Figured I'd make a journal...
I seeded Arden 15 on May 23rd. Despite my best planning and a trial run in the fall with some cheap annual rye, my seeding was pretty impromptu. I did my multiple rounds of gly, but I had planned to seed shortly after having a vasectomy. I realized that despite a relatively quick recovery, too much manual labor wasn't encouraged too quickly after the procedure. With that in mind, I seeded and spread 4 lbs/M of 13-13-13.
I don't have irrigation, but I have a sprinkler setup and timer that I figured out with the annual rye seeding last fall. Everything was going fine, but on day 5 after seeding (and the day after my vasectomy), we had 2+ inches of downpouring rain. I was sure everything had washed out -- there were puddles and running water towards the drainage ditch by the road. I was walking around in the rain, post-vasectomy, trying to figure out what I was going to do next.
Turns out everything was fine. I mow every other day; every day if I can. It's growing fast. My front yard is 4800 sq ft, I have a small area between the sidewalk and garden bed that's 400 sq ft, and a section in the back that's 1200 sq ft. I also have a fenced in area in the back that's 3200 sq ft that the dogs use, but that's a project for another year.
I have a 20 in McLane from Craigslist, a Flowzone Typhoon, and a Scott's spreader (
). Right now, I'm battling goosegrass (pulling by hand/tool) and spurge. I sprayed Celsius at the high rate today, but I was nervous about hurting young turf, so I walked a little fast (despite using the sprayer a number of times on my lawn). Tomorrow I plan to spread 3 lbs/M of 13-13-13 before some rain.
Here's a terrible picture of the 4800 sq ft section. I'll have more pictures of the smaller sections in another post (I tested some quinclorac on those a while back -- it didn't go well, but things are coming back).
I seeded Arden 15 on May 23rd. Despite my best planning and a trial run in the fall with some cheap annual rye, my seeding was pretty impromptu. I did my multiple rounds of gly, but I had planned to seed shortly after having a vasectomy. I realized that despite a relatively quick recovery, too much manual labor wasn't encouraged too quickly after the procedure. With that in mind, I seeded and spread 4 lbs/M of 13-13-13.
I don't have irrigation, but I have a sprinkler setup and timer that I figured out with the annual rye seeding last fall. Everything was going fine, but on day 5 after seeding (and the day after my vasectomy), we had 2+ inches of downpouring rain. I was sure everything had washed out -- there were puddles and running water towards the drainage ditch by the road. I was walking around in the rain, post-vasectomy, trying to figure out what I was going to do next.
Turns out everything was fine. I mow every other day; every day if I can. It's growing fast. My front yard is 4800 sq ft, I have a small area between the sidewalk and garden bed that's 400 sq ft, and a section in the back that's 1200 sq ft. I also have a fenced in area in the back that's 3200 sq ft that the dogs use, but that's a project for another year.
I have a 20 in McLane from Craigslist, a Flowzone Typhoon, and a Scott's spreader (
). Right now, I'm battling goosegrass (pulling by hand/tool) and spurge. I sprayed Celsius at the high rate today, but I was nervous about hurting young turf, so I walked a little fast (despite using the sprayer a number of times on my lawn). Tomorrow I plan to spread 3 lbs/M of 13-13-13 before some rain.Here's a terrible picture of the 4800 sq ft section. I'll have more pictures of the smaller sections in another post (I tested some quinclorac on those a while back -- it didn't go well, but things are coming back).
