What killed lizards and crabs?
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I think a Lizard is feasting
Comments (4)If you want to live and let live, can you start putting out lizard food to lure him or her away from the garden? I know it could add to the cost of your garden, but there's not much way to control them. They're usually omnivorous so do their part in keeping insect pest populations down, but they certainly like tender green stuff, too. about what some people have done to repel lizards from their homes and other places. I think lizards are cool, too, not least because they're one of those animals that has unexpected "talents". See below. Here is a link that might be useful: Lizard Moms Control Developing Baby's Sex through Temperature...See MoreKill Crab Grass before I rennovate?
Comments (1)If you are going to sod the yard, do it as soon as practical before the crabgrass seed begins to sprout. If your winter is going like ours, you are already too late - my weeds are popping like crazy. Starting with sod almost eliminates the possibility of new crabgrass getting started. If you were starting seed in the spring, then you are guaranteed to have a full crabgrass lawn by July. The best time to reseed is in fall or late summer. Where do you live? You'll have to be more specific. Since you said NoCal and since most of the population that thinks it is in NoCal lives in the Bay Area, I'm going to assume you live there. But if you live inland towards Sacramento, then your exact location becomes more important. If you are on the bay, then you can get away with cool season grasses like fescue and Kentucky bluegrass. IF you are inland where the temps get to the high 90s, then you are in warm season territory. You'll want either bermuda sod or St Augustine. NEVER ROTOTILL soil in preparation for grass. When you rototill there is no way to keep that machine from gouging deep into the soil and bucking over tree roots, rocks, and just tougher soil. What you end up with is a level surface on top but an uneven surface under all the fluffy soil. When the fluffy soil settles, it settles to the uneven surface below. That leaves the surface uneven and you will want to level it. Just start with a level surface and you will be 3 years ahead. When you install the sod, be sure to roll it down with a rented, water filled, roller. Grass roots will not grow through the air to reach the moist soil below. You must have good sod to soil contact. If the area is small you can just walk over it as long as you hit all of it. Here is the 1-2-3 of lawn care. It's really this simple. Water deeply and infrequently. Deeply means at least an hour in every zone, all at once. Infrequently means monthly during the cool months and no more than weekly during the hottest part of summer. If your grass looks dry before the month/week is up, water longer next time. Deep watering grows deep, drought resistant roots. Infrequent watering allows the top layer of soil to dry completely which kills off many shallow rooted weeds. Mulch mow at the highest setting on your mower. Most grasses are the most dense when mowed tall. Bermuda, centipede, and bent grasses are the most dense when mowed at the lowest setting on your mower. Dense grass shades out weeds and uses less water when tall. Dense grass feeds the deep roots you're developing in 1 above. Fertilize regularly. I fertilize 4 times per year using organic fertilizer. Which fertilizer you use is much less important than numbers 1 and 2 above. If you are not going to use organic fertilizer all the time, I strongly suggest you use it one time per year at a rate of 20 pounds per 1,000 square feet. Your soil microbes cannot live without food. Organic fertilizer is the......See MoreCrab Grass - seeding/fertilizer what goes first
Comments (3)No crabgrass controler will not kill your grass.But it will make it weaker.You will want to put down regular fertilizer again in about 2 months though.You could go with milorginite so as not to overdose you new seeds....See Moredead crab post mortem - what to look for?
Comments (2)thanks, it was WeedBGone and there may be other ingredients but I do know that 2-4,d should not be used a root zone. But I don't know for sure what happened in this case. Yes we have crabs thriving here. It's a 4/5 type area. Prariefire is very popular but there are plenty of others in bloom right now. It wintered fine and was about 12 years old. Winters are not at all harsh here. I planted it as a potted nursery tree with 1" trunk and it had grown to 3" more or less. It never had any problems, no diseases or pests. My other crab gets aphids every year but this other one never did. It was uncanny. I fought to keep the grass away for years but it's real aggressive quack grass and I never could figure out how to keep it away permanently without spraying Roundup all over the place. It had several years to establish. But the weeds were just dandelions..don't know why he got so carried away with spraying. I didn't want to lay a guilt trip on him but I planted all the trees here with my own hands, and I didn't want him to keep obsessing about weeds like that. We needed soil amendment more than anything. There are few herbicides that can be used safely around trees, actually just Roundup according to the guy who does all the spraying for the county here....See MoreEmbothrium
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