Not So Pro 3

[Loony661]

I was following the instructions of the Hydroseeding folks as well as the lawn and garden company that makes the grass seed mix they use up here as well as the fertilizer

Soil up here tends strongly towards acidity so the lime

The fertilizer is a fall blend

I’m flying blind here so if my lawn explodes it’s not my fault

Lime 3 times a year is kind of the standard from what I’ve learned

Feel free to school me

No schooling from me, as I can only compare to our soil here and my experiences. Sounds like you have solid advice to follow. Just seems odd to me to put both down..

 

[3browns]

Question: why did you put both lime and fertilizer down at the same time? Soil typically needs one or the other to balance, as lime tames the soil after too much fertilizer and vice-versa.. Did you apply lime to some areas and fertilizer to others?

 

[Loony661]

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Right, what I was getting at was that Lime lowers pH and fertilizer raises it, hence why they fight each other.

 

[3browns]

No schooling from me, as I can only compare to our soil here and my experiences. Sounds like you have solid advice to follow. Just seems odd to me to put both down..

They even sell them together as a “kit”


I guess just a difference in soil

The Hydroseeding guys hauled in 15 dump trucks of topsoil because the building lot was 90% rocks and zero fertile dirt, basically a glacial moraine

They spread it 4-5” deep and drug it good before they sprayed the Hydroseeding

 

[3browns]

Right, what I was getting at was that Lime lowers pH and fertilizer raises it, hence why they fight each other.

I get what your saying

I am out of my element here so hopefully these folks know what they are talking about

I guess I will know next May

 

[Loony661]

I get what your saying

I am out of my element here so hopefully these folks know what they are talking about

I guess I will know next May

It’s shouldn’t kill the grass, you just may not see any benefit while at the same time spending the money hoping it will work. BUT, as you said, only time will tell. I hope that it works out for you.

 

[3browns]

@Mastermind

Hey Randy, the boss is curious about something

What would be a fair price per pound of hanging weight for a half a cow, assuming good quality in your neck of the woods?

 

[Czed]

You need a hobby. Have you thought about chainsaws?

Every hunting season I'm asked about some *B-S.... caliber I don't even hunt anymore.
But I sometimes run my friends range.
To get ready for hunting season
I talked to my local gun shop they can't hardly sell 6.5s or ammo and don't take trade in's not effective enough on deer they say.
A deer processing place won't take deer shot with creedmor's because the bullets explode and leave fragments in the meat that
tear up the slicer's.


Who cares about saws I've got a lifetime supply
And I work on saws and trimmers about every day for people
Here's stihl ultra in a Husqvarna 223l

 

[nbbt]

I get what your saying

I am out of my element here so hopefully these folks know what they are talking about

I guess I will know next May

I've found that lime helps keep the ph down a bit with large snow deposits. I have issues along the city street side and along the driveway where depths are generally deeper and packed. IME, snow will raise ph 1 to 1.5 point over the course of the winter.

I could see the fertilizer now and then just before the snow that starts the yearly accumulation adding the lime, IMO.

Around the homestead, we put down a batch of fall fertilizer, and a couple weeks later some lite lime, and usually broadcast spread another batch of lime in the spring around those perimeter spots as soon as the snow is melted.

 

[Dream]

Because it was so over hyped. You would think because of all the positive article touting it as 200% better at everything than anything ever was, would get some pushback from other cartridge owners. It is a good cartridge, but there are many that also do what it does. Most are just sick of hearing about it. So it gets made fun of. There really isn't anything new ballistically that doesn't already exist. Imagine being a gun rag journalist and have to make something seem interesting every month, when it is not.

So they fire up the hype train, one side says less filling, the other side says tastes great. No such thing as bad press, anything that keeps people talking about something, keeps it relevant. At least in the marketing world, and at budlight....

For the record, I believe that was Miller lite....
Seriously though, youre absolutely rigjt.
Just marketing hype for somethimg new.
If you need a rifle to shoot fairly flat and cover a decent distance of more than 100 yards, a .308 Winchester will do that.
You just need to study the ballistics and learn your rifle enough to be able to do that reliably.

