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Eggs Zachtly wrote:

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Google

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I see very few posts that originate there, and
it makes for a *MUCH* better USENET experience. =)


having given some thought to the several different times
I've seen you mention the quality post originating from
people using google as their access to usenet I am now
most incline to agree with you. how is it the vast
majority of them seem to be in possession of a great
need to argue any point for the sole need of demanding
their view be considered as the only correct an applicable
one.
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Steveo said:

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Steveo said:

Rye, blue, fescue, and bent.

Here (StL), it's:

Tall Fescue (rough)
Zoisia (fairways, tee boxes, & close rough)
Bent (greens)

Sounds very nice!


It is pretty amazing. Although, temps have been trying to wreak havoc
with everything.


Man this has been a very strange growing season thus far up here.

We went from almost record temps and drought this summer, to eight
inches of rain in August so far, from one extreme to the next. Some are
flooded in the Mansfield area.


We've gone from one of the strangest freezes I can remember (around
Easter) to 105F (actual) last week. 100 tomorrow, they say. I'm bettin'
on warmer. =( Rain? Let's see. We got 1/2" last weekend. That was the
first measurable rain in about a month, with upper 90's for temps. Oh,
ya, we got .08" the other night. My bad. g

Bummer, that's a tough environment to maintain turf grass or most anything
else for that matter. Do you have crops around you?

Chinch bug and dollar spot out the ying-yang now. Too soon to say what
the white grub population will be like. I'm hoping all this rain lately
will slow the chinch down a bit.


Bugs ain't been much of a problem, after some early jap beetles. It's so
****in' hot, *nothing* is stirring, heh.

No doubt. I'm surprised the heat doesn't trigger at least some level of a
surface insect problem. Perhaps you're on an island at that course. (not
much insect encroachment)?

That's where our lawns get them from for the most part here, especially in
developments where the homes are really squeezed in tight. The chinch will
literally run down the street to the next lawn and grow to 100 females/sg
ft fairly quick. Gang fun.

At any rate I hope you people get some much deserved rain soon, and NOT all
at once. Maybe fall will be better for both of us.
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Steveo said:

wrote:
Steveo said:

wrote:
Steveo said:

Rye, blue, fescue, and bent.

Here (StL), it's:

Tall Fescue (rough)
Zoisia (fairways, tee boxes, & close rough)
Bent (greens)

Sounds very nice!


It is pretty amazing. Although, temps have been trying to wreak havoc
with everything.


Man this has been a very strange growing season thus far up here.

We went from almost record temps and drought this summer, to eight
inches of rain in August so far, from one extreme to the next. Some are
flooded in the Mansfield area.


We've gone from one of the strangest freezes I can remember (around
Easter) to 105F (actual) last week. 100 tomorrow, they say. I'm bettin'
on warmer. =( Rain? Let's see. We got 1/2" last weekend. That was the
first measurable rain in about a month, with upper 90's for temps. Oh,
ya, we got .08" the other night. My bad. g

Bummer, that's a tough environment to maintain turf grass or most anything
else for that matter. Do you have crops around you?


Well, corn is obviously done. Beans and wheat aren't looking too good.


Chinch bug and dollar spot out the ying-yang now. Too soon to say what
the white grub population will be like. I'm hoping all this rain lately
will slow the chinch down a bit.


Bugs ain't been much of a problem, after some early jap beetles. It's so
****in' hot, *nothing* is stirring, heh.

No doubt. I'm surprised the heat doesn't trigger at least some level of a
surface insect problem. Perhaps you're on an island at that course. (not
much insect encroachment)?


Nah, just a bazillion chemicals, LOL.


That's where our lawns get them from for the most part here, especially in
developments where the homes are really squeezed in tight. The chinch will
literally run down the street to the next lawn and grow to 100 females/sg
ft fairly quick. Gang fun.

At any rate I hope you people get some much deserved rain soon, and NOT all
at once. Maybe fall will be better for both of us.


Ya, thanks man. And, I hope so! I'm ready for some nice, cool, fall
plantings. =D

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aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water, signifying by divine
providence that I, Arthur, was to carry Excalibur. THAT is why I am your
king!
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