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    Fertilizing my lawn for initial spring application

    Grass type and cultivar do impact green up. Typically rye grass, followed by fescues, and lastly bluegrass green up in spring. Individual cultivar can make a big difference too, so your variety of sod may be a big part of that. There are some cultural things you can do to help. Putting the...
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    Fertilizing my lawn for initial spring application

    You want the prills to fall below the leaf canopy, so you want to do it on dry grass and then later water it in. Pre-M works by getting into the soil and forming a vapor barrier below the soil surface that interferes with germination process of some plants. How long this vapor barrier lasts...
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    Thread of great guitarists

    I play the guitar and would consider myself a late stage beginner, on the cusp of being an intermediate player. What many people don't realize, is the guitar is a young instrument. First "modern" accoustic guitars appeared in the 1830's and the first electric guitar in the 1930's. The guitar...
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    Fertilizing my lawn for initial spring application

    Not even close. I'd get it down before May though.
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    Fertilizing my lawn for initial spring application

    Looks like chemical damage. Did someone rinse out buckets in that area? Any chance snow gets piled up there that might have a bunch of ice melt in it? Is it possible a dog is peeing in that one spot? It does look a bit greener right around the damaged spot which makes me think of excessive...
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    Fertilizing my lawn for initial spring application

    Prodiamine (barricade) with no fertilizer by Lebanon. 0.58%.
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    Howard Brown commits!

    Big, athletic, great balance, quick feet. If the dude can play with pad level, he could be special. He relies a lot of strength too, so technique will need to be developed. Exciting player.
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    Fertilizing my lawn for initial spring application

    Right on time. I'm doing my backyard today and I'm in Kansas City so likely warmer down here.
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    Fertilizing my lawn for initial spring application

    Half the rate you are throwing out and then spread the yard twice going in one direction, and then again at 90 degrees. Spreader should be throwing the fertilizer back to the wheel marks of your previous pass. Walk at a uniform and slightly brisk pace.
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    Kansas basketball.... The Onion

    The best satire rings true, and that's why you feel compelled to respond.
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    Bill Withers Passes

    Big fan and I've been playing his stuff a lot in the last 6 months. "Use me" is probably my favorite.
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    Fertilizing my lawn for initial spring application

    Seed with a shade tolerant fescue containing zero weed seeds and zero other crop. Look at the back of the bag to check. Fertilize with something that has all three macros if you can find it. Something like a 28-10-15 or something like that. Cover with peat moss is a good idea. Mow tall...
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    Fertilizing my lawn for initial spring application

    My lowish nitrogen experiment in establishing a small bluegrass lawn wasn't working so well. Perhaps I'll get there eventually, but the front clearly needed some fertility enhancement. Put down .75 N lbs/1,000 24-0-15 synthetic fert yesterday before rain along with elemental sulphur to...
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    Fertilizing my lawn for initial spring application

    Commercial applicators have other issues to consider beyond optimal timing. Why the weed n feed?
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    Fertilizing my lawn for initial spring application

    Most crabgrass doesn't geminate until soil is 70 degrees. May 1st works fine generally. You may get a few that sneak in. I don't like to apply in Kansas City until April 1st. forsythias are in bloom now down here. That said, I have baby crabgrass already germinating in my raised garden beds.
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    Fertilizing my lawn for initial spring application

    Crabgrass really only likes sunny spots. I quit applying in shady spots years ago. My problem was I bought some dirt to fill garden beds and I swear that dirt was 10% dirt and 90% weed seeds, so I still need it in the backyard. Front is pretty much free of crabgrass seeds at this point. If...
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    Fertilizing my lawn for initial spring application

    Stick a thermometer in the ground and find out the temp. If it's above 50 degrees on a cloudy day you are in the window.
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    Fertilizing my lawn for initial spring application

    This is good advice for guys who did a good job in the Fall getting down two applications. When I stopped forcing early spring growth, less disease and better summer grass was the result. My fescue is fully awake now here in Kansas City and it doesn't need any fertilizer. In fact, I'll...
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    Fertilizing my lawn for initial spring application

    I'm seeding now. If it dies in the frost I'll seed some more. Seed is relatively cheap for small areas. I had a new driveway poured in December, and the grass was ruined to make room for concrete forms. Crabgrass prevent and seeding don't mix.
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    Fertilizing my lawn for initial spring application

    I believe this source is soil temps at a depth of 4 inches. Crabgrass and other weeds typically germinate in the top inch or so of soil, so although this is a useful tool, I don't believe it's optimized for turf grass management.
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