I started out hunting deer with a 30-30 bolt action Stephens rifle that a friend loaned to my dad.
Then he bought me a used Remington 742 Woodsmaster in 30-06.

I believe its more important to teach the younger ones what and how to use than specifics of the tool.

More importantly, the responsibility of a firearm, and the personal weight it puts on one to have the right to take a life.

I believe if more kids were taught this, they would know NOT to take a gun to school ...

 

[Dream]

Every hunting season I'm asked about some *B-S.... caliber I don't even hunt anymore.
But I sometimes run my friends range.
To get ready for hunting season
I talked to my local gun shop they can't hardly sell 6.5s or ammo and don't take trade in's not effective enough on deer they say.
A deer processing place won't take deer shot with creedmor's because the bullets explode and leave fragments in the meat that
tear up the slicer's.
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And I work on saws and trimmers about every day for people
Here's stihl ultra in a Husqvarna 223l

I like that 1010S stuck in there with the Orange Pushups Dave.

How do you like it?

 

[dall]

I like that 1010S stuck in there with the Orange Pushups Dave.

How do you like it?

thats his wheel chock

 

[JoeDirt]

Worked on writing a lab report on voltage and capacitance most of the day and just got back from the funeral home for my aunt. It wasn't as hard for me as it was for her kids and grandkids and my other aunts. Saw a few people who I was glad to see and plenty who I would've preferred not to. Par for the course I suppose.

 

[3browns]

I've found that lime helps keep the ph down a bit with large snow deposits. I have issues along the city street side and along the driveway where depths are generally deeper and packed. IME, snow will raise ph 1 to 1.5 point over the course of the winter.

I could see the fertilizer now and then just before the snow that starts the yearly accumulation adding the lime, IMO.

Around the homestead, we put down a batch of fall fertilizer, and a couple weeks later some lite lime, and usually broadcast spread another batch of lime in the spring around those perimeter spots as soon as the snow is melted.

So the simplest explanation to me is if the soil is already acidic and adding fertilizer makes it even more acidic then the lime brings the acid level back down to a tolerable level

I get you methodology here and your timing as well

I think I might talk to the agricultural extension folks and see what someone without an agenda to sell me something says

 

[Mastermind]

@Mastermind

Hey Randy, the boss is curious about something

What would be a fair price per pound of hanging weight for a half a cow, assuming good quality in your neck of the woods?

I really don't know. I sell a half of a steer each year to my sister in law for 1 buck a lb. She pays for the processing.

 

[Dream]

Ok, so they couldn’t do the stents so my Dad needs a quadruple bypass. Not what we wanted to hear.

That sucks, but its really the best thing.
My grandpa had quadruple bypass surgery back in 1983.
It was a whole different thing back then.
Nowadays, its fairly commonplace, and they have a *s-wordton more experience with it.
Just understand from HIS side of it that it DRASTICALLY changes things.
Its a pretty radical surgery.
Be prepared for him to act a little different initially.

I know Dallas had the same thing done recently, and maybe he didnt get much sympathy from some of us....
But hes a slacker.

Believe me Dall, I have seen what you have gone through. I understand...


And youre still a slacker.

 

[dall]

Worked on writing a lab report on voltage and capacitance most of the day and just got back from the funeral home for my aunt. It wasn't as hard for me as it was for her kids and grandkids and my other aunts. Saw a few people who I was glad to see and plenty who I would've preferred not to. Par for the course I suppose.

ex girlfriend/cousins?

 

[dall]

That sucks, but its really the best thing.
My grandpa had quadruple bypass surgery back in 1983.
It was a whole different thing back then.
Nowadays, its fairly commonplace, and they have a *s-wordton more experience with it.
Just understand from HIS side of it that it DRASTICALLY changes things.
Its a pretty radical surgery.
Be prepared for him to act a little different initially.

I know Dallas had the same thing done recently, and maybe he didnt get much sympathy from some of us....
But hes a slacker.

Believe me Dall, I have seen what you have gone through. I understand...


And youre still a slacker.

you are right
they say some after surgery get depression and anger issues
id say probably because you go nuts not able to do much for yourself

 

[Mastermind]

youre still a slacker.

Yep. He is.

 

[dall]

Yep. He is.

was never until i started hanging around you guys