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Repair on John Deere LA125

Stubby — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:43:12 GMT

Stubby wrote:

When I need help with any repairs to my JD, I talk to the dealer parts
department. They are great and can supply diagrams and such from their
catalogues.

5 Common Lawn Questions and Answers

The Lawnsmith — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:33:32 GMT

This may give you a little more meat on the bone or grass on the lawn!
1.
Q: How should I water my lawn?
A: http://tinyurl.com/yjdae4f

2.
Q: When should I cut my grass?
A: http://tinyurl.com/ykmowbu

3.
How do I level a bumpy lawn?
A: http://tinyurl.com/yb8h8n8

4.
Q: When do I apply lawn fungicides?
A: http://tinyurl.com/ykfmzam and also http://tinyurl.com/yefkl8t

5.
Q: How often should my lawn be aerated?
A: http://tinyurl.com/ycatctf

Regards

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The Lawnsmith

sods not rooting

four_candles — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:00:25 GMT

put down a new lawn from sod about a month ago and it all seems to be
doing what it should, and most of the sod has rooted nicely to the (all
new) topsoil below.

There are though two small areas where the sod has no roots showing at
all - lift and see, it is as though the sod had just been layed!? (Same
top soil, same watering, etc etc etc). Despite no roots, grass looks
good!

Any explanations welcome.

In one location there does seem to be some creepy crawly type scurrying
when the sod is lifted....can there be root munchers?

Thanks for any help.

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four_candles

Go Green Earth Energy

Tri — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:33:34 GMT

Generate Earth Green Electricity
From your own backyard
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Go Green =)

hartatitri
Basic
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Which Electric Scarifier?

Silver Fox — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:26:40 GMT

Hi Silver Fox,

As a general rule of thumb any decent Scarifier will also Aerate to a
certain extent depending on how well it is manufactured. The old
Qualcast and Black & Decker models used to use "spring tine" scarifiers
which worked only as a scarifier and not very well in my opinion.
Modern Scarifiers normally use a primary drive spinle which has several
blades mounted vertically to not only remove the moss and thatch but
also to cut in to the sod and improve aeration and gradually reduce the
problem year on year (distribute sharp sand or similar after using the
machine)

Some good brands in the electric stable (which also have good after
sales service for spare parts etc) MTD Lawnflite, Al-ko and
Mountfield.

You will often find collection bags are sold as an optional extra for
these type of machines. Scarifiers are not very good collectors and I
would always recommend using a Rotary Lawnmower after the scarifier
purely to collect the debris. They work on vacuum and will effectivly
hoover up anything left lying loose in the lawn.

Hope this helps

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*Mechanic*

Bypass or anvil lopper?

Doc — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:40:31 GMT

On Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:46:04 -0800 (PST), Doc
wrote:

You'd likely have to send to China to get the part. ;-) For you use
I think the anvil type is better. The bypass type are required for a
clean cut, without mashing the branch. You don't much care since it's
all dead anyway. Bypass shears have to be kept sharper. OTOH, if all
you're going to do with them is clear brush it likely doesn't matter.

Moss and Clovers

The Lawnsmith — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:46:10 GMT

jonbey;868062 Wrote:

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The Lawnsmith

New Lawn, Turf or Seed? Need to be robust

Rodentman — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:21:47 GMT

Hi,

I'm creating a new lawn, but it will not be looked after very well.
I live in the driest part of the country.

What sort of turf or seed is good for this?

Cheers.

Frog removal

D&JG — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:09:03 GMT

"Doc" wrote in message
news:f549ba2a-69f3-4ec6-8ff0-88c4d274fae2@t2g2000yqn.googlegroups.com...
Yep, it turned into a downpipe!

Moss and Clovers

Mary Claire — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:20:26 GMT

Mary Claire;868654 Wrote:

I hate to agree with the above comment previously made, but I do think
you need to start over too. And depending on what region you live, the
shade, etc...will depend on what type of grass you use.

Good luck!

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henry777

Tending to Mums

rpixley — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:00:38 GMT

I getting contradictory advice on tending to my newly planted mums.
I've been told by one good friend, who lives in Queens, NY, that late
every fall, he cuts his mums down to the soil line and every year they
come back bigger and bushier. And I've been told by a local North
Jersey friend who has hothouses, and grows commercial flowers for a
living that I should only prune to shape them in the late fall and
that cutting them to the soil line will only kill them.
The area where I planted them will have snow piled on them by my
town's snow plows, so I'd prefer the cut to soil line method, if
feasible. Still, I'd like to know whose advice I should follow.

help with suffolk punch 75g14

gsigreg — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:51:42 GMT

Trying to revive the old girl, does anyone have any info on them? i
understand parts are hard to come by?

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gsigreg

Honda HF2218H

jasper65 — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:02:39 GMT

Art;868451 Wrote:

Guess work doesn't often solve problems! advice from people who have
experenced simular situations can often take you straight to point of
the cause, Perhaps asking for advice on forums is a thing of the past
if we can all guess correctly.......

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jasper65