I spent the day yesterday removing Creeping Charlie from a lawn - it was about 200 square feet in total. It took me all day to clear out the Creeping Charlie with the thatch rake - plus then as a bonus gift - at the end - put in new grass seed mix with peat moss - watered in with the backpack sprayer twice - so 8 gallons.
I started the morning out resewing the backpack sprayer strap as the slave labor in China (or where ever) - the machine sewing was amazingly wimpy and did not hold at all. But my new sewing job held up!!
This Thatch Rake is proving to be a crucial tool - as our new organic lawn is apparently enabling the Creeping Charlie to take over. haha. I actually treasure the Creeping Charlie as it has a minty flavor with a Terpene in it that is antiseptic.
I would be perfectly happy if the Creeping Charlie just took over all the grass but it's supposed to be a lawn - so the sooner I clear out people's Creeping Charlie - the better. One lawn was completely dominated by Creeping Charlie - although the owner planted clover also.
So then I tried removing the Creeping Charlie in that lawn. I got about 25% removed and then we planted in Creeping Thyme as part of the Bee Lawn seed mix! So I hope that the Creeping Thyme blends in well with the Creeping Charlie. haha.
I'm trying not to be scared of the power of Mother Nature with her nonlocal quantum photosynthesis through the chlorophyll. So now I am spreading iron - I got a 50 pound bag as SiteOne Landscape Supply - and the worker said they had just got in the Ferrous Sulfate and he had never used it. He asked me if I had used it before.
My first application was only at half dose but I think it started to help already. How does that work? The iron is key to the Cytochrome for photosynthesis.
In mitochondria and chloroplasts, these cytochromes are often combined in electron transport and related metabolic pathways:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cytochrome
Chloroplast DNA Interactive gene map of chloroplast DNA from Nicotiana tabacum. Segments with labels on the inside reside on the B strand of DNA, segments with labels on the outside are on the A strand. Notches indicate introns.
So there are three cytochrome enzymes as proteins - ACTIVATED by the chloroplast DNA - fascinating.
Cytochrome function is linked to the reversible redox change from ferrous (Fe(II)) to the ferric (Fe(III)) oxidation state of the iron found in the heme core.[2
So it works similarly with the iron in blood - as Chlorophyll has magnesium instead of iron. So that's why adding iron to activate the Cytochrome in plants is then a crucial supplement to activate the chlorophyll. Quite fascinating really.
2020 academic analysis of iron and cytochrome in chlorophyll - pdf
so then
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