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#1 ·
Hi everyone, my name is Eric and I am a lawn fanatic. :mrgreen: 4 years in and still learning A LOT.

In 2014, I did my first renovation. Renovated the backyard with a mix of TTTF (Bullseye, Turbo, Hemi, Falcon V & Faith) & KBG (Bewitched, Blueberry & Prosperity).

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After





2014 Journal

Aprox. 8000 SQ FT
45 lbs TTTF (Bullseye, Turbo, Hemi, Falcon V & Faith)
9 lbs KBG (Bewitched, Blueberry & Prosperity)
**********TIMELINE**********
BEFORE - http://s13.postimg.cc/rhfnnrgdj/003_8285.jpg
7/31 - Glyphosate
8/3 - Scalped @2.5"
8/5 - Glyphosate
8/8 - Scalped @1"
8/8 - Spread topsoil
8/13 - spot spray glyphosate
8/15 - Day before seed down: Oceangro (150 lbs), water
8/16 - Seed down!!!

Notes:
- sprayed BLSC + KH
- mixed seeds w/ soil moist. I made 3 passes w/ the tttf @15lbs each pass. Kbg I dumped the whole 9 lbs in the hopper and made 2 passes on low setting.
- rolled
- sprayed sumagrow
- sprayed tenacity
- spread peat moss
- finalized sprinklers. On hose end timer for 6am start every 4 hours for 12 min each zone.

Time to crack open a cold one.

8/17 - Adjusted hose timer run times.. decided to do 14 min per zone @4hour intervals. I shut the water off at night and turn it back on in the morning. So, 6a/10a/2p/6p
8/20 - Decided to adjust start time. Adjusted it to 5am, 4 hour intervals, 12 min per zone and let it run at night. 5a/9a/1p/5p/9p/1a
8/21 - TTTF Germination :yahoo: - http://postimg.cc/image/xz827kezh/
Checked the reno, also seeing some sprouts. :) - http://postimg.cc/image/5brie9u1b/
8/22 - Seeing some germination on the KBG pots and a lot more green babies in the whole yard.
8/26 - Day 10 pictures - http://postimg.cc/image/p03y9samf/
9/4 - Day 19 picture - http://postimg.cc/image/p0qyi8kov/
9/5 - Oceangro (50 lbs). Spread more seeds on areas that has wash out and on bare spots.
9/9 - Adjusted watering to 2 times per day, 9am/3pm, 14 min run time
9/10 - Mowed @2.5" - http://postimg.cc/image/ba4wsf0ul/
9/12 - Urea 1/2 lb/k
9/15 - BLSC + KH (2oz each/k), Tenacity 1/2 tsp/gallon/k
9/16 - 1x day watering, 15 min per zone
9/17 - Mowed @2.5". Applied Oceangr (50 lbs).
9/19 - Urea 1/2 lb/k
9/23 - Mowed @2.5"
9/26 - Urea 1 lb/k
9/28 - Mowed @2.5"; used rider
10/1 - Oceangro (100 lbs)
10/3 - Urea 1 lb/k
10/4 - Bayer 24 Hour Grub Killer Plus (10 lbs)
10/5 - Mowed @2.5"
10/9 - Mowed @2.5", Urea
10/17 - Urea 1 lb/k
10/19 - Mowed @2.5"
10/23 - 11/2 - Vacation = "The Pause"
11/3 - Mowed @ 3.5"
11/9 - Mowed @3.0"
11/21 - Mowed @3.0"
11/23 - Urea 2lb/k

In 2016, I got bit by the bug again and renovated my front and side yards. This go around, I decided to try a KBG monostand. The cultivar I choose was Blueberry since it scored a 9 on ntep for color and the test site was literally just a few miles from me.

This was taken at day 98 last year.




2016 Journal

3/12 - Pre-m down; Prodiamine (1/2 tbsp/1000) + Tenacity (1/4 tsp/1000)
3/29 - Seeds (Blueberry and Prosperity) acquired from stephensilva1.
3/30 - Spot sprayed weeds.
3/31 - More Blueberry seeds acquired. Thanks ligrass!
4/8 - Clean up mow @2.5"
4/10 - SOP @2lbs/k
4/15 - Mowed @2.5"
4/30 - Mowed @2.875"
4/30 - Encap Lime @9lbs/k
5/9 - Mowed @2.875"
5/14 - Mowed @2.875"
5/16 - OceanGro
5/21 - SOP @2lbs/k
5/25 - Mowed @3"
5/31 - Mowed @3.5". Dropped OceanGro.
6/6 - Mowed @3.5"
6/14 - Mowed @4"
6/29 - Mowed @4"
7/10 - Mowed @3.5"
7/21 - Mowed @3"
7/24 - Sprayed glyphosate @4oz/k
7/27 - Scalped @2.125"
7/29 - Scalped @1.375" (Side)
7/31 - DIY Irrigation Setup (Front)
8/1 - Scalped @1.375" (Front)
8/5 - DIY Irrigation Setup (Side)
8/7 - Sprayed glyphosate @2oz/k
8/20 - Raked and sprayed glyphosate
8/26 - Oceangro (3 bags)
8/27 - Seed down!
.rake some more
.seed down
.peat moss w/ peat moss roller
.tenacity
.watered in
9/1 - Green babies
9/11 - Urea .33lbs/k
9/17 - Urea .33lbs/k --- Day 21
9/21 - Oceangro (1 bag)
9/24 - First cut @1.5". Oceangro (1 bag)
9/25 - Urea .5lbs/k. Cut @1.5"
9/27 - Cut @ 1.5"
10/1 - Cut @1.5"
10/2 - Urea 1lbs/k
10/3 - Tenacity
10/4 - Cut @1.5"
10/7 - Cut @1.5". Urea 1lbs/k --- Day 42
10/12 - Cut @1.5". Urea 1lbs/k
10/16 - Mowed @2.5". Mag-I-Cal @9lbs/k
10/17 - Bayer 24 Hour Grub Killer Plus
10/21 - Mowed @2.5"
10/29 - Mowed @2.5". Sprayed Prodiamine.
11/13 - Mowed @2.5"
11/19 - Mowed @2.5"
11/27 - Mowed @2.5"
12/3 - Mowed @2.5" - Top growth stopped
12/4 - Urea 2lbs/k

Glad to be here and I will continue to update this thread of my progress. Plenty of weeds to tackle still.
 
