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Re: TFF Lawn Care Thread
[Re: Derek ๐]
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03/02/23 07:04 PM
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Greened up quick this year. Need to get our there and scalp it to dirt. You better hurry.
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Re: TFF Lawn Care Thread
[Re: Derek ๐]
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03/02/23 09:32 PM
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Derek
too early to fertilize Bermuda?
thanks I don't know your climate but I would think so. If it's actively grow and you're mowing already then go ahead and fert. If it's just now coming out of dormancy then wait a few weeks. My schedule is April-September. 10-4 thanks
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Re: TFF Lawn Care Thread
[Re: TPACK]
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03/03/23 12:42 AM
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Greened up quick this year. Need to get our there and scalp it to dirt. You better hurry. Planning on this weekend. It's going to suck. Plus, I got to trim those shrubs way back and some others. This is the part of lawn care I absolutely hate, but the results are worth the hate.
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Re: TFF Lawn Care Thread
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03/06/23 12:45 PM
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Got the N fertilizer down yesterday and watered in.
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Re: TFF Lawn Care Thread
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03/07/23 10:35 PM
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That looks great! What you hand pulled was Dallisgrass. Dallis goes dormant like turf grass and the same plant/clump comes back the next year. A ton of Dallis didn't go full dormant this year and stayed pretty green. Good part of that was the bermuda was dormant and the dallis wasn't so you could spray it with roundup and not hurt the bermuda. I scalped last weekend too. And it SUCKED! I had a ton of green up already.
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Re: TFF Lawn Care Thread
[Re: Derek ๐]
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03/08/23 12:23 PM
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Dallisgrass! Thanks! I've been traveling for work for the past couple of weeks. Still trying to source some 1-1-1.
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Re: TFF Lawn Care Thread
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03/08/23 03:31 PM
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Dallisgrass! Thanks! I've been traveling for work for the past couple of weeks. Still trying to source some 1-1-1. Collin County Feed and Seed stocks APF 13-13-13 for $35.00 per 50lbs.. APF doesn't have a sexy name or label, and you've probably never heard of it, but it's a quality fertilizer with Ammonium Sulfate based nitrogen source which it what you're looking for. You run that at 4lbs per 1000 in the front and anywhere from 6-7lbs in the back every 4 weeks and you will be banging.
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Re: TFF Lawn Care Thread
[Re: Derek ๐]
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03/08/23 04:08 PM
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Dallisgrass! Thanks! I've been traveling for work for the past couple of weeks. Still trying to source some 1-1-1. Collin County Feed and Seed stocks APF 13-13-13 for $35.00 per 50lbs.. APF doesn't have a sexy name or label, and you've probably never heard of it, but it's a quality fertilizer with Ammonium Sulfate based nitrogen source which it what you're looking for. You run that at 4lbs per 1000 in the front and anywhere from 6-7lbs in the back every 4 weeks and you will be banging. Why fertilize heavier in the back?
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Re: TFF Lawn Care Thread
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03/08/23 04:24 PM
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Dallisgrass! Thanks! I've been traveling for work for the past couple of weeks. Still trying to source some 1-1-1. Collin County Feed and Seed stocks APF 13-13-13 for $35.00 per 50lbs.. APF doesn't have a sexy name or label, and you've probably never heard of it, but it's a quality fertilizer with Ammonium Sulfate based nitrogen source which it what you're looking for. You run that at 4lbs per 1000 in the front and anywhere from 6-7lbs in the back every 4 weeks and you will be banging. Why fertilize heavier in the back? He mentioned a few post ago that he was thinner and needed more fill in back there.
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Re: TFF Lawn Care Thread
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03/08/23 04:31 PM
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I called Collin County Feed and Seed and she said they have plenty of APF 13-13-13! I'll be heading that way this afternoon. I'm liking this rain we're getting, keep it coming.
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Re: TFF Lawn Care Thread
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03/08/23 08:27 PM
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Ok. Going on year 3 at this house and dammit Iโm going to have a decent front yard Scalpers the hell out of it yesterday and plan on reseeding the whole thing Tired of half st Augustine and half Bermuda. Going to over seed with all Bermuda
Went with store bought Scottโs Turf Builder Good thing my front is only like 900 sq ft as that stuff is expensive
Just need it to warm up a little
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Re: TFF Lawn Care Thread
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03/08/23 10:19 PM
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Dang. Lowes is showing the 15k sq ft bag is $63.00. That's crazy.
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Re: TFF Lawn Care Thread
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03/08/23 11:16 PM
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Re: TFF Lawn Care Thread
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03/09/23 01:26 PM
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Yikes. I sure hope you didn't have any green areas. The Mecoprop and Dicama would put a world of hurt on St. Aug. Not sure why they didn't just go out Atrazine if they knew you had St. Aug. An app of Potassium on dormant grass is pretty useless. Plus your area tends to be high on potassium anyway to the point you could just run a Nitrogen only fertilizer. I would be on the hunt for a good spray and pray company. Typically your mow and blow guys will be a separate company. Spray and prays don't want anything to do with mowing. I'll look around for you too. Have you had a chance to see what you can find? Closest I have come so far is Emerald Lawns but one of my neighbors gave them a terrible review and said I would be getting the same junk service TruGreen is giving me.
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