IrishRob17

Hopefully there will still be some showers around

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?

Don't you have a golf course to go haunt instead of us?

I was thinking while cutting the lawn the other day how quickly the soil goes from muddy to cracks in it this time of year.

LOL, sounds like the warm season version of slant sticking to me

Speaking of planting trees, I have a young red maple, 8 years old I think, that still hasn't leafed out but there are multiple shoots coming from the trunk so its not dead but either stunned or in distress. I'm not sure whats going on but really hope it leafs out soon, it was rather healthy last year, from what I could tell, with lots of growth.

Nice. I always had a manual rain gauge with the Davis for the reasons mention but it was always one that you can get for a few bucks at department stores. That's better than nothing but I wish I got the Stratus much earlier but I can't go back, better late than never I suppose.

Tis the season, at least with my experience. Seeds/flowers from the trees like to get into my Davis and if it’s not that then it the damn spiders making webs. I have to check the Davis on a regular basis in the warmer months but the good news is that the aggravation got me to get the Stratus a few years ago and I haven't looked back, I get accurate liquid equivalent with frozen precipitation too.

Lots of lightning with yesterday evenings storm and the one overnight. Woke up to a extremely bright flash with huge clap of thunder, my guess is the cell tower on the hill here got hit again. The sides of the house are currently washed clean of pollen. With the way it was pouring I figured I picked up at least an inch...yeah, no. .36 in both the Davis and Stratus.

72 for me yesterday

Wow, thats a couple inches more than me.

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

It started after midnight here but I had .07” from Saturday before dawn.

And temps continue to drop slowly

The burn ban ends on Wednesday too

.32” here, you can hear the grass growing, I mowed Wednesday and may need to try to get to it again later today.

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.

That's a reason why I keep my yard tidy, trust me, another photo angle would show that my yard is far from perfect, but I have at least two big parties each summer not to mention the the fairly frequent gathering of people on weekends. So while I have no neighbors that see it I regularly have people that come over and sit out enjoying the yard.

Damn, that’s a lot of work with frustrating results, I can’t blame you for giving up.

It’s not as much as you would think but I’m also not super anal about it.