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1 hour ago, amarshall said:

The lawn kid came and said he thought this was a fungus from over watering. I think it's just the area that got pummeled from the sun. Any ideas?

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It definitely could be a fungus. If you were watering alot(which im guessing you were with the lack of rain in SEMA this summer?), then the water and the insane dews this summer are a perfect recipe for disease/fungus-also any summer fert would also enhance fungus. 

Like SJones said, sun wouldn't do that damage if you were irrigating frequently. Does seem like some disease/fungus.

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2 hours ago, wxmanmitch said:

Blowing hard out of the E and SE today with gusts over 40 MPH at times. Lots of twigs and branches down.

There's a definite standing wave pattern with dark low clouds over the mountains with much brighter conditions over the valleys. Easily had a gust to near 50 MPH while driving route 8 near Clarksburg as that's a downslope spot on E flow. My truck was shaking vigorously, which made for a harrowing moment. I'm surprised there's no wind advisory from ALY.

Yea, pretty intense here as well which is normally the case in these setups.  Debris everywhere in the roads, like a slalom course driving home in the dark.  A 30ft weakened maple got uprooted and is leaning on the power lines at neighbors right now, power still on....for now. Advisory probably warranted, at least for the usual downslope suspects.

12 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

That’s better than Worcester or mi casa...I always thought it was a bit of a snow hole, but I guess I am wrong

As Jspin and PF, its all relative. It is somewhat of snowhole considering within 10-15 miles snowfall can be much higher places east. But being near the Canadian border, average is bound to be higher.

Retention is pretty poor(again relative to surrounding areas), 33" is the highest ever recorded depth at BTV (records back to 1895).  Retention is bad up and down VT west of the Green Mountains as its so easy to get a torch on Sw/S winds.

1 hour ago, mreaves said:

When we were out at the Grand Canyon a few weeks ago, the airport at the Skywalk was like a military base.  Constant stream of helicopter's taking off and landing.  We didn't do that, mainly because I am a cheap S.O.B. and had already paid $82 each to walk on the thing.

I did a stop at the Grand Canyon skywalk in '09 when I drove from the west coast to east coast. Definitely pretty cool.  Pictures definitely don't do the Grand Canyon justice compared to in person IMO.

22 minutes ago, HIPPYVALLEY said:

 I have never had the desire to go up in one of those things, like skydiving, it is low on my priority list for risky activities.

Pretty sad story.  Any "plane" where you can stick a selfie stick out and take a pic is a no go for me...

Also, not a fan of those sightseeing planes, and helicopters--seem like you are always hearing about those going down somewhere.  Im sure if you look at the data, its probably safer than driving in a car everyday, but just not for me.   I guess Im risk averse..lol

1 minute ago, dendrite said:

It goes dormant for me in October and doesn't really green up until May, but once it gets established it is thick and lush all summer. It's even plowing through the crabgrass and clover. When it's dormant it's very dead, but since we usually have snow cover most of the winter it doesn't really bother me. I just have to deal with seeing the brown in late fall and April.

I was just going to ask how long it stays green for---6 months? That is more than I would have thought for Zoysia in a northern state.

I could never have that for many reasons, but seems to work for you.

7 hours ago, CoastalWx said:

Another sneaky 3-4” rain event there after 4-5” last weekend.

4.55" in 2 hrs, not bad.

2.61" past 24 hours or so. Rivers and streams are raging..never seem them so high in my 4 years here.

Normally this is a summer trickle

50 minutes ago, mreaves said:

Took a ride to So. VT today and decided to take the toll road to the top of Mt. Equinox. Car thermo read 85 at the bottom and 70 up top. Looks like a decent storm off to the SE. 

Welcome to the SVT banana belt...Nice car ride up there..and hike also.

I'm sure PF appreciates your  lapse rate reports of 5F per 1000ft ..think the base is around 800ft and top around 3900ft. Although I thought it would be a bit lower with more humid air, but I'm no expert. 

Nasty cell coming through now....wind, low vis, hail, +RA..ridiculous thunder

I would say its coming down pretty good near Albany...lol

58 minutes ago, Lava Rock said:

Local landscaper came by and had a few suggestions for our back lawn. They suggest putting in a flower garden with shrubs, BB bushes, etc in the area around and in front of the oak tree. They would build up that area with topsoil and very small retaining wall, plant the bushes then add mulch. Seems like a good idea. Their concern is that if we go for just grass around the oak, it will eventually erode away again due to the oak sucking down so many nutrients away from the grass. Seems to make sense.

