LOL Jeff, I guess those heaving plants must have been mine when I am in such a hurry that I just plop them into the ground instead of planting them properly. Ric and I are both out there tag teaming the yard. He is digging holes and removing the last of the plants and I am coming in behind him and trimming, marking and storing them. Plus those holes he is making is in areas where I want to plant bulbs so he just makes a few more holes while he is at it. Everything is out now it is time to put other plants back in. We are doing well this year only a few plants to put in the ground. Two of them are the Pink Grass that we brought home from vacation. Can't wait to see them next year.
Yardening October 2015 - Waitin on Joaquin
Jeff, I was going to say, put some rocks around the plants for protection, marking, and heave prevention. If you don't have enough rocks in your soil, you can have some of mine..
When I dig, I pick rocks out. But then I put rings of rocks on the surface to remind me of certain daffodils, or small plants.
Good idea Sally. That way I know where to look in the spring ;-) I have plenty of rocks. I'm in the same camp. We have rocks as large as footballs occasionally found when digging.
Jeff, I find I need these memory aids a little more every year...hahaha
Today and elderly customer came in and asked for Milky Spore.
HD no longer carries it (many years!)--so we searched on-line for him.
The only big retailer that still had it was Wallmart--on line only.
Ready??? $100 per container!!!!! Geesh! I remember it was like $39 for one.
Besides--it takes about 3 years before it colonizes enough to treat your whole lawn.
Just FYI. Gita
I think there's a granular formulation of Milky Spore now that can be applied with a drop spreader... something I hsould look into... I wasn't up for the challenge of traditional application of the powder every 4 ft. with a teaspoon.
and it is not the right season to apply it, now.
I hear you Sally. I'm forgetting things all the time. It's a serious problem. I need more memory installed....wouldn't it be great if it was that easy?
Goodness, Gita, I got my milky spore much cheaper! I can't remember where, though.
A couple sites I found last night said fall was better than spring, as that's when young grubs are fattening up for the winter, but that might mean Sept, not Halloween.
Our Ace hardware stocks BT in the spreader form. If I remember correctly I needed 2 bags and it cost me about $75. I couldn't find it in Ace's online, but I know they can order it if not in stock. I believe this is what I bought there. http://www.domyownpestcontrol.com/milky-spore-lawn-spreader-mix-20-lb-p-1807.html
Milky spore may take a couple of seasons to become well established and in the meantime no other treatment should be used. The spore needs live grubs to be active. I do use GrubX also but I only apply it to my Irises to control Iris grubs. The time needed for mechanical control is just too much if you have many Iris.
By the way BT is actually the treatment for soil gnats and a few other soil borne pest, the milky spore for JB is Bacillus Popilliae and was discovered in soils in New Jersey. I guess something positive can come from the garden state.
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Ric, that site says that with the spreader mix you should apply spring, summer, and fall for 2 years -- did you do 6 applications?
I couldn't believe my dad put his old drop spreader on the curb without asking me... I was reading up on the "new" spreader formulation of milky spore this summer and figured I'd borrow his spreader (rotary spreader isn't advised). Fortunately I think my neighbor has a drop spreader (he borrows my rotary one).
It is so mild out, I can sit outside this morning. Lovely! The tree colors are delightful.
We got hammered here last night wind and rain and then you wake up to this beautiful day.
Very balmy!
Ahhh. We had some heavy rain and some wind. Not a hurricane. But it seems that we got some kind of hit to our well pump- it is not pumping! the breaker was thrown.
Which is why I always collect some rainwater.
It was pretty wild last night during the republican debate. I got up a few times to check out the window and things were blowing all over.
Oh Sally, I have my fingers crossed that all that happened was the breaker tripped. With the amount of lightning we had last night, I hope you didn't get a strike. I know the local well experts recommend not using the pump during high lightning activity.
We got 2.75"s of rain yesterday. We were getting dry enough it was quickly soaked up and will help prepare us for winter.
Jill, I know it says multiple applications, but I didn't. To me it just didn't seem necessary. If the medium (grubs) is present one application should work, and in our case seems to have worked very well. I was using the reasoning that you only inoculate a petri dish once to begin a culture in a micro lab. We have not signs of grub activity in the treated area, no turf slip, no brown areas, and NO moles, which come right up to the edge of the treated area.
I picked up a pretty nice drop spreader along the curb awhile back. Where did you say your dad lived? LOL
You lucky guy you. We only got 1.19" yesterday. Geez, and we're not that far apart either.
Ric, you're funny.
Irony is so...ironic. Mark had already gotten an estimate yesterday, and another guy scheduled for this morning, to replace the homemade acid neutralizing system we inherited with the house. So from yesterday he had a good understanding of what a new system could be.
So when we decided the well pump was not running at all, we called a plumber to confirm that. He called the water system guy to say -we may need to reschedule.' The plumber came, and the system guy. Mark handled it beautifully, communicated to both parties, Hey, we got this, we called that, etc. Everyone seemed friendly and cooperative. He picked a new kind of pump 'constant pressure' system so we can eliminate the big pressure tank..And I worked pm shift today, so it was one of the best days of the week to have it happen. I finally showed my face at the gym, just for a shower LOL.
going to start a new thread......
Sally--
The Photo Contest is on! The picture of the colorful leaves could qualify.
LOVE the fall colors--you could walk your usual trails--camera in hand....
I look forward to the judging. I have a system--but it does take some time....
OK! Off to the new Thread.
I might let my daughter try the photo contest, she has a 'real' camera
We are going here: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1408134/#new
