I know I should have been made one of these but here goes. Me and my wife had this home built for us in 2013, so lets start there. All I did here is plant trees everywhere. This picture here was in 2013
I've never really sprayed any chemical until this year, so all the growth I've gotten have been from granular fertilizer's and time. As you can see from this picture there was no grass planted at this time just bermuda and weeds. This is in 2014
2015 was the year I spot planted St Augustine in my yard unfortunately I could not find any pictures. So, in this 2016 picture there was a lot of growth both in turf and plants. all I've ever put down was 8-8-8 at this point.
In 2017, I really got serious about my lawn, so that's when I started reading forums about lawn care and the what not. I started trying out different fertilizer, etc and some over the counter chemicals. St Augustine has spread a good bit by now. This is also the year I purchase the lot behind my house which extended my backyard.
Which brings me to this year. I've purchased plenty of chemicals throughout this year. Alot of them will be applied starting in the fall. As far as now I've applied propiconazole, 3336, Imid, Bifen, Liquid Iron, and some kelp4less products. I've definitley gotten hooked to lawn care.
Mowed, edged, and trimmed. Trimmed all the roses brushes also. Since I got the stander I know every uneven spot in my yard.
I sprayed PGR/Lawnstar surfactant on my side lot. It's a mix of Bermuda and St Augustine. Most Bermuda, but I sprayed at .125 oz per 1M. Now to track the progress.
I went ahead the rest of the lawn today to get it on a schedule.
Had sand delivered this morning I thought the rain was going to catch but mother nature gave me a break
It was only five yards delivered, and I may order another five yards next weekend all depends on how I feel.
I spread it with a iron garden rake then used the drag mat to smooth it out. I have to get alot of experience in this because I still have uneven spots
Again another year another fungus.caught some gray leaf spot. Only thing I can think of was I put down a preventative application of azoxystrobin at the low rate and thought it would last 28 days. I now realize the low rate is only for 14 days so that's how I probably got caught.
Anywho, this was the problem I ran into one morning.
So I spot sprayed those spots with a mix of propiconazle and azoxystrobin with azoxy being at the high rate. It looks like its pushing through for the most part. On my next preventative application I will spray the high rate of azoxystrobin.
Next full spray application is due today and tomorrow. This morning I sprayed azoxystrobin and the high rate, Dominion insecticide, iron, and surfactant.
My problem I'm thinking I'm dealing with is I'm getting fungus in the same areas year after year I wonder why that is?
I just got some Grey Leaf Spot too. See the pics in my Journal update.
My issue is that I have an area not covered by irrigation so I was watering after work.... bad news.
I put down Myclobutanil @ 2.4oz/K per @Greendoc recommendations but I think Azoxy is better. I should've gone to get Scott's DiseaseEx immediately but didn't.... oh well
I just got some Grey Leaf Spot too. See the pics in my Journal update.
My issue is that I have an area not covered by irrigation so I was watering after work.... bad news.
I put down Myclobutanil @ 2.4oz/K per @greendoc recommendations but I think Azoxy is better. I should've gone to get Scott's DiseaseEx immediately but didn't.... oh well
As it gets hotter say July 1 brown creeps into the Bermuda stem and gives the brown haze look after you cut. So I may mini scalp every July and August until I figure that out.
Next definitely need plenty more sand for leveling so I will plan for that next year.
Okay I've tried different chemicals to kill this areas of grass. I never knew what type of grass this was but I've gotten tried
Now, I hit it with Quikpro Roundup, Esplanade EZ, and MSO.
Now going to hit this again on Monday and rake all the dead grass out over the weekend. If I can find St Augustine sod sheets I will put them in afterwards.
Theres another area like this on the opposite side of the yard. After I get this area took take of I will tackle the other one.
New update I got 5 yards of river sand and picked area of my lawn to level. To me sanding is one of the most difficult jobs in lawn care. Seems like there never enough sand. Anywho I'm sanding every year in April and August til I get it right.
Let's see if I can get this to fill in before the season over. I got six weeks until grass starts slowing down. I'm using 36-0-0 at .50 per 1k every week until seasons over. Wish me luck
Okay after those five yards of sand a problem rose it's head. Weeds were everywhere, nutsedge, spurge, Virginia buttonweed, etc so I mixed Celsius+prosedge+NIS and sprayed late yesterday evening.
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