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#278 ·
Green said:
How much in those two apps so far? I've only put less than 1 lb N in most areas so far this year myself (mostly natural stuff, like Milo).
Each app of Cx is just shy of 1 lb N.
 
#279 ·
Chris LI said:
Wow! Impressive. Congrats on reduced inputs with maintaining excellent results. What have you added (if anything) as far as soil conditioners, Fe, micros, etc.?

Thank you.
Thanks! Only really thing new this year, beside Cx, is an app of FEature when I sprayed PGR. Check out my notes here.
 
#281 ·
Sfurunner13 said:
Color looks fantastic! Can't wait to see what the Cx does to it. Do you do preventive fungicide applications or just serenade?
Thanks!

As for fungicides... I sprayed one app of Azoxy and Prop in June one week apart.

I have not used Serenade this year yet. I do have some left over from last year that I need to finish.

I haven't really been on a "schedule" with fungicides. I just keep an eye and spray when needed (and this year, only once so far).
 
#283 ·
pennstater2005 said:
Your pre emergent went down about a week ago. Will you re apply or was it a long enough rate app to get you through?
Sprayed a rate that should get me through. :thumbup:
 
#284 ·
ericgautier said:
pennstater2005 said:
Your pre emergent went down about a week ago. Will you re apply or was it a long enough rate app to get you through?
Sprayed a rate that should get me through. :thumbup:
Nice. That's my plan soon here too :thumbup:
 
#285 ·
Eric, how's the lawn going? Did the fertilizer apps a while back continue to feed? Also, I know you have Bullseye, Faith, and a few others in your back lawn. Faith is almost impossible to get these days; I think Scotts is the only one using it in their blends now. Bullseye is almost impossible to find too, and is supposed to be in phase-out currently; did you see my post talking about how The Hogan Company has what is probably the last of it for sale now?
 
#286 ·
@Green Cx apps every 3 weeks has been great. I did my third app 2 weeks ago and will probably do another one next week and call it for the season.

I haven't really been following what is available now since the lawn is holding it's own. I think adding KBG to the mix has really helped in the backyard has really help with repair.

If anything, I have a few lbs of Bewitched that I could throw in the back. Might do a dormant seeding to some areas back there.
 
#287 ·
2020 Lawn Journal

3/14 - Spring clean up
3/15 - Prodiamine
4/2 - Mow @1.75"
4/4 - Sprayed weeds
4/8 - Mow @1.75"
4/11 - Mow @1.75"
4/14 - GrubEx1
4/16 - Mow @1.75"
 
#291 ·
Back looks really good. Front is getting there, too.
 
#297 ·
2021 Lawn Journal

..not much to report. Lawn is on cruise. Although I skipped the blitz last year and the lawn looks the part. I do have plenty of Cx to finish this season so we'll see. :lol:

April
4/4/2021 - Clean up mow @2.5"
4/8/2021 - Prodiamine
4/17/2021 - Mow @2.5" & Sprayed weeds
4/23/2021 - Mow @2.5"
4/24/2021 - GrubEx1
4/28/2021 - Mow @2.5" & Sprayed weeds

May
5/4/2021 - Mow @2.5"
5/7/2021 - Sprayed weeds
5/11/2021 - Mow @2.5"
5/16/2021 - Mow @3", Cx (1 bag) & sprayed Bifen IT
5/22/2021 - Mow @3"
5/26/2021 - Mow @3"

June
6/1 /2021 - Mow @3"
6/2 /2021 - Sprayed Prop, Azoxy & Urea
6/5/2021 - Mow @3"
6/9/2021 - Mow @3"
6/13/2021 - Mow @3"
6/13/2021 - Mow @3.5"
6/18/2021 - Mow @3.5"
6/23/2021 - Mow @3.5"

July
7/4/2021 - Mow @3.5
7/10/2021 - Mow @3.5
7/11/2021 - Prop + Azoxy & Urea
7/17/2021 - Mow @3.5
7/22/2021 - Mow @3.5
7/30/2021 - Mow @3.5

August
8/5/2021 - Mow @3.5"
8/7/2021 - Bifen IT
8/13/2021 - Mow @3.5"
8/24/2021 - Mow @3.5"
8/31/2021 - Mow @3.5"

September
9/7/2021 - Mow @3.5"
9/10/2021 - Seeds where tree got taken down
9/12/2021 - Cx (1 bag)
9/12/2021 - Mow @3.0"
 
#298 ·
Good luck, Eric!
 
#300 ·
@JDgreen18 thanks!

Blueberry has been awesome for me. The only downside I can think of is that it is slow to wake up in the spring.

The shot of Urea I did 2 days ago plus all the rain we got after has greened up the lawn nicely though. I'll try and get a picture up soon.
 
#301 ·
ericgautier said:
@JDgreen18 thanks!

Blueberry has been awesome for me. The only downside I can think of is that it is slow to wake up in the spring.

The shot of Urea I did 2 days ago plus all the rain we got after has greened up the lawn nicely though. I'll try and get a picture up soon.
Wow I'm surprised it ranked pretty good for spring green up too at Rutgers trials. That was one of the attributes pushing me towards Blueberry
 
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