Bought my first house last year. The winter killed my lawn. so this weekend i tilled I just fertilized and seeded the lawn, bought an automatic water timer for my sprinklers. How long and often should the water go on? I have it set for an hour daily at 4 am. But the hippie in me says that's way too much wasted water...
an hour daily? Seems like too much. I've got mine set to water every 3-4 days.
Bought my first house last year. The winter killed my lawn. so this weekend i tilled I just fertilized and seeded the lawn, bought an automatic water timer for my sprinklers. How long and often should the water go on? I have it set for an hour daily at 4 am. But the hippie in me says that's way too much wasted water...
an hour daily? Seems like too much. I've got mine set to water every 3-4 days.
we're talking fresh seeding.
established yards need like an inch a week.
Ahh, Ok, I thought you just doused it for the first few days, then set it to normal. I dont know anything about getting my seed to stick.
Bought my first house last year. The winter killed my lawn. so this weekend i tilled I just fertilized and seeded the lawn, bought an automatic water timer for my sprinklers. How long and often should the water go on? I have it set for an hour daily at 4 am. But the hippie in me says that's way too much wasted water...
an hour daily? Seems like too much. I've got mine set to water every 3-4 days.
we're talking fresh seeding.
established yards need like an inch a week.
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ok so i probably will change it to 15 minutes every other day or 3 soon after i get some sprouts
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I am now the proud owner of an All Purpose seed/fertilizer spreader.
I now also own a bag of Spring fertilizer(mid April to June) and a bag of Summer fertilizer (mid June to Who gives a fuck).
The Spring fertilizer is down, it will sit for 24 hours, and then the rain will show up.
Which according to instructions, is exactly what I want.
Its a BIG FUCKING DAY!
Take me piece by piece..... Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
My neighbor does everything in his power to have a perfect lawn. He bought this fertilizer that is used on soccer lawns and the water sprinklers is on almost every evening in summer, it's always in perfect condition and I can see how he looks at our lawn and laughs at it..
my fertilizer is really kicking in now. Grows fast, and is lush and green. But i was working out there for 3 hours saturday morning. It got so hot I missed RSD. But we did have a few drinks and play bocci ball on the freshly mowed carpet in the late afternoon.
get rid of your lawn and plant native plants ... they will be more tolerant to your weather and in the long run less to maintain ... i don't get why people would want to maintain lawns ... you grow the grass just so you can cut it ... you pump a bunch of weed killer and other pesticides so nothing else grows on it ... then you gotta use all this water to keep it green ... :fp:
get a haircut...and get a real job, hippie!
my advice---train your dog NOT to pee right off the deck. :fp: been starting over on this one 3ft by 3ft patch for about 4 years now. the dog is winning this battle. :x
1. Weed and feed every 3 months with that Scott's turfbuilder stuff. But the right bag for the season.
2. Don't cut the grass too short - especially after spring ends. Better to cut it long than cut it too short once the hotter and drier weather starts.
The only people we should try to get even with...
...are those who've helped us.
Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
1. Weed and feed every 3 months with that Scott's turfbuilder stuff. But the right bag for the season.
2. Don't cut the grass too short - especially after spring ends. Better to cut it long than cut it too short once the hotter and drier weather starts.
Was a great day to throw down some fertilizer and seed!
And man, did my dog shit a lot this winter.
I always dread that first thaw. Like a goddamn mine field. Takes 45 minutes and two grocery bags.
I have neglected my lawn forever. I laid some crab grass preventer, which did nothing. I think I have every kind of weed growing somewhere. My dandelions laughed last time I put weed n feed down. They just grew faster. I may have to bite the bullet and call the spray truck guys. $45 per application. :fp:
i do the mix it in a sprayer concentrate. cause i'm cheap
says don't let it freeze. pretty sure mine froze, as it was left in teh shed over the winter. not sure the impact freezing has on it. said to mix about 2.5oz per mix. pretty sure i at least doubled if not tripled that. the west side of my yard between teh sidewalk and street is a complete wasteland of dandilions. i layed down the anti weed nice and heavy. wait a week and do it again.
set the sprinkler to water the west side of the yard tonight
Lawn looks great, but I cant get rid of the damned White Fly!
Its a new thing here I think. Invasive species..very annoying.
I've spent nearly $400 treating a big gumbo limbo tree in my back yard and nothing seems to work 100%.
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we're talking fresh seeding.
established yards need like an inch a week.
Ahh, Ok, I thought you just doused it for the first few days, then set it to normal. I dont know anything about getting my seed to stick.
Shooting for next week hopefully?
:fp:
yup... i should have done it monday.
A
ok so i probably will change it to 15 minutes every other day or 3 soon after i get some sprouts
- Christopher McCandless
you sure about that.
put down the fertilizer and seed sunday. hopefully it didn't all wash away today. :fp:
I now also own a bag of Spring fertilizer(mid April to June) and a bag of Summer fertilizer (mid June to Who gives a fuck).
The Spring fertilizer is down, it will sit for 24 hours, and then the rain will show up.
Which according to instructions, is exactly what I want.
Its a BIG FUCKING DAY!
Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
Tom O.
"I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone?"
-The Writer
get a haircut...and get a real job, hippie!
my advice---train your dog NOT to pee right off the deck. :fp: been starting over on this one 3ft by 3ft patch for about 4 years now. the dog is winning this battle. :x
1. Weed and feed every 3 months with that Scott's turfbuilder stuff. But the right bag for the season.
2. Don't cut the grass too short - especially after spring ends. Better to cut it long than cut it too short once the hotter and drier weather starts.
...are those who've helped us.
Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
couldn't agree with number 2 more.
And man, did my dog shit a lot this winter.
the front and side. :fp:
Lush as fuck down here. Getting good rains and plenty o sunshine!
Did set up the timer for the sprinkler so i water at the proper time of day. I'm gonna have a nice backyard damn it
"what a long, strange trip it's been"
Its very natural and does a wonderful job in making the lawn very green, dethatches and kills most bugs.
but then i wouldn't be able to drink it
I have neglected my lawn forever. I laid some crab grass preventer, which did nothing. I think I have every kind of weed growing somewhere. My dandelions laughed last time I put weed n feed down. They just grew faster. I may have to bite the bullet and call the spray truck guys. $45 per application. :fp:
i do the mix it in a sprayer concentrate. cause i'm cheap
says don't let it freeze. pretty sure mine froze, as it was left in teh shed over the winter. not sure the impact freezing has on it. said to mix about 2.5oz per mix. pretty sure i at least doubled if not tripled that. the west side of my yard between teh sidewalk and street is a complete wasteland of dandilions. i layed down the anti weed nice and heavy. wait a week and do it again.
set the sprinkler to water the west side of the yard tonight
Its a new thing here I think. Invasive species..very annoying.
I've spent nearly $400 treating a big gumbo limbo tree in my back yard and nothing seems to work 100%.