r/Turfmanagement

I am giving my go at a DIY golf green.
This is upstate New York zone 5b and v8 creeping bent grass out of Oregon “outsidepride”

Getting cut at .315 to limit disease pressure and tolerance to massive amounts of rain but need something for weeds that’s safe on bent and any time to encourage bent grass to spread I do plan to overseed but with an overseed and all the tips I receive here I want to have a decent stand to putt on this fall

Thanks in advance for any advice!!

Some background I’m a 9 handicap right now dads building a pond and getting back into the game so I bought a used pgm22 Honda reel mower and it’s been our father son hobby trying to get this looking good to practice short game putting stuff like that.

Since everyone enjoyed my crispy dig, wanted to share a crispy cup.

Howdy y’all. I just recently acquired a Ryan Greensaire II. I think it’s early-mid 80s with a Kohler Magnum 8. Runs like a champ - I am very excited to get it going on my pitch & putt.

When purchasing the machine, it came with the optional windrower attachment, but no windrower blade.

Do any of you have this piece of kit? I’d love some measurements to start with so I can fabricate my own.

Thanks.

Determined to put my camera roll to good use and establish myself as a father figure in this subreddit.

The sod was laid three days ago. 5,000+ sqft total across two locations. These spots are on ~70% of the sod over both locations. I have kept the sod pretty wet. Temps have been moderate. I have not yet mowed or rolled the sod.

What are we thinking these spots are?

Sprayed with glysophate to kill Lesser Celadine which invaded the grass for the third year the first year I spot sprayed, but obviously did not get all of it came back with a vengeance this year. Lesser Celadine starts growing in early March and it is difficult to spray have to have temperatures close to 60°. It is very invasive. It started in the woods and I tried to spray along my fence line have gotten different opinions. Should we till or use aeration and reseed or just wait until next year and see if it pops up again, obviously we will have to spray again because different weeds will come up this summer. The yard is compacted not sure if it’s ever been aerated. Not sure if.Tilling will spread the tubers if not completely dead. If we do use grass seed, which is the best it probably only gets about four hours of sun many large trees. Three dogs one likes to play ball for a half hour at a time. Will fence off the part that is reseeded if we do that

I see your crispy cup and raise you a nearly invisible plug.

Hi everyone, looking for advice on these symptoms:

Symptoms: Shredded/white tips and necrotic lesions on the leaf blades (see photos).

Environment: Pyrenees (high altitude), heavy morning dew.

Mower: Dennis reel mower.

Is this just dull blades (mechanical stress) or an early fungus like Dollar Spot? Should I apply fungicide or just sharpen and add some nitrogen?

Thanks!

Hi, first time lawn owner, 0 experience. This is the lawn in my rental, previous renters didn't give it much care. Thankfully it looks worse in photos than in reality. Please, what would be good next step? Aeration, lawn dethatcher, some fertiliser..?

Central Europe, dry soil, direct sunlight from dawn to dusk.

Thank you!!

I bought my first this house in the winter and now that I have had a chance to mow, I can see how bad the lawn is in the back yard. The previous owners severely neglected a lot of things about this house, lawn included. The area that needs the most work is in full direct sun. I have some grass seed that is 95% tall fescue and 5% perennial rye grass. Using the fertilizer in the picture, will this work? Would I be able to plant now? Temps for the next few weeks look to be pretty mild (low 40s at night and up to 80 in the day) and could I use those straw sheets to cover it? Thank you for any help or advice in advance!

Nevermind the bald spots, i'm waiting for seeds to germinate. I've scarified, aerated, topsoiled, overseeded and added slow releasing new growth fertilise just over 3 weeks ago. But i just can't get that same colour green uniformed look, always fighting poa anua, or some other weed type. In the wnd it ends up looking patchy. Ready to give up, and just accept it can't be beat and just try to manage it looking ok-ish..any advice for a great looking deep green colour all around? Any ideas on how to fight these weed grasses?

I recently asked how others were mapping out their irrigation systems and a couple people recommended Turfile. If you are also a mapping nerd in turf like myself, I highly encourage you to check this out.

My assistant has been mapping out our system the last week all from his phone. I've also been outlining work directly on the map for him to complete and he gets notified immediately!

Really wish I found this sooner. Thank you for the recommendation🙏!!