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Your lawn Bermuda ? Love Y.M. Use it regularly but the heat now in Texas in July is 100 daily with humidity 55% or higher each day. Just don’t want the fungus that goes with humidity and nitrogen.Want to put down Stress Blend but not sure.St.Augustine lawn here.
"If you have a grub problem, do not waste your money on this product. Gamma-cyhalothrin, the active ingredient in Spectracide Triazicide, will not kill the grubs or the eggs. The use of a grub picture on the bag is false advertising."
I have some magnesium Epson salt, but I’m about a week or more behind on fertilizing my lawn with 26-0-2 (and wanted to add ironite too) I’ve had heat spots in my lawn that has turned it grayish color from a neighbor across the street whose windows reflect the sun onto my lawn. I’m in Greenville SC 90° temperature days.
I’m going to try epsom salt. This is the 3 rd time in a week I’ve heard this. Growing up my sister had a horse. My mom would use the manure on all our plants and lawn. It was beautiful. No, I don’t do that now. lol Epsom salt smells so much better. Lol
Shaded lawn always looks better it’s the areas that get hit most the day with sun that’s hard too green up. I used Scott’s healthy lawn and fungus and within 24 hours my hard brown lawn turned green and grew inches within a 24 hour period. I love this stuff..
Hi Mike, great video, let me ask you, i get this problem every year by July ( in California central valley where hits over 100 degrees, now what product can i also get to use it, before stress heat hit me next year?? thanks.
I think for the super hot dry times, Hydretain works well to pull moisture into the soil wnd help with the lawns stress. I've been using it in NC with our hot summers and it's helped the lawn not stress as bad. Check it out! amzn.to/3RAVV5V
Part of me wonders if excavating the low spot, and then lining it with clay and ash, and then planting flooding-tolerant grasses along the edge, would be a thing of interest for you, or if ponds are forbidden in your district.
They scraped all the good top soil off our land when they developed our neighborhood. Doing some grading and adding in some good organic matter to help with drainage would be good to do. It's on my list to get to eventually !
The hose around the tree might girdle it. Also check that the tree hasn't grown adventitious roots into that mulch volcano. You need to amplify your voice dramatically in the editing programme; I can't hear anything unless I turn my client up so loud it is deafening when the music comes in.
"Bluemuda"? I intend to get a reel mower for the express purpose of scalping my lawn (because I want to plant something else there). Would it work for that?
A push reel wouldn't be good for scalping. You need something to go lower and ideally something with power to really cut thru the grass. I use my gas powered Toro to scalp and then the push reel to maintain
Thank you for posting this video! I just moved into a new house, I have the aprilaire 2400. The filter that was in the furnace had some weird measurements. Like the measurements had fractions in them. I thought that 16x27x6 was going to be the closest to what the previous owner had. I bought the filter from the link posted (16x28x6) and it fits perfectly. I actually bought the merv 13 version. I did see there is also an upgrade kit to use the 413 filter. I thought this was a waste of money. Spend money to be able to buy more expensive filters? Someone else commented saying the upgrade will allow you to use a merv 13. I bought a merv 13 filter for it... I do not see why there is a reason for the upgrade kit... Correct me if I am wrong.
Sorry to hear that! As a broad spectrum insecticide it should handle most bugs in the yard. I have had the little white moths too and it seems to control them.
We are seeding and reseeding with some kind of roll out Ez Straw where a pool once was. Yesterday I pulled up the straw blanket to see where the bare spots were. I re-seeded and tried to just use some pete moss to cover it this time. Right as I was beginning to watch your video a heavy thunderstorm came in and washed away all of my work. I had half of a large bag left so I put it down, and put the straw back after the rain from the storm dried. We'll see what happens. It's definitely a patience game. The straw does help though and if you leave it on for a long time it seems to work better. Just use stakes to tack it down. Your video was definitely helpful.. "don't get discouraged".. That helped us out a lot.
