I don’t mind my lawn care company. However, when it comes to diagnosing real problems, I don’t think there’s any substitute for watching a lot of YouTube videos and then going out into the field and breaking things or testing theories. I’ve just gone ahead and started supplying micronutrients and applying tiny fertilizer supplementation in a way that covers the gaps between the large-dose applications that get applied every few weeks.
I replaced my manual pump sprayer with one that lets me walk around carefully and more comfortably to target consistent problem areas — below is what I chose, photographed right on the edge of my lawn near one of my shrub projects.
So far I’ve just been hitting problem areas. I think the eventual goal after I’ve corrected the major problems is to go back after the Bermuda invader and attempt to apply Recognition with Fusillade II.
I’ve also been plotting how to control the irrigation system better. Rainbird’s equipment is good, but I want finer grained control over response to moisture levels. Supposedly, Rachio enables this. What’s peculiar, however, is that most of the irrigation experts in the area recommend against Rachio. I have some tinkering and investigation to do.
Now, in line with talking about spraying, this is the area where I’ve targeted with iron on the foliage to address the yellowing leaves. I’ve applied sphagnum peat moss in the troubled area and have done a light pass on the yellowing blades. Let’s see if this corrects itself in a few weeks:
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