Are my eyes playing tricks on me or am I seeing more scalping spots, fungal spots or nothing at all? The first three pics are today and last three were 4 weeks ago. Cutting at 2.25”.
Too much water? Not enough? Or need another fertilizer application (last one was June 30).
Already placed fungal prevention 7/17, and grub/army worm this summer too.
I posted not too long ago about uneven stripes in my tall fescue with the x430.
With the recent update for even pattern mowing, it took about two additional mows before it started giving me even stripes.
What are everyone else’s experiences?
Am I missing a setting? Stripes are wide and not uniform. X430 here.
https://www.reddit.com/r/bermudagrass/s/RK01qv3CXB
Just wanted to provide an update from my previous post. Thanks to both communities for their help. Hope this helps others like myself later. Attached picture is one week with a fresh mow at 2.25”
*crispy edging bonus pic (first time with edger too)
TDLR: Cut down from 2.5” to 1.8” mid-summer (June 26 with core aeration/slow granular release fertilizer) and allowed ~0.5” HOC increase and one week of growth to green up and then maintain.
https://www.reddit.com/r/bermudagrass/s/RK01qv3CXB
Just wanted to provide an update from my previous post. Thanks to both communities for their help. Hope this helps others like myself later. Attached picture is one week with a fresh mow at 2.25”
*crispy edging bonus pic (first time with edger too)
TDLR: Cut down from 2.5” to 1.8” mid-summer (June 26 with core aeration/slow granular release fertilizer) and allowed ~0.5” HOC increase and one week of growth to green up and then maintain.
Just bought the x430. Any way to set it to return to home via the perimeter? Or anyways to help get around this? Trying preserve the stripes after the mow or when it needs to charge.
Tried searching the sub but couldn’t find anything. Any help or tips are appreciated.
Bermuda grass: First picture was 2.5” on June 26. Same day, I did core aeration and dropped HOC of cut to 2”, then 1.8” over 4 days and laid granular fertilizer.
I have been mowing daily with a robot mower as well.
Irrigation is 4 days a week with cycle and soak method. 3 am-4:30 am, then 5 am to 6:30 am.
The pictures are from June 26, July 5, July 6, 7, 10, 11, and today.
I’m worried I may have stressed it and ruined it for the season. Just miss seeing the nice green before the aeration and drop in height.
Location: Southeast US
Any thoughts and comments welcomed. Help me get through this! Thanks.
Bermuda grass: First picture was 2.5” on June 26. Same day, I did core aeration and dropped HOC of cut to 2”, then 1.8” over 4 days and laid granular fertilizer.
I have been mowing daily with a robot mower as well.
Irrigation is 4 days a week with cycle and soak method. 3 am-4:30 am, then 5 am to 6:30 am.
The pictures are from June 26, July 5, July 6, 7, 10, 11, and today.
I’m worried I may have stressed it and ruined it for the season. Just miss seeing the nice green before the aeration and drop in height.
Any thoughts and comments welcomed. Help me get through this! Thanks.
EDIT:
Thanks for all the input everyone. Gathering everyone’s experiences. I’m going to let the lawn breathe for the next few days and set my new HOC to 2.2” and hope it will green up in the next week or two.
April, May and now end of June. I don’t think I will get any more blooms. We did have a winter frost in Feb.
Thoughts on how to move forward for text year?
3 photos attached - April, May and June timeline. Thanks in advance everyone. So sad to see this large hydrangea not do well.
Considering my first robot mower. Bermuda grass upkeep has been too much lately with a 18 mo old and another baby coming this year.
Mowing 0.5 acres every 4-5 days to maintain the yard was fine before kids but spending Father’s Day mowing took some time away from the little one. I’ve got mild to moderate slopes maybe 20-30 degrees with forest line around the property. Entering the contest to try out but also open to suggestions on models to consider. Thanks.
I’ve never seen this kind of color change before. But also new to hydrangeas and learning to care for them. I think they look amazing. What are everyone else’s thoughts?
First robotic mower and can’t seem to get the x7 to ride along the driveway. I’ve remapped it twice and edited the boundary. Set it to edge cut first too.
Any tips? TIA