IrishRob17 Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Yours? I don't know but I'd guess they are shaking their headsIt was a serious question. I don't have neighbors close by, not that I give a crap what others think. So I'm guessing then that you really do live in Yuppieville? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Daffodils finally in full bloom over this way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted May 5, 2015 Author Share Posted May 5, 2015 Sprinklers are fired up currently. Dry and warm thru day 10.. Had to do it in May FTL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 My grass literally is not growing. Not sure why because other yards seem to be. Oh well. Less mowing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted May 5, 2015 Author Share Posted May 5, 2015 My grass literally is not growing. Not sure why because other yards seem to be. Oh well. Less mowing. Same thing...Areas in direct sun are..but with no water is stopped. Gotta water Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted May 5, 2015 Author Share Posted May 5, 2015 Literally overnight the pollen came out. Truck is covered. From record snows to instant summer to a drought to worst pollen season in years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backedgeapproaching Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Sprinklers are fired up currently. Dry and warm thru day 10.. Had to do it in May FTL Yea, preferably you want 1" of water (rain or irrigation) per week to keep you lawn top notch. We have not had that the last few weeks. The soil is still pretty cool below the surface and is retaining moisture better than if we had this dry spell in July, but still probably smart to get some water on it. The thicker, well fertilized, more established lawns will have deeper root systems and will be able to get to moisture more easily. If you have a new lawn (maybe put in the last 2 years) your root system will be shorter and would need more watering during dry spells. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amarshall Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 What is this invading all of my beds? It flowers at some point. Complete PITA to remove as it has a 6" root structure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backedgeapproaching Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 What is this invading all of my beds? It flowers at some point. Complete PITA to remove as it has a 6" root structure. not sure what that is? what does it look like when it flowers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amarshall Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 I'll take another picture when it flowers. It's jumping from bed to bed. Worse than knotwood. We're going to see how it likes 40% glyophosohate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted May 5, 2015 Author Share Posted May 5, 2015 That's not a weed i don't think. it's a kind of annual..If it's what i think it is..it has little white flowers on it once it comes out and then has petals kind of tulip shaped, but they don't get any higher than knee high in summer..Not a bad looking plant,,but it does spread.(if it's what i think it is) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amarshall Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 That's not a weed i don't think. it's a kind of annual..If it's what i think it is..it has little white flowers on it once it comes out and then has petals kind of tulip shaped, but they don't get any higher than knee high in summer..Not a bad looking plant,,but it does spread.(if it's what i think it is) I definitely an annual. Has a flower and doesn't get much higher than 6"-8" Whats worse is that the stem leaves enough room between each shoot for grass and weeds to grow. So you have weeds growing between them. it's starting to grow into the lawn. I nuke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Slowly getting the yard cleaned up. Spent 8 hrs on Sunday and got about 2/3 of it done. Still have basically the rear of the property to do. Looks like the weekend will be it. Cut the grass areas that I cleaned up. I truly despise Spring cleanup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backedgeapproaching Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 I definitely an annual. Has a flower and doesn't get much higher than 6"-8" Whats worse is that the stem leaves enough room between each shoot for grass and weeds to grow. So you have weeds growing between them. it's starting to grow into the lawn. I nuke. You may have to nuke multiple times, some plants//flowers/weeds with stolon's/rhizomes are notoriously tough to kill with 1 nuke job. May want to nuke and dig out if you can. Creeping bentgrass and Poa Trivialis (stolons/rhizomes) come to mind as hard to eradicate out of lawns with just glyphosate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted May 6, 2015 Author Share Posted May 6, 2015 Amazing what some water did for the lawn today. Absolutely stunning how quickly it responded to some solid water. 15 days in a row of no rain and counting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 Amazing what some water did for the lawn today. Absolutely stunning how quickly it responded to some solid water. 15 days in a row of no rain and counting. Might be warmer weather? I did nothing and it really greened up. I noticed that when I edged the planting beds today, soil was still moist unless it was torched by sun all day. It was pretty moist still. