2018 lawn maintenance thread

Back to the attention on the hill, I’m going to spray for the weeds and then want to weed mat/mulch.

Should i rake up the rest of the pine needles or go right over?
 
pearl said:
Back to the attention on the hill, I’m going to spray for the weeds and then want to weed mat/mulch.

Should i rake up the rest of the pine needles or go right over?
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When you spray for weeds I'm assuming you are using glyphosate(round up) or similar non selective herbicide. This will kill exhisting weeds that are coming up, however it will not prevent germination of weed seeds that will produce future weeds.
An application of Treflan along with Glyphosate should take care of weeds for a bit longer then just Glyphosate alone.
Fyi Treflan has to be watered in.
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Treflan-...0589&wl11=online&wl12=764304232&wl13=&veh=sem
 
pooriggy said:
When you spray for weeds I'm assuming you are using glyphosate(round up) or similar non selective herbicide. This will kill exhisting weeds that are coming up, however it will not prevent germination of weed seeds that will produce future weeds.
An application of Treflan along with Glyphosate should take care of weeds for a bit longer then just Glyphosate alone.
Fyi Treflan has to be watered in.
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Treflan-...0589&wl11=online&wl12=764304232&wl13=&veh=sem
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Understood, are you pro or anti weedmat?
 
pearl said:
Understood, are you pro or anti weedmat?
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Anti. Home owners usually use them, they may work for a year or two but then start coming up and are a pia to deal with because they don't last. There is no such thing as zero maintenance.
 
got it. spray and dump some mulch. and hope the weeds stay away. thinking of putting some sort of short metal barrier half way up the hill, same color, to keep some of the mulch from sliding down.
 
Did you ever consider paving a pump track in the back yard? No weeds if you're on top of seal coating.
 
pooriggy said:
When you spray for weeds I'm assuming you are using glyphosate(round up) or similar non selective herbicide. This will kill exhisting weeds that are coming up, however it will not prevent germination of weed seeds that will produce future weeds.
An application of Treflan along with Glyphosate should take care of weeds for a bit longer then just Glyphosate alone.
Fyi Treflan has to be watered in.
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Treflan-...0589&wl11=online&wl12=764304232&wl13=&veh=sem
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going to try this in my front ornamental beds, see the veggies in the product packaging and no way I'd use them there...
 
Is that enough to clog the deck on a big mower like that? I have a few spots in my yard that will always clog the deck if it's too high.
 
rlb said:
Is that enough to clog the deck on a big mower like that? I have a few spots in my yard that will always clog the deck if it's too high.
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it will bog down a bit, but never clogs.
 
huffster said:
Didn't you say you paid a guy a few pages back?
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paid him to pick up all the sticks in the yard, and remove the leaves from the w1f3s garden beds.

the monthly cost of cutting the lawn was getting out of control, so i do it myself. takes less than 4 hours with trimming
that is about 10 days of grass growth. i gotta talk to the fertilizer guy, tell him to stop making it grow.
 
fidodie said:
it will bog down a bit, but never clogs.
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cause Bobcat...
I know better than to slack on mowing, it's about every 5 days at the moment, if I had time and weather cooperated, should really be 4
The dead grass lumps killing the grass bothers me the most, but you have a big ass lawn, mine is only about 3/4 acre of actual cutting
 
The first time I heard this I didn’t have a lawn. Now it hits close to home. Maybe next year I’ll have a giant sweet potato patch.
 
Jmann said:
Hmm. This is the origin page: http://freakonomics.com/podcast/how-stupid-is-our-obsession-with-lawns-rebroadcast/
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Works now
don't be this guy doe, I don't water my lawn unless it's under stress
I also use half of the fertilizer recommended on label, read somewhere we over fertilize
best advice I got here was to cut the lawn at the highest setting
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sweet potato greens are actually very tasty, look of it at the Asian grocery stores
They take too much space otherwise I'd grow it for food, tastes like an earthy spinach
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qclabrat said:
Works now
don't be this guy doe, I don't water my lawn unless it's under stress
I also use half of the fertilizer recommended on label, read somewhere we over fertilize
best advice I got here was to cut the lawn at the highest setting
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sweet potato greens are actually very tasty, look of it at the Asian grocery stores
They take too much space otherwise I'd grow it for food, tastes like an earthy spinach
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This year is a big experiment of how my lawns fairs. Going to see what mulching alone does. I’ve only watered where I’ve seeded. My lawn was looking pitiful in April, and thankfully has bounced back.

I just found it interesting how the podcast pointed out the misguided resources Americans (myself included) waste on lawns.

My lawn in April 🙁 31EFA3E4-018A-4FC9-A5D8-39CDDEF30A70.jpeg
My lawn now 🙂 3A2D5372-7820-42A2-A43D-C53752AA5FC9.jpeg
 
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