was putting the cover on the grill on Monday and a black widow was about 6" from my hand. I killed that one and that's why I decided to spray the Tuarus (fipronil) today.

 

[Knight Shift]

Spot sprayed some SpeedZone mixed with Ortho CCO this morning. My neighbor has creeping Charlie that always starts spreading into my lawn. Every year it seems to happen as they do nothing at all for there lawn of weeds.

Also sprayed some Taurus SC around the perimeter of my house again, and all around my grill and were the propane tank goes. I was putting the cover on the grill on Monday and a black widow was about 6" from my hand. I killed that one and that's why I decided to spray the Tuarus (fipronil) today.

I have a dog Creepy Charlie next door. Relentlessly barks and the owner does nothing. Will that spray work on him?

 

[Knight Shift]

Just double check your label. Most preemergents provide coverage for 3 to4 months (depending on application rate) so you maybe toward the end of your coverage. Also, I think you and me both battle Poa annua so an early fall application would help there.

What product do you use?

Do you care about clover? I have several patches with small white flowers.

 

[phs73rc77gsm83]

What product do you use?

Do you care about clover? I have several patches with small white flowers.

I generally spray Dimension (active ingredient Dithiopyr) for preegerent. I spray Ortho CCO (active ingredient triclopyr) for clover and Creeping Charlie. Clover and Charlie typically needs two or three applications spaced as per label.

 

[Postman_1]

Good video I found on the different typs of Nitrogen and Iron used on turf grass.

 

[GoodOl'Rutgers]

I have a dog Creepy Charlie next door. Relentlessly barks and the owner does nothing. Will that spray work on him?

The neighbor should not own a dog. Dog wants attention.. needs a walk.. interaction.. annoys the owner so he throws him outside to annoy everyone else. Find a local dog-walker contact info.. print it up like a flyer.. print a dozen.. and stick em on his mailbox every day. If that doesn't work.. switch flyer to a no-kill rescue place.

 

[Knight Shift]

Any wisdom thoughts on watering twice per day (we have a well) in the extreme heat to keep the grass from browning?

 

[bac2therac]

Any wisdom thoughts on watering twice per day (we have a well) in the extreme heat to keep the grass from browning?

There are showers possibly coming later Wednesday night and Thursday. Its only been one day so far. Relax

 

[Knight Shift]

There are showers possibly coming later Wednesday night and Thursday. Its only been one day so far. Relax

I had a brown patch in my lawn. I cried over it to give it some moisture.

 

[rurichdog]

I think I finally identified the fungus that helped destroy my lawn last year.

Red Thread.

Along with the drought and the grubs my front yard was destroyed last year. Now I can start addressing the issue with the fungus (grubs are being dealt with).