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted May 6, 2015 Author Share Posted May 6, 2015 Might be warmer weather? I did nothing and it really greened up. I noticed that when I edged the planting beds today, soil was still moist unless it was torched by sun all day. It was pretty moist still. The top 2 inches is dry...but yeah if you did down there is still some moist soil..so like Backedgeneverapproaching said..if you've got good root structure..it will green. But man it is as dry as I've ever seen it in May Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amarshall Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 Turned on the irrigation yesterday. Pipe exploded. FML. First world problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 Wouldn't you want to wait a bit to let roots grow? The bottom layer of soil is still wet. I don't know....to me, it seems like watering now encourages shallow roots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted May 6, 2015 Author Share Posted May 6, 2015 It will not continue to thicken and green if the top layers are dried out. It will go right to summer burn look if it's not watered Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backedgeapproaching Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 Wouldn't you want to wait a bit to let roots grow? The bottom layer of soil is still wet. I don't know....to me, it seems like watering now encourages shallow roots. Your right in a general sense, light watering's spread out over multiple days will encourage shallower roots because the roots don't need to try to grow long since you are keeping the top layer moist. If you are going to water, you want to try to get down 1" at one time, not 1" spread out over 3-4 days. But its hard to get that 1" with sprinklers, its a lot easier if you have an irrigation system like amarshall. I used sprinklers in my last house and the water bill was huge, not saying it wouldn't be with in ground irrigation either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJonesWX Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 Your right in a general sense, light watering's spread out over multiple days will encourage shallower roots because the roots don't need to try to grow long since you are keeping the top layer moist. If you are going to water, you want to try to get down 1" at one time, not 1" spread out over 3-4 days. But its hard to get that 1" with sprinklers, its a lot easier if you have an irrigation system like amarshall. I used sprinklers in my last house and the water bill was huge, not saying it wouldn't be with in ground irrigation either. if you had irrigation, would you run a zone for 1/2 hour every night, or for a longer period every other night? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted May 6, 2015 Author Share Posted May 6, 2015 I obviously do not have irrigation.. So what I generally do is use the sprinkler that rotates around in a circle and leave it in each area for 1 hour. I try and hit each area every other day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backedgeapproaching Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 if you had irrigation, would you run a zone for 1/2 hour every night, or for a longer period every other night? I have never had in ground irrigation, so not sure of the how long to run them. Its not about time, its about how much water they are putting out. Every system is different depending on water pressure and what system you have. You want 1" per week, so you could run it twice per week putting out .5" each time. Not sure if your system lets you know how much you have watered? Again, never had one, so not sure. I can tell you that using sprinklers can take 3-5 hours in 1 spot to get 1 inch of water--so if you have a big yard, you pretty much are running sprinklers nonstop if it was really dry with no rain and you wanted to meet the 1" threshold. There are many variables too---like you type of soil (sandy/clay/silt/etc), grass type, age of lawn that may dictate watering less or more. I wouldn't run it every night, that could encourage disease having a wet lawn every night--especially during the summer months when you have higher dews and temps at night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 I have never had in ground irrigation, so not sure of the how long to run them. Its not about time, its about how much water they are putting out. Every system is different depending on water pressure and what system you have. You want 1" per week, so you could run it twice per week putting out .5" each time. Not sure if your system lets you know how much you have watered? Again, never had one, so not sure. I can tell you that using sprinklers can take 3-5 hours in 1 spot to get 1 inch of water--so if you have a big yard, you pretty much are running sprinklers nonstop if it was really dry with no rain and you wanted to meet the 1" threshold. There are many variables too---like you type of soil (sandy/clay/silt/etc), grass type, age of lawn that may dictate watering less or more. I wouldn't run it every night, that could encourage disease having a wet lawn every night--especially during the summer months when you have higher dews and temps at night. I sort of give up, let Ma nature dictate this year, way too much money and effort Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 I sort of give up, let Ma nature dictate this year, way too much money and effort Unless you have a well, I agree, Water bills can be exceedingly high if you don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backedgeapproaching Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 I sort of give up, let Ma nature dictate this year, way too much money and effort Nothing wrong with that approach if that's you thing. Some years Mother Nature helps out more than others. Last year in PA, I didn't have to water that much which was nice. But if you get a 2010 Summer, yikes. That was H-E- double hockey sticks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 Unless you have a well, I agree, Water bills can be exceedingly high if you don't. I have a well but meh, if it rains it rains if not I will concentrate only on the new seeded area. The rest is way too much lawn to water. It is what it is, the gardens will have the attention they need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted May 6, 2015 Author Share Posted May 6, 2015 I have a well but meh, if it rains it rains if not I will concentrate only on the new seeded area. The rest is way too much lawn to water. It is what it is, the gardens will have the attention they need. Pics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 Pics? nope don't have any, not home. You since you never work you must have a ton. A panoramic from your obsolete mini screen Iphone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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