Half of your video is talking about time stamps and subscribing and what you might talk about in the video and obvious things like. “Your lawn might need big control” This bag treats 5k square feet and my yard is half that… so that means I get two treatments out of one bag. Duh
@@mikeshomeandgarden Maybe. Some may say a way to waste people's time! The revised video should be 20 seconds long. You come on camera and say, "Epson salt can help green up your lawn! Thank you." The End Ps Thanks for the idea - I will give it a try, but way too long to get the point across.
Hello! On the edge guard I usually run between 4-5 on the dial. I'll adjust a bit depending on how the distribution is and how fast I feel like walking that day as that impacts coverage.
Mentioned by others - A PUSH MOWER!!! I used one to cut back mid '50s. Thought I was big time when Dad got a gas mower. I'd get $1.25 from one of Mom's friends down the street to - let - me cut her grass. At 75 now, my rider Cub Cadet is just fine with 33-0-0 . Enjoyed your video and info. So much out there to choose.
If you do a google search of "April Aire 2400 door replacement" there are a few advertised thru some third party appliance stores. Not sure of quality or anything, but a couple look good.
@@mikeshomeandgarden Thanks for the reply. I would appreciate if you can post the links of the vendors selling the door. I found 14 vendors mentioning the door on their websites but all discontinued.
That's a lot! You don't necessarily have to treat all three unless you have seasonal bug issues all over the property. You can focus on the areas that only have turf, grass around the house, etc.
It could work. A couple things I'd keep in mind, if you already have germination the weight of the water on the tarp could damage the new grass and if the tarp is kept on too long, it could block air and light and damage it as well. But for a light storm or short duration it may have potential. I haven't personally tried it though
I’m trying to figure out, “In the Spring, put down 1 1/2 to 1 3/4 pound nitrogen down on the grass”: is that what Scott’s calls it? I’m trying to figure out how to translate your instructions into the product I buy at Home Depot.
my 'lawn'/weeds that came with home 1/2 acre is loaded with biting insects. also an ant farm !! ;(. should i mow area short before applying? my neighbor tells me to cut at 3"so bremuda grass will shade out weeds. it looks so awful, i have been cutting it really short for 3 yrs. i need a change badly without costing a fortune. any advise?
Thanks for the comment! You don't have to mow before applying the bug product, but it can help give more time for the product to work undisturbed. Mow, then If you can get it down right before the rain or have a chance to use irrigation to get it into the ground it'll start working quick, you can maximize the time it's down before the mower goes over it again
I've got 5 acres and am back to native plants only. It is so much better than traditional lawn. I do treat pests by using nematodes twice a year. And it's also important to spray yourself with repellent while you're getting a handle on your dangerous ticks, etc. When you allow frogs, lizards and yes, snakes to hunt bugs and hide out in your property you won't even have mice. I love the natural look of my place and every year I'm adding to our native plants growing all over the place. It's easy and nontoxic. You will look at lawns and find them to be outdated by nature now. lol
Appreciate the comment! You can both the same day! I do it every year for spring. I hit the weed treatment and first bug treatment on one lawn care day.
I've been really liking balanced fertilizer lately. A good 10-10-10. Not sure what your availability in TX is. Assuming you have Bermuda grass? If not a balanced fertilizer then Any of your basic lawn fertilizers will do well, Scotts, Vigirio, Stageeen and so on
I want to. Family life is so busy these days, I forget to bring the camera with me outside! Appreciate the comment, I'll get some more vids up this season!
Why choose Kentucky blue grass for overseer in Bermuda? Is it better then annual Rye. The front yard is about 3000 square feet and I’m putting down only pre emergent in the fall and late winter then over seeding more Bermuda. The back yard about 2700 square feet I’m torn between annual rye and Kentucky blue. More shade in the back and 1:3 bare dirt know from not knowing to put seed in dirt no matter what.
I'm slacking on responses. I liked the durability of bluegrass. Annual rye dies at the first hint of warm weather. It's really just for winter. Perineal rye is more durable, and looks very nice, But in NC/SC still hard to keep going midsummer. Bluegrass can handle more summer heat, looks great in fall and spring, but does require a lot of water.
I have 10 impact sprinklers and my water bill came up to $140 but i have the greenest lawn on my block. I have them go off at different times staring at 4:00 am- 700 am
