07-19-2023, 10:30 AM
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#1421
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Franchise Player
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Anyone here ever eradicated a lawn of crabgrass? Did you resod/seed the area? I’m considering removing the affected lawn and resodding it. I don’t know what else to do. It’s two areas in a very large yard.
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07-19-2023, 11:22 AM
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#1422
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First Line Centre
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MoneyGuy
Anyone here ever eradicated a lawn of crabgrass? Did you resod/seed the area? I’m considering removing the affected lawn and resodding it. I don’t know what else to do. It’s two areas in a very large yard.
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I've attempted.
Tiny paint brush with round up and paint grass blade by grass blade to kill it off. Prior to doing that let it grow long as the crabgrass will grow faster/longer then your lawn so its easy to spot them. Actually works quite well if you have the patience. Once it dies off push your lawn with an overseed and/or fertilizer to help push the crabgrass out.
Either that or kill the whole thing off and start over with fresh sod.
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07-19-2023, 11:33 AM
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#1423
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Franchise Player
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I’ve considered the paintbrush method but wondered if it’s effective.
I’m considering killing the two patches and re-sodding.
I worry that doing nothing will enable it to spread.
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07-19-2023, 12:04 PM
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#1424
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Franchise Player
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I have one patch full of quack grass I want to treat, I was thinking of wearing nitrile gloves, then some sort of fabric glove I saturate with a kill everything spray. The quackgrass is taller, so I'd just kinda grab them by the handful to make contact with it.
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07-19-2023, 12:25 PM
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#1425
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Mayor of McKenzie Towne
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Fuzz
I have one patch full of quack grass I want to treat, I was thinking of wearing nitrile gloves, then some sort of fabric glove I saturate with a kill everything spray. The quackgrass is taller, so I'd just kinda grab them by the handful to make contact with it.
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That is how i did it. Cotton glove over a rubber glove - much faster than a paintbrush (which i also tried).
If the ground is kept well watered and regularly mowed the bluegrass will often out compete the quack- and/or crab-grass. If it's an area that is on the dry side then I found i needed to go the round-up route.
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07-19-2023, 02:17 PM
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#1426
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Fuzz
I have one patch full of quack grass I want to treat, I was thinking of wearing nitrile gloves, then some sort of fabric glove I saturate with a kill everything spray. The quackgrass is taller, so I'd just kinda grab them by the handful to make contact with it.
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That’s a good idea. Seems like it’d be effective and the easiest method.
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07-20-2023, 06:10 AM
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#1428
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Deep South
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I did the full scorched earth method last year and it worked great. Killed the whole area and then I just resod (it was about 9 rolls of sod, so a pretty small area overall). Nothing else has ever worked for me.
It worked great and I love the result, but it was a TON of work.
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07-20-2023, 06:45 AM
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#1429
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jar_e
Anyone have any good recommendations for someone to clean gutters?
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I also need this!
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07-20-2023, 07:27 AM
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#1430
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Franchise Player
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I have those gutter covers and they’re wonderful.
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07-20-2023, 07:30 AM
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#1431
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MoneyGuy
I have those gutter covers and they’re wonderful.
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I had a guy come and quote me for Leaf Filter last year and it was just plain egregious. Maybe I should buy them and install them myself?
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07-20-2023, 07:59 AM
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#1432
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Normally, my desk
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Slava
I also need this!
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Last year, I was up on my roof scraping the gutters out by hand. Didn't get very far, before my wife made me stop due to what she perceived as imminent death. Hired someone (first Google, can't remember who). They came out. Walked around the roof, very safely, with a leaf blower and it was done in 30 minutes or less and they did get the caked mud on the bottom. It was really inexpensive, but it made me feel pretty silly about my methodology choice.
/cool story.
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07-20-2023, 08:46 AM
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#1433
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Leeman4Gilmour
Last year, I was up on my roof scraping the gutters out by hand. Didn't get very far, before my wife made me stop due to what she perceived as imminent death. Hired someone (first Google, can't remember who). They came out. Walked around the roof, very safely, with a leaf blower and it was done in 30 minutes or less and they did get the caked mud on the bottom. It was really inexpensive, but it made me feel pretty silly about my methodology choice.
/cool story.
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My plan is only slightly less stupid. I was going to take the pressure washer up there. The issue is I can't really safely get to the second story, and I also don't need to risk this for a few hundred dollars savings.
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07-20-2023, 09:37 AM
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#1434
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Franchise Player
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I've tried the pressure washer, it's so messy and OK, but water sprays material all over, and eventually back in the gutter. My new favourite which I discovered while re-roofing and needing to clean the gutter mess after is the shop vac. I took the wheels off, and just dragged it around the roof. Now, I've got a low pitch bungalow, so it was pretty easy, but it did a great job with low effort(my favourite).
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07-20-2023, 10:48 AM
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#1435
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Slava
I had a guy come and quote me for Leaf Filter last year and it was just plain egregious. Maybe I should buy them and install them myself?
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I had mine done a decade ago. Maybe prices were more reasonable then.
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07-20-2023, 01:53 PM
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#1436
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jar_e
Anyone have any good recommendations for someone to clean gutters?
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Well I used a guy off Kijiji today and he was great. He came basically immediately, took care of the eaves and took video so I could see it was done, and that was that.
Obviously, I am just passing this along and don't have any connection to the guy, but he did a good job!
https://www.kijiji.ca/v-cleaners-cle...ing/1638566593
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07-20-2023, 01:56 PM
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#1437
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Slava
Well I used a guy off Kijiji today and he was great. He came basically immediately, took care of the eaves and took video so I could see it was done, and that was that.
Obviously, I am just passing this along and don't have any connection to the guy, but he did a good job!
https://www.kijiji.ca/v-cleaners-cle...ing/1638566593
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OK, so you left the useful information out. What method did the pro use?
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07-20-2023, 01:57 PM
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#1438
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Ate 100 Treadmills
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Slava
Well I used a guy off Kijiji today and he was great. He came basically immediately, took care of the eaves and took video so I could see it was done, and that was that.
Obviously, I am just passing this along and don't have any connection to the guy, but he did a good job!
https://www.kijiji.ca/v-cleaners-cle...ing/1638566593
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That's a fantastic rate.
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07-20-2023, 01:59 PM
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#1439
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Fuzz
OK, so you left the useful information out. What method did the pro use?
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haha, leaf blower and then just a spray with the hose! I think that the shop vac would be better in some ways, just because the debris would be contained. But, he blew them out and then dealt with the aftermath.
And yeah...for $200 for a two-story home, totally worth it.
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07-24-2023, 09:14 PM
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#1440
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Seattle, WA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Fuzz
Vibrating compactor is overkill. I used a hand tamper(~$50 to buy) to do mine. Do it in lifts(depth of material added) of maybe 4". You can also water in between to promote settling, just add enough dirt after that it will be dry and not stick to the tamper during the next round.
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Can I borrow your hand tamper?
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