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Had my fertilizer guy out today and he confirmed my suspicion of dollar spot in my yard. Fungicide going down next week.
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I thought I had it bad too but then yesterday I noticed the little dew webs in the morning. They look like spider webs but vanish in the sun. Dollar Spot. I’m only watering once a week at this point, but I guess even that’s too much with this overnight humidity. Irrigation is off for now.
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Looks like my Sawyer Beetle up thread. Check out my photo and see if it’s the same. I actually sent my photo into the state for confirmation and they said it was a Sawyer Beetle.
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I’ve had situations like this. The leaves are still on the shrub but essentially detached/dead. The plant has focused downward after transplant and abandoned those leaves. A good rain comes along and knocks them all off at once.
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Quickly. A month of growth for a nest could easily be hundreds of YJs or more. You could also pay someone to take care of it. My daughter stepped on a sprinkler box cover and got chased by a swarm last year. I couldn’t get near the thing without them coming out. I hired someone. He wasn’t messing around when he came out. What he pulled out filled the entire valve box. Probably the size of two footballs. He said we caught it early, maybe two weeks old.
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Yeah how much water? You might have overdone it. The good news is that it’s likely ok, you’ll know next spring. Some plants just focus on the their roots when they are transplanted and deleaf. This is especially true when it’s hot like this.
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Probably transplant stress. How much were you watering it?
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Cool, thanks. That’s what I figured, one time trip. I hiked up once but had a really bad fall on the way down (long story, lots of broken stuff). I had to hike back up a ways and then took the bus down
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How is the cog? I’m thinking of taking my kids on that when we come up next year.
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Red Thread is all over the lawn now. Surprising since we haven’t had too much rain and I have the irrigation off. Must be the humidity.
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Missing out on all the goods. As is usual for us in this valley.
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How does the install work on those? Did you just take off your old controller and swap in the Rachio? Did you also add the flow meter?
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Tip for anyone in MA - Shaker Hills is back to its old glory and they are often running deals to try to get people back in. If you played there within the last few years and were put off by the course conditions, make sure to schedule a visit out there this year. The place is in near pristine condition, like it used to be a decade ago. One warning. It’s very difficult. I’m about a 5 index and I can’t break 80 from the middle tees. Recent course modifications have really made it a demanding track.
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What do you folks think? Sawyer Beetle? Doesn’t look shiny enough to be an Asian Longhorned.
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I get that second one where my grass is struggling. Edges of the patio, edges of the driveway, places like that. If you have good grass coverage and apply a general weed killer, it'll be gone. So kill it or pull it, then overseed in the fall in that spot to try to crowd it out next year.
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Sorry. Saw this way too late. I had a bunch of people over and didn’t get a chance to get one.
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Hail here in westford. Big ones. I’m not going outside to measure.
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We are just about normal precipitation here for June - a bit over in May. But it sure feels like we are way over. Probably because of all the mornings where its just hazy drizzle out.
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It could be worse. (Note: This is actually rubber. But still...)
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I do pine here. I did hemlock for a while - switched to the pine this year. I think it fades better than hemlock. The red dyed stuff is wild. But the reason people use it is that its cheap. Its just wood chips and paint.
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Pretty big difference between the Euro and the GFS for next week. Euro still looks like a lot of todays.
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Yeah we had our fertilizer company use fungicide last year because it was red thread and dollar spot. No surprise, a billion inches of rain and 90 dews. This year I’m hoping we can just let nature take its course.
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Red thread here. Big time. Probably 10 percent of my lawn. Irrigation is being turned off for a couple cycles until it bakes out.
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What’s the guess for the hottest and driest day next week in central NH? I’m planning out our vacation. Thinking Tuesday. Wednesday and Thursday look cooler.
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Wow that’s incredible in only two years.
