IrishRob17

That's crazy. I must have weak yellow jackets or some other type of aggressive bee. The next time I need it I'll post a pic of the dead bee and maybe someone can identify what kind it is. My brother just borrowed it last week for a nest in his basketball hoop.

I've used Drione for years, an exterminator told me about it, you use a duster to apply it. Its worked great for me on the bastards, they carry the dust on themselves deep into the nest.

Did you try this yet? I'm curious how it worked out if you did.

I'm pretty sure it was a plug in electric but it was over 20 years ago I don't recall exactly.

I used something similar to the link below many years ago now, it worked good, probably too good because I got too aggressive with it and things got kind of exciting when one of those arms broke off. https://www.homedepot.com/p/Rino-Tuff-Push-N-Load-3-Blade-Universal-Trimmer-Head-16234/100671846?cm_mmc=Shopping|G|Base|D28I|28-32_PORTABLE|NA|LIA|Fixed|71700000041074954|58700004788398043|92700040946149284&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI3syS2c3N4gIVjsDICh2hOwxdEAkYDyABEgKqU_D_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

Agreed, they will eat anything and everything, long legged rats they are!

I don’t have the Ryobi but have the Black and Decker 40v trimmer, blower, chainsaw. I love the trimmer, light weight, can control the amount of power you’re using which is handy since trimming after mowing doesn’t require much power but if I go trim some tall grass along the wood line I can crank up the power to get it done. The blower is ok for grass trimmings and light leaves but you’re not doing the yard in October with it. The chainsaw has come in handy many times over the past couple of years. My old man had a Kobalt trimmer, what a clunker, heavy and not balanced well but that blower is a bit better than mine.

Wow, thanks for all of this info.

Yah, I’d skip the willow too for the reasons stated

No thanks, they're weak.

How long ago did you plant them?

I may give one a shot this fall, my concern was strength.

So I’m guessing it’s safe to say that if it doesn’t leaf out at all this season it’s a goner? You, or anyone else, have thoughts on the hybrid Autumn Blaze Maple?

Thanks for the response. You’re confirming all of what I’ve read . No changes to chemicals or anything, been using and doing the same things since it was planted as a sapling years ago. The buds don’t look but there appears to be some green under the outside layer of bark, I’m hoping that’s a good sign. We shall see.

I have a red maple that is around 8 or 9 years old, appeared very healthy last year and the years before. It has buds but no leaves this year. There were a number of shoots that shot out from the trunk that I removed but still still nothing on any of the branches. I'm hoping its not done altogether as in a couple of years it'll would provide some nice shade to part of the yard. Any thoughts from far away?

Was there annual seed mixed in with perennial? I've seen that happen before.

It takes me about two hours to mow mine, I got 5 miles of walking in before lunch, no complaints there.

In my case, the one spot that gets moss on a regular basis is on a open SW facing slope, go figure.

I like to say "I've read lots of books that have nothing to do with this." LOL You could rake it out now but as you know then you may open that area up to crabgrass. That said, if you don't have crabgrass now, and nor do your neighbors, then my guess would be the risk of crabgrass is much smaller.

Shouldn't seem weird asking for advice, if someone says that they know it all then clearly they don't know what they are talking about. My ph is fine too, I test it, but I battle moss all the time, I'm down along the Wallkill River and have ponds and wetlands near me so I tend to do the dew more than others and have figured that to be the reason. I've used the Moss Out concentrate and hit areas with the pump sprayer and raked it out. Last year I didn't even bother with that, just raked the areas out in early September after the concern of crabgrass had passed. Its a never ending battle for me though and as a result I will always have some moss but that's ok.

No problem. I don’t have a Davis prob either, NYS has a nice network of mesonets and I happen to be right in the middle of 4 different locations so use that for my soil temps and the Cornell map is in sync with those readings.

http://newa.cornell.edu/index.php?page=soil-temperature-map

Most likely. Soil temps tell the story of you know what they are around you but they must still be low if forsythia hasn’t bloomed yet. I put mine down once soil temps are consistently in the low to mid 50s. https://www.lesco.com/blog/post/2018-02-26/pre-emergent-application-timing-tips

Yeah, NYS banned phosphorous in lawn fertilizer a few years ago now so if you buy Lesco in NYS is doesn't include it. Edit: NYS banned it starting in 2012.