Before I get started, I have a new website and a blog option with it, so thank you MaryAnn Fink for the managing my blog Truth N Turf all this time till I got my techy legs going, I've got it now I think! (you are very welcomed Glenn, you'll always be my Turfman-ma)
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Except for my allergies, May is just about my favorite month of the year. I have a birthday, there are graduations and Mother’s Day takes place. My mom always was angst that secretary’s had “Secretary’s Week”, but she only got a day! It was my fathers fault of course…
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Except for my allergies, May is just about my favorite month of the year. I have a birthday, there are graduations and Mother’s Day takes place. My mom always was angst that secretary’s had “Secretary’s Week”, but she only got a day! It was my fathers fault of course…
The month of
May also signals the need to start addressing our zoysia lawns. They are about 90%
awake in the Shrewsbury area so here we go:
Mays Best Practices for both Lawn Types!
Warm Season Lawns
*Mow at 2”.
Try to avoid leaving heavy clippings.
*Consider
aerating and or power raking if thatch is a problem. Thatch over 1” is a
problem folks.
*Be sure to
apply a pre-emergent after either practice because you will wake up weed seeds!
*Apply a
long lasting insecticide like Acelepryn if Chinch bugs or Bill Bugs have been a
problem. 99% of all zoysia problems I have seen are insect related, not fungus
related. Allectus (both quick and long lasting insectides) is also a good
insecticide to apply right now.
*Spot treat
herbicides in the next 2 weeks or wait until the lawn is fully out of dormancy!
*Consider
using Ammonium Sulfate as your nitrogen source as this source gives a green
that this second only to Ironite.
*Wait
another 30 days to sod, but it’s OK to seed if you need to.
Cool Season Lawns
*Mowers need
to be set at 3.5 inches or above if you have the nerve! Mowing heights (too
short) causes most weeds and burned up lawns. We have to get past the “shorter
is better” mentality! Shorter mowing does NOT equal fewer mowing’s!
*Spray weeds
as needed. The violet, dandelions and clover are really aggressive right now.
READ THE LABEL!!!!!!!!!!
*Avoid
seeding if you can. It’s too late for best results.
*Consider
applying organic based fertilizers the rest of the summer. They help the soil
as much as the grass today. If the soil is right, plants can’t help but to be
right too! (Unless you are mowing too short!)
If your cool
season grass isn’t looking good right now, then something is wrong. You should
have been able to fall out of bed and have a good looking lawn in this weather.
Keep trying, it will get better.
I’ll close
with the best of wishes to all the Mother’s out there. This will be my first
Mother’s Day without my mom. I’ll use the time to reflect on our good times
together and how I can be a better son, father, brother, husband and friend.
She would want me to be that for them and myself. I’m going to read a book
titled “On Fire” this month. It was suggested to me by two different friends on
the same day…no coincidences in God’s plan for me I believe! I’m sure daughter
(who works in a burn unit) will be getting it too!
Remember
folks…it’s only grass.