Money being no issue, that is the way to go I think. Will look nice under the Oak and you wont have that moonscape/desert look anymore.

33 minutes ago, mreaves said:

Wow, I'd love even half that amount.  Our golf course is starting to look like the links course they play in Gullane, Scotland this past weekend

Hit some low stingers and get that extra roll  Drove by Equinox earlier and there are swimming ponds on some fairways. 

2.27" this morning. Some nice TL also.   Definitely missed some of the action last night and this morning, so there are probably higher amounts around SVT somewhere.

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agree with this the only thing to be concerned about is insect (grubs) damage. its hard to tell the difference between dormant and damage from grubs attacking the root system. - you can have both.  I noticed some folks talking about japanese beetles (adult stage of white grubs). signs you have grubs - the grass lays over or skunks digging to eat the grubs.

Right, I guess I should have added that a brown discolored lawn could also be disease and or grub damage which is less likely to come back than drought dormancy. Grub damage is pretty easy to identify as the lawn will be able to be pulled up off the ground like a piece a sod.

1 hour ago, wxeyeNH said:

Lawn question for you guys.  If an established lawn completely browns out due to lack of rain will it come back when rain resumes?  I have been able to keep our lawns halfway decent with our well water but now Im getting to the point that I am going to just have to really cut back due to the dryness.  Last of our water evaporated from our pond today so the groundwater must be dropping steadily.  Just don't know if a brown lawn would come back if it goes totally dry.

Yes, the lawn is basically going dormant if it goes all brown.  It could probably be totally brown for a month or so and still be fine and come back again with some rain and or irrigation.

Well, looks 5 days straight of 90F+ here, and think Saturday was 89F, so almost 6 straight, which is pretty impressive.(Im guessing it has happened before, but not sure) I dont have good records in my 4 years here, but we haven't hit 90F that often that I can recall, and the times we do hit 90F its normally like 91/64 type stuff.  

Only thing its been good for is swimming. Been hitting up local lakes and pools with the kiddos and not used to getting out and not needing a towel or feeling a chill from the normal 81/60F airmass i'm used to while swimming up here. Although Sunday was absurd with the temp/dew combo, even after swimming had to go right to the shade and still couldn't cool off.

3 minutes ago, Lava Rock said:

Which one is that?

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Stratus.

2 hours ago, Lava Rock said:

My gauge is screwed up. Only getting 0.70" since last night. Other stations nearby, like u said well over an inch. I went out and checked for plugged hole but it was clear. I tipped the tipper a couple times and it didnt register. ???

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Their like $30ish

12 hours ago, Lava Rock said:

Too much fert or not enough rain? Or both?

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definitely hard to tell, with that pattern, almost looks like it could be a disease or fungus

Dead calm for now and nice valley temp drop down to 60F.  Looks like it's near or above 70F in the 2k range around here.

8 hours ago, Lava Rock said:

I knew this going in, but expected some growth. In contrast, check out how good the lawn looked last july. This was ~1month after hydroseed. After that it went downhill.

I think I mentioned this last year when you did the seeding, but I don't think much if any KBG came in last year. I would have to go back into the thread to see exactly, but that's not what a month old KBG lawn looks like.  You had a bunch of wide bladed grass something coming up. KBG at 1 month would be very short and wispy thin and probably some bare patches in the lawn. The color is off too...I think that is mostly grassy weeds or annual grasses unfortunately. If there was any bluegrass, the weeds dominated and shaded it out and took up most soil/root space...weeds need alot less water than bluegrass to establish, that's for sure.

This is a 1 month old bluegrass lawn...now, all yards and soils are different, but it should look something like this i would think. I wouldn't try another lawn unless you can figure out a water solution also honestly.

3 hours ago, OceanStWx said:

Hmm, I’m angling for Father’s Day new set of clubs.

New set of clubs AND a new Davis for father's day? What's Christmas like ? 

I need to let my wife know to step up her game.

18 hours ago, Lava Rock said:

Anyone know what these lovely weeds are?


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Not sure exactly what those are, don't look like the normal lawn weeds im used to. They look easy to pull though or easy to kill with a broadleaf weed killer.

16 hours ago, Lava Rock said:

I slit seeded some kbg last Fall and it only grew maybe 0.5" then stopped. Looking at it now it looks the same. I know kyb takes some time to grow but shouldn't it be growing now?

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Kentucky Bluegrass is usually the last to week up in the spring out of the cool season grass cultivars. Its also normally the darkest and shortest growing.   But, you should probably be seeing more than .5" by now I would think.  I dont know, you have like a moon scape up there or something, nothing really wants to grow and flourish.