How does rain affect on applying the herbicides?
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Comments (16)It has been over 90 degrees for most of the day lately here, so unless we get a cold snap, it is probably too hot to apply herbicide for the Spring. It has not been spring since April. Welcome to Texas. What happens if I apply it when it is over the recommended temp? Is it just less effective, or a total loss? If its just weaker, it might make sense to try it...at least its less likely to do harm. If you apply when it is too hot, the grass dies. Also, I hadn't thought about keeping it short so the weeds are at a disadvantage. That totally makes sense. I don't know if I can mow two or three times per week, but I can at least try to keep it up as long as I can. With the starter fertilizer, it about needs mowing that often anyway. This could be your biggest problem. 2x to 3x per week is normal for a good looking bermuda lawn. If you mow less often it will be shaggy with seed heads before the week is up. Or, I might have the mower set too high. I've got it at 3", and I've been bagging the clippings because I don't want to be spreading weed seeds. Is that correct? You did not find the Bermuda Bible and memorize it, did you!? As you lower the mowing height you will find the lawn getting a scalped, stemmy look. That is normal. In fact when you get down to your mower's lowest setting, you might want to rent a mower that goes down even lower and get it down to 3/4 inch for at least one mowing/scalping. If you could take this to the limit and mow at about 1/4 inch, you would find the bermuda stems start to grow horizontally and you get a bunch of blades growing off the stem. That is nirvana for bermuda. You need a reel mower for that and you need to mow 2x to 3x per week. Also no need to bag clippings. The way this thread is going it doesn't sound like you have the huevos to really do the right thing with bermuda. It is a demanding grass to grow if you wan it to look nice. It needs deep weekly waterings, 2x weekly mowing and monthly feeding with a high nitrogen fertilizer. No other turf grass needs that much work. It looks good on the golf course and other sports venues but they can pay their employees to keep it up. If you want to deviate from that script, you can have an okay lawn but you will have poor color, poor density (and associated weeds), and a shaggy look. Can you post pictures of your weeds? I'm thinking your clover is not clover but oxalis or black medic. I'm thinking your crabgrass is St Augustine. And there are a couple possibilities for the weed with the little yellow flower but most popular is horse herb....See MoreNew England Rain affecting Hummer Sightings?
Comments (9)I got my rain guard. I have been using it for a while. It definitely seems the hummers have no problem visiting the feeder now. I did open my patio umbrella over the feeder for a temporary fix. It helped too, although I think the hummingbirds were just arriving still. Which accounted for me not seeing them often. It seemed as though I had a few visit the feeder just in passing. I now have one male hogging my the feeder. I've seen him chase away others at the feeder. He seems to be very shy of me and my family being outside. I would love to get a good picture of him, but I can't even be standing outside, when he's there, or he flies off! I did get a close up look, at a less timid female. I was standing about a foot away from the feeder at eye level. Very Cool! I found a rain guard that I fell in love with, it looks like an umbrella and it's red to help attract the hummers. I'll put a link to an online resource, I found. Look under hummingbird feeder accessories. It was hard to find the red one. It's made by PAR*A*SOL. If you check out their website they have a lot of good looking hummingbird feeders and great accessories to boot! Some girls accessorize their wardrobe, I prefer to accessorize my garden LOL. Here is a link that might be useful: PARASOL Red Rain Guard...See MoreDo those who apply herbicides worry about their health?
Comments (12)I wanted to bring up another issue related to herbicide safety. While a lot of these are safe for us humans, some pets can be very sensitive to even small amounts of certain pesticides. For example cypermethrin is fairly deadly to cats in very small amounts. Always a good idea to wash off your shoes or leave them where pets can't get to them. Same for clothes, get them in the wash after spraying. Vet bills are very very expensive - don't ask me how I know....See MoreHow does heat/humidity affect you?
Comments (58)I have lived in most states in western USA. Can't say humidity was a THING I noticed until living in MN. I am going to chalk that up to being a child and children just manage? Even in New Mexico I don't remember the heat being a thing. We did the Disney thing in Florida a few years ago. It was October. We were there when the humidity broke for the season. Oppressive and restrictive is all I can say. Everyone crabs about northern winters but as we say you can always put on more clothes--you can only get sooo naked. I will second the bright sun of winter. Often it comes with very frigid days but it is winter, after all. We are having a rather glorious summer. Some humidity true but a week on, some relief then it returns allows for plenty of gardening and outdoor time. I think that is the key, change. Non stop heat/cold/humidity--what ever--is exhausting. I prefer the hit of extremes to the non stop torture of day after day after day--that's what gets me down. The idea of summer in the southern states holds nothing appealing. Maybe a new thread is needed. Where would be the perfect, climate wise,place to live? Four seasons, nothing EXTREME........See Morecompiler
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