Lawn and Landscape

I'd wait until late Aug or early Sept and overseed with a tall fescue blend. Any cool season stuff you plant now is either going to get killed by fungus or die in July from heat and underdeveloped roots.
 
I have a boat load of clover(and other weeds) in my fescue yard. I am thinking about getting a small boom sprayer that I can put on the back of my sxs to spray it with some kind of weed(broad leaf) killer. Would this be a good plan of action? If so what should I use. I looked at tractor supply and they had what looked to be a few options? Also what other uses could I get out of the sprayer? My yard is about 2 acres and my dad will use it for his yard as well (also 2 acres). Currently I only over seed and fertilize in the fall.
 
Speedzone worked great on my clover last year. I tried to put it out this year, and my sprayer isn't spraying right, so I still have clover, haha.
 
rabb11d said:
I have a boat load of clover(and other weeds) in my fescue yard. I am thinking about getting a small boom sprayer that I can put on the back of my sxs to spray it with some kind of weed(broad leaf) killer. Would this be a good plan of action? If so what should I use. I looked at tractor supply and they had what looked to be a few options? Also what other uses could I get out of the sprayer? My yard is about 2 acres and my dad will use it for his yard as well (also 2 acres). Currently I only over seed and fertilize in the fall.
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Boom sprayer is nice, you get what you pay for with the electric pumps, if you buy one I can help calibrate here

As posted speedzone works well, mix a surfactant in with it
 
Guffey, I have one for you. I have a few yards that get brown patch fungus, a couple that get pythium every year. My best defense has been to start spraying Strobe and Mefanoxam as preventative around May 10 and then at a curative rate starting in June. I get close to 28 days with this until the pythium gets rolling and then I have to spray the Mefanoxam more often. I add in an iron product also. I used to add Qualifite that was supposed to help with the Pythium and I think it did, but I stopped just due to cost.
The Strobe costs me $1100 for a 6 pound bottle and the Mefanoxam is $385 for the one gallon so it's easy to spend $1600-$2000 in a few moments and even though I charge accordingly it still stings.
All of my properties are irrigated and are on a split Pre emergent/fert program. Customers want the green and don't complain about the cost. Sprinklers run 2-3 days per week early morning and soil is not good so they will burn up if not watered on a regular schedule.
I've heard of people mixing a cheaper fungicide with the Strobe or Heritage so that they can use the preventative rate which is .2 oz per thousand and say they get curative plus preventative from this. I've not tried it due to the guy that I heard it from.
I am behind on my apps this year due to the daily rain we had in May and I did not add in Mefanoxam on the first round of apps.
So two things, I'm trying to save money, get same or better effectiveness, but not increase my application timing. Okay that's three things...)
All lawns are fairly pure fescue. My first fert app is 13-0-7 and second is 5-0-7 with iron.
 
Good grief! I could imagine spending upwards of $2000 on lawn applications every year. Im still nursing along my pos troybilt because I don't want to spend a few grand on a decent mower
 
jeepinmatt said:
Speedzone worked great on my clover last year. I tried to put it out this year, and my sprayer isn't spraying right, so I still have clover, haha.
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Dude at my work loves Speedzone. He says that it takes care of all his weed problems.
 
R Q said:
Guffey, I have one for you. I have a few yards that get brown patch fungus, a couple that get pythium every year. My best defense has been to start spraying Strobe and Mefanoxam as preventative around May 10 and then at a curative rate starting in June. I get close to 28 days with this until the pythium gets rolling and then I have to spray the Mefanoxam more often. I add in an iron product also. I used to add Qualifite that was supposed to help with the Pythium and I think it did, but I stopped just due to cost.
The Strobe costs me $1100 for a 6 pound bottle and the Mefanoxam is $385 for the one gallon so it's easy to spend $1600-$2000 in a few moments and even though I charge accordingly it still stings.
All of my properties are irrigated and are on a split Pre emergent/fert program. Customers want the green and don't complain about the cost. Sprinklers run 2-3 days per week early morning and soil is not good so they will burn up if not watered on a regular schedule.
I've heard of people mixing a cheaper fungicide with the Strobe or Heritage so that they can use the preventative rate which is .2 oz per thousand and say they get curative plus preventative from this. I've not tried it due to the guy that I heard it from.
I am behind on my apps this year due to the daily rain we had in May and I did not add in Mefanoxam on the first round of apps.
So two things, I'm trying to save money, get same or better effectiveness, but not increase my application timing. Okay that's three things...)
All lawns are fairly pure fescue. My first fert app is 13-0-7 and second is 5-0-7 with iron.
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First that’s a lot of good information you provided, it’s nice to see guys actually trying to do the right thing

Strobe is a great product, but it doesn’t contain one of the key ingredients that Heritage does, asabensalar, which is a plant health hormone which helps the plants fight off disease and recover quicker

Mefanoxam is also a good product, but heritage will fight off the Pythium also, and your paying way to much for it, that’s something else we need to talk about in a PM

So that being said, strobe is great, add a little propicanizole for $75 per gallon and make your own Headway

I am also a big fan of Armada, 30 days control at 1.5oz/1000, and Bayer runs a good program starting in April and ending June 30th, buy 6 bottles or a case and get $100 rebate, and that’s for every case you buy, makes it affordable and long lasting

Phosphites are good products, but don’t expect them to add much time to fungicide applications, you can reduce fungicide rates some using phosphites but not in heavy disease pressure situations

Have you ever sprayed any Humic Acids?

