What should I expect when they rip out my old countertops?
alexamorrie
9 years ago
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Comments (16)Here are the fertilizers I am using: Lawn Food Plus Iron 24-0-4 put first weekend of April, June and August next is crabgrass preventer plus lawn food 20-0-3 Put down first weekend of May and July A local nursery has me on this program (however, it is no different than any other customer with bermuda). I just went out and mower again. Still have issues with the washboarding. I paid close attention to the mowers handle and that is not the problem. You have to push way down on it to lift it at all. I made sure I was slightly elevated with it the entire time. Here are some photos I took. Let me know if you can't view them. http://i1166.photobucket.com/albums/q607/BamaMatt42/photo4.jpg?t=1344635447 This is the backyard. The spots at the bottom are dog pee spots I have filled in with sand (just figured out recently what was causing the spots. Yard has been mowed. http://i1166.photobucket.com/albums/q607/BamaMatt42/photo16.jpg?t=1344635440 Another backyard. I have mowed vertically to the reel mower. http://i1166.photobucket.com/albums/q607/BamaMatt42/photo15.jpg?t=1344635444 Another, mowed to the reel mower. http://i1166.photobucket.com/albums/q607/BamaMatt42/photo32.jpg?t=1344635443 Front yard. Mowed http://i1166.photobucket.com/albums/q607/BamaMatt42/photo23.jpg?t=1344635444 Another front yard. Mowed. I am posting this so I don't lose it but I am going to go take more pictures of the washboarding. I realize you cannot see it in these pictures....See MoreShould I just rip' em out...?
Comments (2)Amost any plant can be moved , even very huge established oaks etc. believe it or not, but one thing is required and that's an equally big rootball, and the same could be said for larger hibiscuses, and if you're willing to give them a decent rootball, and do some top pruning when you move them they should readjust just fine with watering during any dry periods. They're not so drought tollerate right after transplanting them. I'd watch going too heavy with the pruning however , so you don't get a "pollarded" look to them , meaning they're cut back to the main branches off the trunk, so you have all those many thin new shoots comming off some very large old branches. It's just not as aesthetically pleasing as having plants with the normal graduation of branch thicknesses you normally get as plants age and produce those "graduated" branches. At least in my opinion!...See MoreWhat should I expect from my Endless Summer? And I need tips too
Comments (12)Hi Oakley - Several experts, have already chimed in & posted reassurances & advices, that I have learned & still learning from, in over the few years I have been reading & inquiring, in this truly great forums. Since you wish to know as well, what you might expect from your newly planted ES over the years. I planted 2 (2-gal) pots in '06, moved 3 times before presenting themselves as rewarding as the pics I'm posting. In my zone, like Alisande's ES & gg148's clarifications, my ES can be influenced dramatically by what 'Ma Nature' doles us. This past Winter was one of our worst one, killing even very established trees & shrubs ... Spring was absolutely crazy, 2 wks of heavy rains followed immediately by 2 weeks of sun/steamy heat of 100s (enough to steam cook many barely lushing/blooming perennials)! That said, both ES still budded & blossoms were huge, but significantly less than, what you'll see in the link. To date, a few more cluster buds are showing! However both bushes have grown tremendously, despite dying to the ground ... like Alisande's - not protected in Winter any longer, as they are now older (I did in their first season-using cardboard method). Best wishes to you & welcome to our fold!!! Â;) Here is a link that might be useful: 2 ESs in 2008...See MoreCan I rip out shower tiles that are 9 months old?
Comments (5)"Maybe" is the best answer I can afford. Way back when I tried doing that just to see what would happen if I ever had to remove tile from Kerdi. Sometimes the tile would separate off the Kerdi, leaving a bit of thinset on the Kerdi but without damaging the Kerdi. The thinset could then be "powdered away" to get down to Kerdi while keeping the membrane intact. Other times the thinset would adhere to the tile, and the spun orange coating on the Kerdi would stick to the thinset, causing the orange fleece to actually separate from the polyethylene core of the Kerdi. It wasn't easy to get the Kerdi to delaminate like that as I really had to yank, pull, and pry to do that, and I was surprised the poly core never tore. In either case I never had a tear in the polyethylene sheet itself. I did it with both unmodified and lightly modified thinset. I was just messing around checking out bond strengths, etc. So it can be done, you just need to be careful doing it though. A while ago someone (Ladycfp?) had a Kerdi shower that had the glass surround improperly installed in the curb. The glass was flawed and had to be removed. The glass guy trashed the curb when removing the glass, and when the glass was reinstalled the curb leaked. Long story long, she had to have her whole shower floor (Kerdi) and bathroom floor (Ditra) redone. They were able to pull tile off the Kerdi, repair the Kerdi, then retile....See More
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