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Like, its not fescue time in TN!
Its hot, yo. Its wet too. Everything but fescue will grow well over next 30 days. With soil temps over 90 and afternoon showers, it sets up for ugly yards. We are spraying weeds as quickly as we can, but they will keep coming until soil temps drop in September. What you can do to […]
Weeds/fungus
Soil Temps increased more rapidly this May than in past several years,and we were extremely dry. During late June, early July the rains returned. Therefore, preemergent that normally dissipates in August, right before seeding season, has already dissipated. We apply the maximum legal rate of preemergent each year. We will be battling weeds now through […]
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Tree seedling control
Getting alot of weed calls. 95% of them are for tree seedlings. Most of the seedlings are maple trees, but there are other tree seedlings that have germinated recently. Crabgrass preemergent does NOT prevent tree seedlings from germinating. Due to their woody stem nature, broadleaf weed control not very effective either. However, your lawn mower […]
Tree seedlings abundant right now!
We are getting alot of calls about tree seedlings. Our broadleaf weed control doesn’t work well on them, because of their woody tap root. Therefore, the best control is mowing! Once they are tall enough that the mower blades continously cut off the leaves, they die. It usually takes about 3 mowings in May, then […]
Zoysia patch
Though it looks non active with dry conditions, this is a form of “Brown Patch” fungus that occurs on zoysia or Bermuda, usually during spring green up. That’s why we never heavily fertilize warm season grasses with nitrogen before May. Nitrogen makes fungus worse. If you have Bermuda or zoysia and see this, please call […]
Its not fungus, yo.
Having spent the last two days looking at spots that people thought were “Brown Patch”. Here’s the deal. Brown patch on cool season grasses requires thes items: Water, heat, warm nights, humidity. If one of the above is unavailable for the fungus, it can’t develop. Currently, it’s WAY TO DRY for cool season brown patch! […]
Little Barley
This ugly winter annual is back! Its seeding now and then will die as temos climb. It generally germinates in non-overseeded Bermuda areas or curbs and bare spots.
Drought Stress – Irrigation – Nut Sedge!
Please make sure, if you have irrigation, that your irrigation has been activated. We are already seeing drought stress due to warmer temperatures and no significant rainfall within the past 10 days. It is my opinion that it will take at least an inch of water to re-wet those dry spots. Once a spot becomes […]
White Grass blades = Powdery Mildew
Lots of calls this week about white grass blades. This fungus occurs on Kentucky Bluegrass in our area during cool weather, especially in shaded areas. Tall fescue is resistant. It won’t kill the bluegrass, but will damage the blades. It will disappear when weather warms and grow out of it. Fungicide is not necessary or […]