Damage In Tolland Posted May 3, 2014 Author Share Posted May 3, 2014 Has anyone had to mow their lawn yet this season? I could mow the front ..but my tractor has ben in the shop for over a week. I dropped Dimension Lesco yesterday..so need rain to wash it in first Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moneypitmike Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 Thanks, but the whole yard certainly doesn't look as nice. We are landscaping a lot of it too, so money will go to that which is more important since the old shrubs etc got ripped out or will be ripped out. Went out yesterday looking for some new bushes/plants. What are you putting in? We've put in 10 apples trees during the 5 years we've lived here (with the two that went in last week, I think we're done with those now). We bought the last three on-line rather than at nursery. I am surprised that they are so much nicer than the nursery ones; I'd have expected otherwise. We've had good luck with bushes from home depot. We just had a few blue spruces arrive yesterday from an on-line purchase, so I guess there will be some planting going on here this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moneypitmike Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 I could mow the front ..but my tractor has ben in the shop for over a week. I dropped Dimension Lesco yesterday..so need rain to wash it in first Mines in for service, too, so no mowing would be happening here even if it were necessary. It's pretty green in any case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 What are you putting in? We've put in 10 apples trees during the 5 years we've lived here (with the two that went in last week, I think we're done with those now). We bought the last three on-line rather than at nursery. I am surprised that they are so much nicer than the nursery ones; I'd have expected otherwise. We've had good luck with bushes from home depot. We just had a few blue spruces arrive yesterday from an on-line purchase, so I guess there will be some planting going on here this weekend. Not sure yet, maybe some azalea, hydrangea, rhody's etc. I did see this Blue spruce type bush that was pretty cool. Also, this juniper that has a yellow tinge to it when exposed to sun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moneypitmike Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 Not sure yet, maybe some azalea, hydrangea, rhody's etc. I did see this Blue spruce type bush that was pretty cool. Also, this juniper that has a yellow tinge to it when exposed to sun. I wonder what type of bush it is. We had a wicked tall (60') blue spruce at my boyhood home. It and a monstrous white oak dominated our yard. I think I'll be long in the ground by the time these things attain that height. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S&P Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 Looks good in the picture you posted. The Deer'es in for service, so thankfully it hasn't been necessary yet here. mowed for the third time this weekend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TauntonBlizzard2013 Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 Has anyone had to mow their lawn yet this season? Mowed my girlfriends 3 acres over the weekend. They moved in and January and had no idea what the lawn would look like. Its one of the nicest lawns I've ever seen lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amarshall Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 Just walked around out back pulling up knot weed. UUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!! You can't pull up Knotweed. The roots just re-grow a stalk. Even fragments of roots. You have to chemically kill them with high powered round up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 You can't pull up Knotweed. The roots just re-grow a stalk. Even fragments of roots. You have to chemically kill them with high powered round up. Our resident "knotweed slayer" followed the initial herbicide with mowing the resprouts (there's always some, unless one drops a tactical nuke), then a 2nd dose of chemical on the re-resprouts. Even then there was the occasional escapee. (This was a huge patch at the Reuben Colburn house,a historical site - Arnold's march to Quebec - south of Augusta.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 Heavy Heavy lumberjack day,dropped 5 trees,pruned a bunch. Grass not even close to mowing.Nice pool MPM. Great view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 My grass is getting long now. Definitely going to have to mow this week. Being in a sunny spot prior to leaf out certainly helps out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amarshall Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 Our resident "knotweed slayer" followed the initial herbicide with mowing the resprouts (there's always some, unless one drops a tactical nuke), then a 2nd dose of chemical on the re-resprouts. Even then there was the occasional escapee. (This was a huge patch at the Reuben Colburn house,a historical site - Arnold's march to Quebec - south of Augusta.) Andrew's secret sauce: 50% glypophosphate cut with a small amount with water. I've also found that Round Up Poison Ivy Killer works well too. Round Up in the spray bottle (3%) doesn't do anything but annoy it. Brush cut the big stalks and immediately use a back pack sprayer to douse each individual stalk. If you wait too long the knotwood heals itself like the terminator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted May 5, 2014 Author Share Posted May 5, 2014 Deep deep lawn. Getting tractor back tomorrow and the light rain Thurs nite will wash in Dimension for Friday sun.. Then we mow Saturday in 70's and sun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian5671 Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 Already had 2 cuts done here...needs a third already with all that rain last week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 Deep deep lawn. Getting tractor back tomorrow and the light rain Thurs nite will wash in Dimension for Friday sun.. Then we mow Saturday in 70's and sun. was looking at your photos in Photobucket,check