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07-08-2005, 09:25 PM
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What a ****ing mess.
"G Burton" wrote: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0008_01C59B50.59D530C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ------=_NextPart_000_0008_01C59B50.59D530C0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable !DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" HTMLHEAD META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1" META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2900.2668" name=3DGENERATOR STYLE/STYLE /HEAD BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2 There are a couple = of things I=20 forgot to mention./FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2/FONT /DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2 I live in Western = Garden zone=20 14/FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2/FONT /DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2 My soil is clay with = a wimply=20 layer of topsoil./FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2/FONT /DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2 I have used Gypsom = (in the form=20 of Soil Buster) in the past, and (like the Kellogs Topper) I don't know = how much=20 it is helping. I would like comments on that too. I now have = some=20 pure Gypsom instead of the Soil Buster./FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2/FONT /DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2 I will monitor this = posting for=20 a while to see what I can learn before I do anything, but unless I get = some=20 better ideas I plan to:/FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2/FONT /DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D21) Put down more=20 gypsom/FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D22) Put down more = Kellog's=20 Topper./FONT/DIV BLOCKQUOTE dir=3Dltr=20 style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" DIV "G Burton" <A=20 = "burt = et/A>=20 wrote in message A=20 = "news:w42dnc9HU_gE_mvfRVn = /A.../DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2 I have dry spots = in the=20 lawn. More watering would overwater the rest of the lawn. = Spot=20 watering does not work well with my work schedule. The dry spots = are=20 about 3 feet from sprinker heads, so it may be that much of the spray = goes=20 over them, but that doesn't seem to be a problem with other sprinker=20 heads. I don't see how I can manipulate the sprinkers to improve = the=20 spray./FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2/FONT /DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2 I have a way of = dealing with=20 the dry spots, but I am an amature, and I'm not sure my method is the = best --=20 or is even working, for that matter.. What I have done in the = past is=20 pour some spongy soil on top of the dry spots in the expectation that = it will=20 retain the moisture. I have used Kellogs Topper to pour directly = on top=20 of the dry spots. It seems to work, but I'm not = sure. I have=20 seen improvement in some spots, but not the worst ones. = That may be=20 because I didn't put enough on./FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2/FONT /DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2 Is this a good=20 plan?/FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2/FONT /DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2 Is there a better=20 plan?/FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2/FONT /DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2Background:/FONT/DIV DIVFONT face=3DArial size=3D2 I confirmed = that it is=20 dry spots by pushing a screwdriver into it. Screwdriver = only goes=20 in about 1.5" in the dry spots, but I can push it in to most of my = lawn fairly=20 easily to about 6" /FONTFONT face=3DArial = size=3D2 =20 /FONTFONT face=3DArial size=3D2BR-- BRLoudette=20 Burton/FONT/DIV/BLOCKQUOTE/BODY/HTML ------=_NextPart_000_0008_01C59B50.59D530C0-- -- http://NewsReader.Com/ |
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