Went to pull a dead leaf off a Jade--and it wasn't
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I knew Scotts wasn't the best....but....ugh!
Comments (17)Buckeyeguy, In Ohio, I would defer to Subywu's experience. He seeded a similar blend two years ago (he lives in Ohio, if I recall), except I believe he used Award rather than Midnight II. His lawn was beautiful. You are correct. Midnight II, Moonlight and Bedazzled are the names of the KBG cultivars I used in my lawn. You'll probably have to buy them online. I did mix my own. Bestlawn may be able to help you locate these seeds. But I purchased my Midnight II and Moonlight from Rose Agri-seed in Oregon. Again, Best lawn will be able to provide contact information and the like. As for overseeding (versus rounding up and killing the existing lawn), you could try it -- but I don't think you'll like the results. Many folks here have tried it over several years with less than stellar results. I believe Philes is one of those folks and he's finally decided to round up his lawn this year, if I recall. He may be able to pipe in here with his own experiences. In my opinion, you'll get best results by killing the old lawn first. My neighbors all thought I was nuts. I told them about this forum and that I got the advice to roundup my lawn to start new with elite KBG cultivars. They were laughing their butts off. They later told me that they thought I had run into some jokers who were telling me to just apply roundup to improve my lawn. One guy threatened to call the HOA because I killed the lawn. Fortunately, our rules here are pretty lax. The only thing remotely applicable was that I can't remove trees without permission from the HOA first. So, you'd have to call my lawn a forest of millions of tiny trees to make that fly. Of course, none of them are laughing now. And the guy who wanted to call the HOA actually asked me for advice on how to improve his own lawn. I was tempted to tell him to buy a big container of Roundup......See MoreD.R. pull behind lawn and leaf vacuum blowing dust from the top.
Comments (5)An update in case anyone wants to know. I screwed it in 5 turns and there is very little dust anymore. It only shoots out dust when it is getting full, a warning sign that it needs to be emptied. I have lots of leaves and this thing has been a lifesaver. I vacuumed/mulched 20 loads last Saturday and 15 loads today. I ran out of gas or I would have gotten more. My 1/2 acre garden has leaf mulch 2' deep and more to come. I have saw a big improvement in my garden since I bought this thing....See MoreLooks like a bomb went off-need ideas fast!
Comments (35)One of those days, work called so I left a bit later than planned and promptly hit traffic (forgot everyone was headed home after the holiday) I walked around Otto and looked at my options, I had decided if they had a Crocus left I was going to take it. I have looked at it every trip down but skipped buy it, was too big for one spot and might not be big enough for where I want it, but it keeps calling me. I had my list of ideas for a second, but decided I would look at all of the ones on my list and see just how they were handling the inland heat. One stood out and happy, with blooms waving with no crisping, etc (it was only 81 there when today as a high per TWC) A nice size and was on my maybe list, so Lady of Megginch it was today. I hit even more traffic trying to get back to Camarillo, barely made it to Harbor Freight Tools before they closed. So I ended up missing Nopalito before they closed for the day. I did peak at their plants and a few look interesting. Lowes of course was still open so I got my Russian Sage. I skipped the green thumb store, okay I missed the exit and had enough of traffic and was not going to try and work my way back. BUT, Lowes had $7.98 2.5 pots of Iceberg, but not just regular Iceberg, but what looks like 3 own root Icebergs, white, brilliant pink and burgundy. I had to get a pair, now to decide where to put them!...See MoreWent leaf scavenging last night...
Comments (11)Hi Bill, You are correct. As long as you add a lot of organic matter like leaves, shavings from horse stalls, etc. on a regular basis, your plants should have all the nitrogen they need on a steady basis. I can only think of a couple of cases where you might have a lack of nitrogen availability. One would be if you added in a lot of sawdust or wood chips or shredded wood that has not decomposed and tilled it into the soil. In that case, the wood products could tie up your nitrogen as they decomposed. It is OK, though, to have those on the soil surface as mulch. I assume your horse stall shavings have urine or horse manure on them and those should add enough nitrogen to the shavings to keep them from tying up nitrogen as they break down, I think. Another instance would be if your soil were to be incredibly wet for a long period of time after the plants were in the ground. In that case, the water actually clogs up the roots and keeps them from taking up nitrogen from the soil. I have had that happen three times since moving here--during the April-May-June flood months in 2004 and the flood months of May-June 2007. Then, after we received over a foot of rain in April '09 the plants had the same issue, but only for about 5 or 6 weeks and then the soil dried out enough that growth resume. If you have that kind of waterlogging, you have to wait it out. Once the soil dries out, the plants can conduct proper nutrient uptake again. There can be a separate issue where nitrogen is available in the soil but some plants cannot take it up and use it while soil temperatures are low. That's usually a short-term situation in the early spring though. It is so dry where you are, Bill, that I don't know if you'd ever have enough rain there to prevent nitrogen uptake. So, pile those leaves on and let them decompose. Plow or rototill them into the soil if you want. They'll only help and not hurt. It is almost impossible in our part of the country to put too much organic matter into your soil, although Jay has been trying. (He still got great soil test results though!) Best of luck to you too! Dawn...See More
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