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| Leaf mulching/shredding | 11/12/2009 | Ronald B Persaud |
Q: Have 1/2 acre. Five very large trees including 1 pin oak. Takes me 2 months to cut leaves with ...
A: A mulching mower might resolve your problem. BUT, rent, borrow or hire first. Make sure it does ...
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| soft yard | 11/9/2009 | Ronald B Persaud |
Q: i live in houston texas. i have lived in my house for about 20 years. we planted an oak tree about ...
A: Let me say from the start that I do not have a good explanation for the condition. But here are my ...
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| wild strawberries | 11/3/2009 | Ronald B Persaud |
Q: I have wild strawberries in an established lawn. What chemical will work best to get rid of them ...
A: That depends upon the type of grass that you have; and I am talking about the scientific name right ...
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| Lawn/grass | 11/2/2009 | Ronald B Persaud |
Q: I live in Thailand where the sun is always blazing. While landscaping my garden lawn. it seems now ...
A: I know very little about the grass to which you refer; I could not find a scientific name for it ...
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| Green spots in grass | 10/31/2009 | Ronald B Persaud |
Q: Is there any way to blend in the colours of our grass or will it do it automatically?
A: It depends! Do you have a pure stand or a mixture of grasses? The color of the leaf of a plant can ...
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| acorns | 10/30/2009 | Ronald B Persaud |
Q: do acorns, left on lawn, help or hurt you yard. in the past it seems to make no differenc. My ...
A: Acorns grow into oak trees but that is hardly likely to happen in a lawn that is mowed regularly. ...
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| weed and feed | 10/27/2009 | Ronald B Persaud |
Q: Is it to late to weed in feed your lawn in late October. We live in central Virginia and have not ...
A: I am not sure what the weather is like in Virginia now, or for the next few weeks. If the weed ...
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| PLEASE HELP Purple weed roots , and three leaf clovers | 10/25/2009 | Ronald B Persaud |
Q: PLEASE HELP, I JUST MOVE TO THIS NEW HOME, THE GRASS LAWN LOOKS ALL GREEN AND LOOKS GOOD, BUT I HAVE ...
A: Since we do not know what caused the grass to die in these areas, check that the sprinkler system ...
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| Marathon Grass/plugging | 10/23/2009 | Ronald B Persaud |
Q: Our gardener wants to plug our marathon grass at least once a year and I always thought marathon ...
A: Plugging a lawn is a fairly simple and effective method of filling in bare areas or even replanting ...
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| dying grass & animals digging holes | 10/21/2009 | Ronald B Persaud |
Q: EVERY MORNING I LOOK IN MY YARD AND MY GRASS IS GETTING DARKER AND DARKER,AND THERE ARE HOLES DUG BY ...
A: If your area is hospitable to armadillos, they may be digging the holes... in search of insects... ...
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| Overseeding | 10/21/2009 | Ronald B Persaud |
Q: I live in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Is it too late in the season to overseed the brown patches in ...
A: I do not know for sure but every source I tap indicates that it is too late now for lawns in ...
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| lawn Grass | 10/19/2009 | Ronald B Persaud |
Q: How does the thickness of grass effect its ability to absorb water.
A: Water is taken up by the roots of grasses. Imagine a very light rain (or irrigation) falling on ...
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| Watering Schedule for Overseeding | 10/18/2009 | Ronald B Persaud |
Q: Will you please explain what the watering schedule should be for overseeding winter rye grass?
A: A seed soaks up water which causes it to swell and burst its seed coat. The plumule grows upward ...
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| is it ok to put sugar in my infield that is 98% bermudagrass? | 10/14/2009 | Ronald B Persaud |
Q: im over some baseball fields in a small town in texas. im proud to say our fields are comparable to ...
A: Organic methods can be looked upon as one tool in a tool box that has a few other tools. Such ...
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| putting on crabgrass preventer | 10/13/2009 | Ronald B Persaud |
Q: When is the best time to put crabgrass preventer on? Fall or spring or both? Also, I want to put ...
A: I would expect about 6 weeks of control from a pre-emergent chemical; but (much) water and (high) ...
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| mower blade | 10/10/2009 | Ronald B Persaud |
Q: How level front to back should a mower blade be kept ?? A new factory mower set is 3/4" higher in ...
A: John, Thanks for pointing out something I had never thought of. It seems that the ...
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| KENTUCKY BLUE GRASS IN ORLANDO, FL | 10/9/2009 | Ronald B Persaud |
Q: Would Kentucky Blue Grass do well in Orlando, FL? I don't care for St. Augustine or Bahia grass. ...
A: "In the southern U.S., Kentucky bluegrass is limited to the transition zone from North Carolina, ...
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| Need help with small dirt mounds in grass | 10/9/2009 | Ronald B Persaud |
Q: I'm in central NC, and I've got some small coffee-cup dirt mounds about 1.5" tall scattered over my ...
A: I had a similar question earlier and because I cannot claim that the answer is mine, I will attempt ...
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| SNAKES IN MY YARD! | 10/6/2009 | Ronald B Persaud |
Q: Is there anything I can do, or spray on my lawn, to keep snakes away? I have six small dogs, and ...
A: I do not know that there is a 'remedy' but here are my thoughts. Wildlife looks for ...
