Lawn care nuts

[kenyanfeline]

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It looks like a crabgrass. Thoughts?

Control it with some selective roundup for this season. Next season, prevent it with by doing a few things:

1. Make sure your preemergent is getting all the way to the corners and sweep whatever lands on the pavement into the cracks that’s it’s growing out of.

2. Apply your weed and feed a little more frequently.

3. When you trim, be careful you don’t take too much off or edge too far into your lawn. The reason you have crabgrass there and not in the middle of your own is that you’ve created some opportunity for it to grow, likely by trimming too short around your sidewalk.

4. And of course, Milorganite the piss out of it. As someone else mentioned, the best weed preventer is a thick lawn.

 

[Dell Husker]

Control it with some selective roundup for this season. Next season, prevent it with by doing a few things:

1. Make sure your preemergent is getting all the way to the corners and sweep whatever lands on the pavement into the cracks that’s it’s growing out of.

2. Apply your weed and feed a little more frequently.

3. When you trim, be careful you don’t take too much off or edge too far into your lawn. The reason you have crabgrass there and not in the middle of your own is that you’ve created some opportunity for it to grow, likely by trimming too short around your sidewalk.

4. And of course, Milorganite the piss out of it. As someone else mentioned, the best weed preventer is a thick lawn.

Appreciate the help!

I was out of town the last two weekends so I’m playing catch up getting to it this week. Planning on getting some round up today.

How often do you apply a weed and feed in a summer? I just applied some last month on the 18th.

I’ll have to check out Milorganite. A lawn group I follow on Facebook raves about it. I just can’t ever seem to find any at a reasonable price.

 

[Jim14510]

Building my house on an existing acreage and should Be moving in in September.

Super excited to get my own going as there main lawn portion will be roughly 3 acres.

Problem is, it is currently filled with 3-4 foot tall weeds. Buttonweed, vineweed, crabgrass, you name it.

I’ve never started a lawn from this stage before. Any tips?

I will not have underground sprinklers and there will be very little shade to start with.

That sounds like a nightmare.

 

[Toe]

How often do you apply a weed and feed in a summer?

Often you don't. Your lawn won't be growing much then, so it doesn't need it, and you could end up feeding weeds that are growing then. The main times to fertilize are September, November, and February. Fertilize in late spring or summer only if it needs repairs or seems stressed, and use less than the normal amount.

 

[Toe]

Found out what the grass of the place I'm buying is - it's St. Augustine, and probably an old cultivar of it. Now I gotta decide if I wanna keep it or nuke it and put down tall fescue.

 

[Dell Husker]

When is the best time to aerate? End of August?

 

[God is a Husker]

When is the best time to aerate? End of August?

I’d go even later cuz we get hot as shit Septembers.

I would suggest end of September and then overseed after you aerate.


Get that bitch nice and thick like a brown booty

 

[Kinish]

New lawn starting today.

The gal who had it before had a salad bar growing in her yard so this should be a fun project.

Was she big into dandelion greens? lol

 

[Faux Sean Callahan]

Was she big into dandelion greens? lol

Crabgrass
Thistles
Nutsedge
Clover
Purslane & Creeping Charlie (I think)
Butt ton of Dandelions

And that's just off the top of my head.

Strategy

 

[David Webb]

I’d go even later cuz we get hot as shit Septembers.

I would suggest end of September and then overseed after you aerate.


Get that bitch nice and thick like a brown booty

That’s a dangerous game waiting that long to overseed. I’m in SW Kansas and we get our first frost in early to mid October. I overseed TTTF/KBG in late August or first week of September to make sure the new grass is up and mowed a couple of times before the first frost.

Last year I decided to kill off a spot and reseed in late September. It came up well, but that first frost stunted it. Took until mid June this year before it grew enough to mow.

 

[Toe]

I'm leaning toward nuking my lawn as well. It's a real coarse St Augustine that's not very attractive. And the other thing is that there's a bunch of potholes in the yard, and I'd like to be able to see them clearly so I know where to put fill dirt.

 

[Faux Sean Callahan]

I'm leaning toward nuking my lawn as well. It's a real coarse St Augustine that's not very attractive. And the other thing is that there's a bunch of potholes in the yard, and I'd like to be able to see them clearly so I know where to put fill dirt.

 

[Kaladin]

 

[Eaton Beaver]

Mow or shred it. Combine roundup with 2-4d and smoke it about 5 days after you mowed it. Till it up, wait for a good rain to get new weed seeds germinated and smoke it again with that same mix. Then do the stages of seeding and watering but not until 10 days after your last chemical application that has 2-4d in it.

Why would you combine these chemicals? Round should kill everything but roundup ready