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Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Crabgrass and Nutsedge Control







If you are like most of us and are having issues with crabgrass and nutsedge emerging in your lawns there is help available.

Drive 75DF is a selective post emergent herbicide developed by BASF used in controlling crabgrass in both warm and cool season turf. It also has a residual effect that will keep new crabgrass from emerging/germinating up to 45 days after spraying. It also controls a handful of broadleaf weeds. Make sure that you mix it correctly for your type of turf and add a surfactant to the mix solution to help it stick to the weeds better.

For nutsedge control there is a product called Manage made by Monsanto that is great for nutsedge control. It is also a selective post emergent herbicide that can be sprayed in cool and warm season lawns. Occasionally 2 spray applications are needed as nutsedge is difficult to control. Glyphsate (Round Up) will only burn the tips however it will continue to grow.

Always read the herbicide label thoroughly if you are unfamiliar with the chemical. Remember your PPE (personal protective equipment) such as gloves and respirators because these chemicals are often harmful if inhaled/ingested or come in contact with your skin.


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Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Landscape Design Software (fooling around)

Test driving my new landscape design software.


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Saturday, June 4, 2011

Handy Applications

To add to one of the million different reasons that mobile technology is here to stay Apple has a few different applications in the App Store that allow you to hone in on the overhead view of a property. The view is very clear too I must add allowing you to get a very clear picture of site details. It is especially handy in regards to newer properties that do not have mature landscaping as the tree canopies on an older property will block out any view of what lies beneath them. Either way, it also allows you to drop a "pin" from one point to the next giving you a measurement from one "pin" to the next so no matter what the age of the landscaping is there are still other components to it that make the application very useful. You can also close in the entire area in and it will give you a square footage reading also making it a very nice site map.

Once again, even though I still am an avid Palm user Apple has the best applications period and an OS that a 2 year old can figure out rather quickly leaving no room for error.








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