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re: Grass (?) Identification

Posted by bkhrph on 11/2/25 at 12:59 am to
Download Pl@ntnet app. Its free. Follow instructions. It will identify your grass (also for free). It’s as simple as snapping a picture with your phone.
I identify with you.
If you have sleep apnea and not using a CPAP machine while you’re sleeping, you’re wasting your time with drug therapy. In fact, any drug that causes CNS depression, which is a mechanism of action AND a side effect of OTC and RX remedies, will have the potential of making sleep apnea worse, even while it’s helping you stay asleep. You may have gotten more sleep, but less “quality sleep”, and a hangover effect to top it off (which could be the biggest hazard of if you’re driving the next day). “Stay-asleep” type drugs have more of a “drugged” feel the next day because they don’t just conveniently leave the body when it’s time to get your day started.
One CBT info that has been shared from a counselor and has been helpful to me recently is that if you can’t go back to sleep after, say, 15-20 minutes, then get up and don’t go back to bed until you get sleepy again. It’s kinda like hitting a reset button, and it has worked for me.
If you keep lying there trying to fall back to sleep and you can’t, then it will start causing those “oh crap” moments as you call them, and every time you feel it coming on in future sleep failures. It’s a form of anxiety from the negative conditioning of those past experiences, which just makes the whole event even worse.
I’m a pharmacist, and in my reading, the only drug that a prescriber might consider for your dilemma if none of the above work would be Zaleplon (Sonata is the brand). It has an ultra-short half life of only 1 hour, which means it helps falling asleep and “should” not be a hazard 4 hours later. I would guess that many prescribers would have some reluctance to prescribe it like this. Maybe a sleep disorder specialist can shed more light for you.

re: Why not Huepel?

Posted by bkhrph on 10/29/25 at 7:08 pm to
That dirty hit on Joe Burrow when he was UCF coach in the fiesta bowl game on 1/1/2019 left a bad impression about him that lingers to this day.
He’d be a better fit back at his alma mater when sooner fans finally have enough of Venables.
How much less nitrogen? Can you use a rotary mower? I’ve read it can take more shade than other bermudas; do you have any in shaded areas that’s doing well?
Thanks
One other source for bermuda plugs thru the internet is Sod Solutions. They probably have the most selections available.
I’m sorry about that. My bad. I knew that but it came out totally wrong.
Thanks
I looked on Grass and Rock Shoppe website and see that they only sell st. aug by the piece. Bermuda is by the pallet special order. That’s pretty typical of nurseries.
There’s many places online that sell and ship bermuda plug trays such as:
Todd Valley Farms
Ncgrassplugs.com
OutsidePride.com
Amazon
Trysodpods.com
To name a few. Just google bermuda grass plugs
If in Harlan County KY, then most likely it’s some cool season grass, which will not creep and fill in, at least in the way our warm season grasses do. In the heat of summer, these grasses look as bad or worse than our warm season grasses look in the winter.
If they started out using a cheap big-box store blend, it’s no surprise it looks like this.
It’s in its dormancy at this time of year, and turf diseases love heat and humidity. Even the best varieties are affected, but probably not to this extent.
If you’re committed to cool season turf, you’re gonna have to overseed most years. Certain bluegrasses will spread quicker than others, but not like our bermudagrasses or St. Augustines.
So it’s not the fault of his lawn services. He needs to overseed this month using cultivars recommended by UKY/county ag agent and be prepared to do it yearly.
Do you by chance know what variety you have? Where are you located?

re: What weed/grass is this?

Posted by bkhrph on 8/24/25 at 10:01 am to
Bahiagrass. Thick and short rhizome.

re: Costco check out is 1 hour+ now

Posted by bkhrph on 8/16/25 at 2:48 pm to
Do they not have a scan & go like Sam’s? They’re living in the dark ages nowadays.
Scan and go can be used for gasoline at Sam’s as well . I see few that use this. It makes it SO much easier.
I would think if you fertilized closely around the time you seeded, you might get fertilizer burn.
I would think that the “new lawn fertilizer” blends would be less likely to do so, it is a legitimate concern
If you’re concerned about fertilizer burn and keeping up with watering to prevent it, use Milorganite. Even if you over apply, it won’t burn. It’s due to all slow release Nitrogen, akin to an organic fertilizer (they can’t to be called “organic” for unknown reason to me), and also a good dose of iron, which will give you a nice greening effect.

re: Help with Dogwood Fungus

Posted by bkhrph on 8/11/25 at 2:11 pm to
All of the natives have died or dying, from the forests to home landscapes. Google it. You see almost none of them in bloom in the spring in the understory of forests.
It seems there’s some labor intensive and expensive way to keep them alive, but they eventually succumb. Kousas are not native, but I suspect they’re having the same problem.

re: Racism at football camp

Posted by bkhrph on 7/30/25 at 10:07 pm to
If they attack whites they frequently do it in groups. That was known of them over 50 years ago when I was in high school.
Still doing it today. It apparently must be something in their DNA.

re: Invasive Vines

Posted by bkhrph on 7/22/25 at 10:31 pm to
Go to Randylemmon.com and search for “the baggie method”. Yes, the late Randy Lemmon. And if you’ve had the herbicide for a few years, buy a new bottle. For example, a 4-5 year old bottle of Triclopyr is ineffective.
My Empire “patch” looks great with my riding mower. It surprisingly grows fast with all the rain we’ve gotten and really needs mowing at least every 5 days.
If you’re going reel, you’ll need to cut more often because you will be cutting it lower.

re: Small-ish shade tree (Houston)

Posted by bkhrph on 7/22/25 at 8:10 pm to
I’ve seen pictures of a central Texas native I’d love to find out more about called Lacey Oak. They look a beautiful blue-green, are evergreen, and the size you describe. There’s a “Natives of Texas” nursery in Houston you could check with.