Yard Care

[Toe]

Clover is a perennial, so if you don't kill it, it will definitely come back. A properly-timed pre-emergent can help. Beyond that, same as any weed: one of the best defenses against weeds is just having a good, thick lawn with no room for weeds to take root.

 

[David Webb]

Get your stripes right.

 

[Pipe Line]

Get your stripes right.

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I am considering this for next year

 

[Frogsker30]

Saw this on the TikTok machine. Any insight on it? I have a small backyard like 10ft by 30 feet. Where my doggo goes. It’s definitely been trampled on by us and her taking her out.

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[1HuskerDad]

My wife and I were sitting on our back deck last weekend after I mowed and she said to me “Turn around to see how good those flowers I planted look!”
I replied “I’m too busy looking at how great my lawn looks!”😉😂

 

[SoCal_Corn]

 

[Pipe Line]

Won’t have to worry about running sprinklers again this week. Need to throw down another round of fertilizer

 

[LoudHogRider]

Won’t have to worry about running sprinklers again this week. Need to throw down another round of fertilizer

I’m way behind on Grubex. Need to get some down ASAP or imma be June bug central here in a few weeks.

 

[HCFord1]

Won’t have to worry about running sprinklers again this week. Need to throw down another round of fertilizer

Haven’t even turned mine on yet this year

 

[Toe]

Saw this on the TikTok machine. Any insight on it? I have a small backyard like 10ft by 30 feet. Where my doggo goes. It’s definitely been trampled on by us and her taking her out.

Natura Dog Turf | Turf For Dogs

Natura is a whole new way to think about dog turf. It is the only fake turf for dogs that also promotes the growth of real, natural grass to grow through it. It is a pet turf that protects the natural grass so it can continue to regrow...and reduce your maintenance costs.

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Seems like the worst of both worlds to me TBH. I'd just go with a high-quality fake turf if you're gonna go that route.

 

[BIGSTICK67]

Rubber tire mulch - yay or nay?

I've heard plusses and minuses on both, with the minuses that are consistently mentioned being environmental. I want to know if it's going to stink more than year one, or give me cancer if I'm surrounded by rubber mulch on my patio.

We did try it on one of our front trees....3 small bags. It looks great and you cannot even tell it's rubber. We also did a blower test and the regular mulch seemed to be lighter than rubber.

All opinions welcome!

 

[Frogsker30]

Seems like the worst of both worlds to me TBH. I'd just go with a high-quality fake turf if you're gonna go that route.

What would you recommend for real grass that will be high traffic? Is it too late in the season to fix that.
The grass is still green and alive, the area is just a solid inch or so. which is lower than the other areas at about 3.75 inches

 

[Fitzjess21]

Last weekend I mixed the 2-4 d a little heavy....got some nice brown spots where I spot sprayed dandelions....idiot!

 

[Pipe Line]

Last weekend I mixed the 2-4 d a little heavy....got some nice brown spots where I spot sprayed dandelions....idiot!

Going to lay some Q4 down tonight after I mow. Hoping it soaks in before the rain hits tomorrow.

 

[vailhusker]

Last weekend I mixed the 2-4 d a little heavy....got some nice brown spots where I spot sprayed dandelions....idiot!

My cousin decided to help her husband and sprayed the dandelions in their yard with Roundup.

 

[BIGSTICK67]

My cousin decided to help her husband and sprayed the dandelions in their yard with Roundup.

This must've been the "grass killing" version of Roundup. Ha ha! She was so nice.

 

[alt f4]

Rubber tire mulch - yay or nay?

I've heard plusses and minuses on both, with the minuses that are consistently mentioned being environmental. I want to know if it's going to stink more than year one, or give me cancer if I'm surrounded by rubber mulch on my patio.

We did try it on one of our front trees....3 small bags. It looks great and you cannot even tell it's rubber. We also did a blower test and the regular mulch seemed to be lighter than rubber.

All opinions welcome!

My parents did rubber mulch in the kid's play area - she does in-home daycare, plus for the grand kids. I talked to them about it because I was thinking about doing it around our playset and some other areas in our yard. I decided against it.

This is from a point of view of kids playing or people walking on it.

Pros
1. Never have to remulch and it hasn't lost it's color in the 4 years they had it.
2. Much softer for the kids to walk and play on vs wood.
3. Expensive up-front, you'll quickly save long term.

Cons
1. Dosn't retain water, so if you're doing around landscape, it won't retain water for the plants.
2. It does get a little warm in the hot summer months. They hose it down to cool it down.
3. It stunk for a while.
4. They expanded the play area and when they tore up grass around it they found a bunch of ground up rubber pieces, more than likely pieces that flew out and mowed over or tiny pieces that got knocked/blown over into the grass.
5. It blows around and moves around pretty easy in the wind so it mounds up and they have to re-flatten it.

 

[vailhusker]

This must've been the "grass killing" version of Roundup. Ha ha! She was so nice.

Luckily he's not much of a yard guy, which is probably why she was doing it the first place🤣. Great guy that would do anything for you, but is always super busy between his and his families businesses and their kids sports. He definitely has the money to have someone do it for him but still tries to save a few bucks and do it himself which usually ends up costing him more in the long run.

 

[BIGSTICK67]

My parents did rubber mulch in the kid's play area - she does in-home daycare, plus for the grand kids. I talked to them about it because I was thinking about doing it around our playset and some other areas in our yard. I decided against it.

This is from a point of view of kids playing or people walking on it.

Pros
1. Never have to remulch and it hasn't lost it's color in the 4 years they had it.
2. Much softer for the kids to walk and play on vs wood.
3. Expensive up-front, you'll quickly save long term.

Cons
1. Dosn't retain water, so if you're doing around landscape, it won't retain water for the plants.
2. It does get a little warm in the hot summer months. They hose it down to cool it down.
3. It stunk for a while.
4. They expanded the play area and when they tore up grass around it they found a bunch of ground up rubber pieces, more than likely pieces that flew out and mowed over or tiny pieces that got knocked/blown over into the grass.
5. It blows around and moves around pretty easy in the wind so it mounds up and they have to re-flatten it.

Appreciate this input BTW.

 

[Toe]

Rubber tire mulch - yay or nay?

I've heard plusses and minuses on both, with the minuses that are consistently mentioned being environmental. I want to know if it's going to stink more than year one, or give me cancer if I'm surrounded by rubber mulch on my patio.

We did try it on one of our front trees....3 small bags. It looks great and you cannot even tell it's rubber. We also did a blower test and the regular mulch seemed to be lighter than rubber.

All opinions welcome!

The primary purpose of mulch is supposed to be to feed and protect your plants (including protecting the roots, which is much more important than a lot of people realize). This rubber 'mulch' and gravel 'mulch' stuff really doesn't do crap for that. In the long run they also tend to end up embedded in the dirt, which can be a pain in the ass to deal with in the future. And yeah, there's definitely some questionable chemicals released by rubber mulch.

What would you recommend for real grass that will be high traffic? Is it too late in the season to fix that.
The grass is still green and alive, the area is just a solid inch or so. which is lower than the other areas at about 3.75 inches

Are you doing a cool-season or warm-season lawn? Look for something that tolerates high traffic (might say recommended for sports fields or something) and salt tolerant (which tends to hold up better to pee). If you want to get fancy, look up what has performed well in NTEP evaluations near you: https://www.ntep.org/