Horticultural riders

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Laundry powder is excellent, but remember to wash it in with water. "How does that work, Hitcher?" I hear you ask.

It's the detergent base. You could do the same thing by mixing up buckets of dishwashing liquid and heaving that around. Insect caterpillars (and worms too for that matter) breathe through their skins in an osmotic-like manner. A coating of detergent prevents that from happening and the buggers suffocate. They generally crawl to the surface looking for air, and either get picked off by birds or just get wizzened by the sun.

Remember that this will kill worms (as will more toxic agents like DDT or organophospates), so I wouldn't advise using it over very large areas. However it will be ideal for patches about the size indicated in the photos above.

LOL... aint no shortage of water, havent seen the sun for over a week... Laundry powder huh... ok, cheapest brand then?

looking at the pic it looks like lack of water as it's on a slight rise, & you're on sandy loam which would drain fast, I get that look on one of our clients sections if I don't water a lot more than other parts & it browns off with the red tinge to it some times

check out hitchers post above on how to apply

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& you're on sandy loam which would drain fast

Shit no K, a foot of A1 soil then a foot of clay and then it might start getting stony... best land around hence the lack of sheep/cow in the area, its crop land

[dangerous]

OK.... my green fingered riding friends...

WTF is this, its in the back half of lawn which dont get cut much... is purple to the eye and in our 2.5 acre's there is bout 4 smallish patchs like this, seems to be some kinda groth or cocoon shit living on the grass. ok Ill zoom in for you blind cu...

[Akzle]

you're worrying about the wrong grass man. If you cant smoke it.
F*ck it.

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you're worrying about the wrong grass man. If you cant smoke it.
F*ck it.

You f*ck what ya want leave me out a it... and if ya need to smoke that shit to enjoy life... poor you...

[RideLife]

Cool! Never seen That before.
Send us a Sample??

[Akzle]

You f*ck what ya want leave me out a it... and if ya need to smoke that shit to enjoy life... poor you...

i enjoy life most days. Smoke 'that shit' when i have it. Havent had it for at least a week.
Biggotry and prejudice, damn. Poor you.

[unstuck]

Alien jism, they are cumming for you.

[unstuck]

seriously now........Fungus, maybe to much nitrogen, fungus loves nitrogen. I would be looking at your soil balance.

[carbonhed]

Slime mould... Physarum cinereum.

Unimportant. Stop peering at your lawn you'll become a batshit obsessive .

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Slime mould... Physarum cinereum.
Unimportant. Stop peering at your lawn you'll become a batshit obsessive .

Just trying to learn shit man, cant hurt can it? finding country life interesting, as are my two boys, got a hoon in a new 500k harvester the other day they did, running a 500hp scania... im thinking the purple head is actually insects... either way hit em with round up so stay tuned

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...WTF is this, its in the back half of lawn which dont get cut much... is purple to the eye and in our 2.5 acre's there is bout 4 smallish patchs like this, seems to be some kinda groth or cocoon shit living on the grass.

I've got, well had, patches of that on my back lawn too. I never really noticed it until I ran the 1st patch over with the mower last weekend and a big black smudge was left behind ... "hmm I wonder what that shit is? ... meh ... carry on" and then "ooh there's another one ... meh" that happened about 4 times. My conclusion? You worry too much, go and move that tag 'cos I'm buggered if I know where it is.

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and move that tag 'cos I'm buggered if I know where it is.

I aint going nowhere in this shit man, but I do know the aproxmidaty of it... think 1936 GP and more recently run on a similer circut of shingle in 83 and 93 just the other side of the bridge

[kiwi cowboy]

Shit no K, a foot of A1 soil then a foot of clay and then it might start getting stony... best land around hence the lack of sheep/cow in the area, its crop land

Hey MR D if ya soil has got a good depth of moisture another option could be if you could get a farmer with a heavy roller in there is roll the lawn when the lawn is soft enough to compact which will just squash the little fuckers so no need to spray with chemicals.

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Hey MR D if ya soil has got a good depth of moisture another option could be if you could get a farmer with a heavy roller in there is roll the lawn when the lawn is soft enough to compact which will just squash the little fuckers so no need to spray with chemicals.

really... just seen the cocky rolling beside the road where his trucks ripped it up, so serious bout the squashing?

ps: you racing CAMs meet at Levels on the 22nd?