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| Growing Rye grass in Vases | 10/6/2009 | Ronald B Persaud |
Q: I'm trying to grow rye in 11 inch round vases as centerpieces for my upcoming wedding. I started ...
A: In addition to water and soil, seed germination needs darkness! And temperature. Make sure that the ...
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| strange growth | 10/5/2009 | Ronald B Persaud |
Q: have seen many fungi growths through the years, but, this one is a first...can you identify ...
A: I cannot identify this for you. All the searching that I know how to do has not shown a fungus ...
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| Vinca | 10/3/2009 | Ronald B Persaud |
Q: We had some full grown vinca last year. Some of them re seeded this year with no help from us. How ...
A: There is no guarantee that seedlings will be anything like the mother plant or that germination ...
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| Dead Grass Ring | 10/2/2009 | Ronald B Persaud |
Q: I have a ring of dead grass around each of my Live Oak trees. The trees are no more that 5 years ...
A: So the band of dead grass is growing outward. Is it in fact so or it only appears so because there ...
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| Vinca | 10/2/2009 | Ronald B Persaud |
Q: We had some full grown vinca last year. Some of them re seeded this year with no help from us. How ...
A: Vinca grows readily from pieces and these will be exactly like the mother plant. The mature plant ...
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| SOD grass treatment | 10/1/2009 | Ronald B Persaud |
Q: I just had sod grass planted about 2 months ago and I accidently sprayed in with WEED AND GRASS ...
A: The severity of the damage is directly related to how well the spray job was done. I am not making ...
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| st augustine | 9/30/2009 | Ronald B Persaud |
Q: currently have lawn completely dead. What is the best way to prep ground for new sod (St ...
A: Land preparation for new sod is focused on facilitating root growth. You want the roots of the sod ...
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| witch grass in my lawn | 9/29/2009 | Ronald B Persaud |
Q: How do I kill the witch grass in my lawn without killing my lawn?
A: You wish to kill a true grass (Panicum spp.)in a true grass. This is going to be very difficult. My ...
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| Thin Grass | 9/29/2009 | Ronald B Persaud |
Q: I live in Dayton, Ohio and have a problem with my front yard's grass being thin. At the beginning of ...
A: Start of with the mindset that you will not remove the trees and that you will try every cultural ...
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| fescue and other seed inerts in grass seed | 9/29/2009 | Ronald B Persaud |
Q: Will fescue grow in complete shade? and when looking on the back of grass seed packages (Bermuda ...
A: I do not know how well fescue will grow under shade conditions, The Federal Seed Act requires ...
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| Sod lawn stays too wet | 9/27/2009 | Ronald B Persaud |
Q: I had my backyard landscaped and had sod put in, almost two months ago. Since the first week, the ...
A: 5 minutes of irrigation twice a week is very unlikely to cause the water logging like you describe. ...
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| Recurring Fungus in St Augustine Lawn | 9/25/2009 | Ronald B Persaud |
Q: I have a St Augustine lawn near the coast in southern NC. My problem is that I am continually ...
A: You need to identify the fungus accurately. The County Extension Agent will do this for a fee. They ...
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| Dead Grass Ring | 9/24/2009 | Ronald B Persaud |
Q: I have a ring of dead grass around each of my Live Oak trees. The trees are no more that 5 years ...
A: I take it that there is a band of dead grass around each tree roughly corresponding to the drip ...
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| Mowing Question | 9/23/2009 | Ronald B Persaud |
Q: I will be away for three weeks beginning in mid-October. I live near Philadelphia, and the ...
A: I do not know. If the grass grows rapidly while you are away, you will have a problem to get ...
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| kill grass | 9/23/2009 | Ronald B Persaud |
Q: I don't have alot of money to spend on herbicides to kill grass. I was wondering if there is a ...
A: The length of fence lines that you have depends upon the shape of the land rather than the area. An ...
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| lawn issues | 9/23/2009 | Ronald B Persaud |
Q: i've just moved into a house with a fair sized lawn, (130m square) the previous tenant made a real ...
A: 130m square means either a square with sides measuring 130m. (a very big piece of real estate); or ...
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| recover/repair of a burnt-out, weed covered yard | 9/23/2009 | Ronald B Persaud |
Q: earlier this year my yard looked good, no or very little weeds. then the drought hit, no rain for ...
A: It is easy to conclude that the lack of water has been the reason for the lawn to die. But do not ...
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| grubs | 9/22/2009 | Ronald B Persaud |
Q: I've just discovered that I have grubs, not familiar with lawn care, husband is gone. In researching ...
A: Correct identification of the grubs in question is essential for control. The reason is that the ...
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| Stickers in lawn | 9/22/2009 | Ronald B Persaud |
Q: My lawn has weeds that grow very nasty stickers look like sand burrs how can I get rid of them? ...
A: First of all identify your lawn grass accurately, right down to the variety e.g. "Floratam" in the ...
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| grass not growing | 9/22/2009 | Ronald B Persaud |
Q: I live in zip code 20744. My lawn did not do well. Large area where grass did not grow, I was told ...
A: You can best obtain the assistance you need by contacting the nearest office of the County ...
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| Vine type weed | 9/21/2009 | Ronald B Persaud |
Q: I have a problem with a weed that is like a vine growing in my tall fescue lawn. This problem ...
A: I have previously noted with an appropriate degree of shame that I spent a great deal of time and ...
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