And lastly, my truck runs through Charlotte every Tuesday, we deliver all over the area on tuesdays NO charge

:)
 
guffey24 said:
Granular Bifenthrin will take care of your ant problems, Talstar

One application usually lasts 30-45 days
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guffey24 said:
Get some liquid bifenthrin, spray around the outside of your house, all the way around

That will create a barrier and keep the ants outside
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I know you said granular Bifenthrin for the outside and liquid Bifenthrin for the perimeter of the house, but is there a problem with using the the oil based liquid stuff over the entire yard? It seem alot easier to just spray the whole yard than spread the granules and water them afterword.

I have a 3/4 acre yard and a black ant problem and I'm looking at getting this....

https://www.amazon.com/Bifen-XTS-25-1-32-quart/dp/B003IMIPF4

and applying it with this.....

https://www.amazon.com/Chapin-G362-Professional-Fertilizer-Herbicides/dp/B00UER1S2I
 
NCJeeplover said:
I know you said granular Bifenthrin for the outside and liquid Bifenthrin for the perimeter of the house, but is there a problem with using the the oil based liquid stuff over the entire yard? It seem alot easier to just spray the whole yard than spread the granules and water them afterword.

I have a 3/4 acre yard and a black ant problem and I'm looking at getting this....

https://www.amazon.com/Bifen-XTS-25-1-32-quart/dp/B003IMIPF4

and applying it with this.....

https://www.amazon.com/Chapin-G362-Professional-Fertilizer-Herbicides/dp/B00UER1S2I
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Liquid is always better, go for it, you will also control fleas, ticks, spiders, mosquitoes, beetles and a number of other pesky insects
 
guffey24 said:
First that’s a lot of good information you provided, it’s nice to see guys actually trying to do the right thing

Strobe is a great product, but it doesn’t contain one of the key ingredients that Heritage does, asabensalar, which is a plant health hormone which helps the plants fight off disease and recover quicker

Mefanoxam is also a good product, but heritage will fight off the Pythium also, and your paying way to much for it, that’s something else we need to talk about in a PM

So that being said, strobe is great, add a little propicanizole for $75 per gallon and make your own Headway

I am also a big fan of Armada, 30 days control at 1.5oz/1000, and Bayer runs a good program starting in April and ending June 30th, buy 6 bottles or a case and get $100 rebate, and that’s for every case you buy, makes it affordable and long lasting

Phosphites are good products, but don’t expect them to add much time to fungicide applications, you can reduce fungicide rates some using phosphites but not in heavy disease pressure situations

Have you ever sprayed any Humic Acids?

And lastly, my truck runs through Charlotte every Tuesday, we deliver all over the area on tuesdays NO charge

:)
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We can talk about purchases in PM/email, but I figured I would put this on here so others could learn and benefit.
Strobe nor Heritage have ever touched my pythium.
I'll look into the Propicanizole.
Armada makes me very sick for some reason. I've used it and it's good but can't stand the way I feel after spraying it all day.
I've not tried humic acids, it's all I can do to keep my nose above water with my schedule!
And who do you work for? I've been suspecting Southern Ag but never asked.
And thanks for the info.
I'll shoot you a PM
 
R Q said:
We can talk about purchases in PM/email, but I figured I would put this on here so others could learn and benefit.
Strobe nor Heritage have ever touched my pythium.
I'll look into the Propicanizole.
Armada makes me very sick for some reason. I've used it and it's good but can't stand the way I feel after spraying it all day.
I've not tried humic acids, it's all I can do to keep my nose above water with my schedule!
And who do you work for? I've been suspecting Southern Ag but never asked.
And thanks for the info.
I'll shoot you a PM
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Propiconazole is not for Pythium, but very good for knockdown of brown patch and cheap

But another option is Fame now owned by FMC, it is labeled for both

Banol is like subdue and very good on Pythium

Wow that’s very strange about Armada

I am going to email you a few of my programs, explain some options and costs

I am by no means pushing my product here either, just helping the cause here with this discussion

I am a consulting sales rep for Corbin Turf & Ornamental Supply based out of Greenville SC
 
Fame is what I put on our front yard last weekend for brown patch and powdery mildew. Curative rate and it. just. keeps. raining...
 
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Mowing your grass and drinking beer is always great. Sitting on your porch in the shade drinking beer not mowing your yard is better. Oh, and he fertilizes as he goes.
 
Weeds in and around my bushes are terrible this year. What are these weeds and what's the best way to kill them without hurting the bushes.
 

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YotaOnRocks said:
Weeds in and around my bushes are terrible this year. What are these weeds and what's the best way to kill them without hurting the bushes.
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Big ones like those, I will walk around with a 5 gallon bucket, pull them and stuff them in the bucket. The little ones get hit with Killzall, but I try to be careful not to hit anything else.

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Please explain this to me. Deanna, the new wife, has no idea where her tank is. Her house is old and needs work and the plumbing is on the list.
 
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