out the pics you took of the Azaleas blooming last year and how far ahead the leaf out was, pretty cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted May 5, 2014 Author Share Posted May 5, 2014 Yeah that is damn cool. I'd say we're about 2 weeks behind schedule or behind last year anyway. Today was the first day I noticed pollen on the truck and the red maples have tiny green buds about to open. Probably this weekend they open. Oaks are a ways away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 Yeah that is damn cool. I'd say we're about 2 weeks behind schedule or behind last year anyway. Today was the first day I noticed pollen on the truck and the red maples have tiny green buds about to open. Probably this weekend they open. Oaks are a ways awaymy absolute favorite day of the spring is the day I first notice all the trees are green, usually all green by May 10-15 ,not happening this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 What was the date of that pic last year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted May 5, 2014 Author Share Posted May 5, 2014 What was the date of that pic last year?i don't know exactly but it was on or after May 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted May 5, 2014 Author Share Posted May 5, 2014 It's beginning to look a lot like summer. Deck stained today FTW. Nightmare project with hundreds of spindles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 Andrew's secret sauce: 50% glypophosphate cut with a small amount with water. I've also found that Round Up Poison Ivy Killer works well too. Round Up in the spray bottle (3%) doesn't do anything but annoy it. Brush cut the big stalks and immediately use a back pack sprayer to douse each individual stalk. If you wait too long the knotwood heals itself like the terminator. Find the product with 41% glyphosate. The Monsanto product is Accord (at Agway-like places, not the big box), and has no surfactant - applicators usually add their own choice of surfactant/adjutant to aid leaf penetration. My go-to for small jobs and for hack-and-squirt timber stand improvement is Eliminator, which is the old 41% plus surfactant version of Roundup, and available at Wal-Mart. Current Roundup is not available OTC at that high a concentration (18-20% highest I've noted at Wallyworld), and has a 2nd active ingredient for consumer-attracting quick brown-out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 I'm probably going to mow this week. Hopefully I get a "what the fook did he put on his lawn" look from neighbors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewbeer Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 Did the first mow of the sunny part of the lawn yesterday. The shadier portions still not long enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 Did my first raking tonight. Several mole tunnels but nothing too egregious. Lazy man's aeration! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KartAnimal29 Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 This will be my 3rd week mowing but it's only the customers that use fertilizer. I've also done mine 2 times so far. I came home today and I seen my backyard took off pretty good today as it's always later then the front. I need to send some soil samples to UCONN to see what's really going on with the backyard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkO Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 Still haven't mowed yet. This is pretty late compared to average. I thought it might just be me slacking, but no one in the neighborhood has mowed although they are greener as I noticed using an overhead camera I sent up with a drone. Just another dorky toy but wicked cool, lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Miser Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 First mowing of the weeds that are my "lawn" of the year scheduled for tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S&P Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 was looking at your photos in Photobucket,check out the pics you took of the Azaleas blooming last year and how far ahead the leaf out was, pretty cool not trying to be a jerk know it all, but those are not azaleas , they are a species of rhododendrum (my bad azaleas and rhodies generally same thing - i have always heard them referred to as rhodies, believe these are the shrubs in the pic http://www.naturehills.com/rhododendron-korean). if they were azaleas blooming then the opposite of everything being late would be true. was in providence this weekend and the heat island effect was evident as trees were much farther ahead of where they are on the coast. still some water temps in the 40's polar plunge for early season swimmers. i won't be one of them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJonesWX Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 Andrew's secret sauce: 50% glypophosphate cut with a small amount with water. I've also found that Round Up Poison Ivy Killer works well too. Round Up in the spray bottle (3%) doesn't do anything but annoy it. Brush cut the big stalks and immediately use a back pack sprayer to douse each individual stalk. If you wait too long the knotwood heals itself like the terminator. i have used the Ortho brand ivy killer in the past, and it works real well on all ivy's. i used to have poison ivy, and some of what i think was kudzu*. that stuff takes care of it *not sure if kudzu grows up here, but this was a bunch of vines that grew very aggressively, and would climb any available tree, bush or branch, and wrap itself around it. i would kill it with the ivy killer, then pull it out of the ground. and it still grows back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC-CT Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 First mowing of the weeds that are my "lawn" of the year scheduled for tomorrow. Sounds like we are in a similar boat, my weeds need mowing. With 13 maples out back, and 8 in front, on a one acre plot...I know a lost cause when I see one. Hoping for some good moss this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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