Need to IDENTIFY and REMOVE tiny spiky balls in lawn
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Newer Lawn Tractors vs Old Lawn Tractors
Comments (39)reply by theodocus struck me as coming from the desk of the ad agency of MTD. No mention of the actual operation that involves rolling over uneven terrain and jarring action from bumps and uneven spots and the fragile fabricated axles that bend and crack easily. Oh, there is also the bushings used in place of ball bearings: bushing use requires higher horsepower to move the newer units. The Deere has points and condenser; cost $5.00 and 9.00 respectively and the sears is a solid state igntion. Newer technology is wonderful as long as it is coupled with quality assemblage in a product. I have a 1968 Sears GARDEN tractor with a 12HP Tecumseh Heavy duty cast iron engine with ball bearings and cut with a 42 inch deck and also have a 1976 John Deere GARDEN tractor with a cast iron 10 HP engine with ball bearings and cut with a 42" deck and use both alternately for mowing two acres and for tilling and moving earth, etc.. Each has cast iron axles and mutli-speed hi-lo transmissions and EACH is used for plowing, snowblowing, tilling earth, hauling 1100 lb loads in attached large carts. EACH will run circles around the new 20 plus HP light LAWN tractors made today. Spend 5,000.00 and you will have a comparable heavy duty GARDEN tractor. By the way, good luck on getting even 10 years of use with the new wonders....See MoreNeed help identifying weed - St Augustine (Central Florida)
Comments (24)Yes, I recognize this is an old post, but for the benefit of others landing on this page... I'm 99% sure this is Creeping Beggarweed or Spanish Clover (D. incanum/D. laxiflorum). Mine produce a deep pink, almost purple flower. I spent an exhaustive afternoon in my back yard digging a ~6' x 6' patch of it out of my St. Augustine about 2 yrs. ago. I would compare the underground root system to that of Torpedo grass... invasive and virtually impossible to eradicate. My temporary joy of digging out the mother lode tap root (at least 10" deep!) was quashed when sprigs of it started popping up again. As the natural/organic method failed, I got some Roundup. The grass has almost fully recovered now; I get an occasional sprig though. Then I noticed it was invading a stretch of front yard near the street. Mother Nature sent Irma to help me with that area. Put the debris pile on top of it and by the time it was picked up, mostly everything was dead underneath. It made it easy to pull most of the roots out then. So for the sprigs that have survived both there and in back, I take a can with both ends cut off, slip the weed inside of it (Beggarweed and/or Torpedo), and try to protect the surrounding St. Augustine as I spray the Roundup. My condolences to anyone battling this... good luck!...See MoreAnother lawn weed ,tiny, problematic. I have not noticed flowers.
Comments (24)Jekeesl, I believe you have named the plant! It's funny how the leaf shape is so similar to Glechoma. Thank you! This one has eluded identification by the lawn service so they can now investigate how to eradicate it. The USDA map shows few areas in NC and not near my county. This is surprising because the speed at which it has spread here is shocking. http://www.mydailyrecord.com/stories/mystery-plant-answer-lawn-pennywort-hydrocotyle-sibthorpioides,31851...See MoreNeed help identifying pests on my orchid!!!
Comments (20)PRO AVOID MISINFORMATION tapla As a younger man, I worked in a lab for The Jergens Company, developing hand cleaners and hand creams. Even though Ivory AND Dawn dish detergents work hard to leave potential purchasers with the impression they're miraculous unctions so gentle to hands they should be applied straight from the bottle at least thrice daily, they are very phytotoxic to plants for the reasons I noted above. And it's not just the detergent that's toxic. The chemical dyes, and perfumes they contain are toxic; and the ingredient methylisothiazolinone is extremely toxic to aquatic life, as well as a skin sensitizer/irritant that causes dermatitis ........ so just how gentle CAN these dish soaps actually be to hands? Extremely high levels of sodium in sodium laurel sulphate and sodium laureth sulfate (surfactants) both contain Na (sodium) at levels toxic to plants. Vegetable soaps from natural oils (like palm and coconut oil) that contain long chain potassium fatty acids are the least offensive/toxic to plants (Safer's and other brands of insecticidal soaps), and much, much different than dish soaps. These long chain potassium fatty acid soaps are very effective on mites, but if mites are the only concern, they'd be overkill. All you need for mites is a thorough spritz of 1-2 parts of water and 1 part rubbing alcohol (the 70% isopropyl stuff) every 4 days to keep mites under control. Avoid misinformation...See MoreUser
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