Fertilizing Lawn

[Lone Sailor]

I have st auggy. I'm gonna wait another 3 weeks and see whats up with this weather. If the weather holds out, I will fertilize then adn then once again in late march/early April.

I think right now most people are doing the pre-emergent thing, not fertilizing.

[Txstang1]

I think right now most people are doing the pre-emergent thing, not fertilizing.

gotcha.

I don't do all that. I use scotts all through the year. I've personally never seen a need for pre-emerge on the yard the yard I have now. If I put it put once in late winter and then again in 3-4 weeks, it's grows like CRAZY all through summer.

Only downside is mowing twice a week (occassionally 3) kinda sucks though.

[zemog]

you can get (sometimes) with it on an exceptionally thick st. aug. yard, not so much on bermuda, pre emerge now, then fert, and insecticide, around 1st of april, you can go out in mid march i just like to be past as much of the freeze"s as i can before really trying to grow in a lawn.

[Lone Sailor]

you can get (sometimes) with it on an exceptionally thick st. aug. yard, not so much on bermuda, pre emerge now, then fert, and insecticide, around 1st of april, you can go out in mid march i just like to be past as much of the freeze"s as i can before really trying to grow in a lawn.

He's back!

[EW]

Pulled all broadleaf weeds that I saw last sunday and yesterday. Raked/mowed/bagged leaves and dead grass today. Halts crabgrass preventer went down. Probably the earliest I have ever mowed.

[bcoop]

I think I'm going to throw some pre-emergent down (though it may not do any good since I didn't pre-emerge in the fall). I think most of the extreme temps are behind us.

I have to tackle nutgrass this year. I sod cut, tilled up, and got rid of the old St. Augustine. I seeded Bermuda, and let it grow. I didn't put anything but fertilizer on it last year, and most of that was a starter fertilizer. No other chemicals, because I didn't want to kill off the new grass. So this year, my goal is to rid all the nutgrass that popped up after tilling the entire yard.

[347Mike]

Mowing was the biggest PITA. I have 5 brown bags filled with dead grass...

I may try the pro-emergent also. I noticed quite a bit of weeds while mowing the other day... I really need to aerate too, ugh..

[Up0n0ne]

Anyone want to go half on an aerater? lol I can't wait to start cutting the grass again..

Where you located and what do the run, I'm interested if you're serious?

[347Mike]

Where you located and what do the run, I'm interested if you're serious?

I think we are too far unfortunately. I am in Roanoke (Near Keller).

[stinginstang]

I have to tackle nutgrass this year. .

I've always heard it called nutsedge, but I think we're thinking of the same thing. If so, I hope that shit didn't get in your flowerbeds. I'm on year five of fighting that shit. It's tough to get rid of. Hey Zemog - how do I get rid of this stuff?

[zemog]

image works pretty good and also manage, image seems to keep it away longer but may take 2 apps, where as manage does it in one but it seems to come back yearly, i believe john deere/ lesco calls it sedgehammer now (manage).

[zemog]

I think I'm going to throw some pre-emergent down (though it may not do any good since I didn't pre-emerge in the fall). I think most of the extreme temps are behind us.

I have to tackle nutgrass this year. I sod cut, tilled up, and got rid of the old St. Augustine. I seeded Bermuda, and let it grow. I didn't put anything but fertilizer on it last year, and most of that was a starter fertilizer. No other chemicals, because I didn't want to kill off the new grass. So this year, my goal is to rid all the nutgrass that popped up after tilling the entire yard.

dont really understand the no pre emerge so it wont work because of temps behind us comment. the weeds you are pre emerging for now are spring and summer weeds, ie. crabgrass, goosegrass, killinga, clover (some already up tho). most wont emerge till soil temp around 58 i believe, obviously bare or thin areas will already be growing some clover tho.

[bcoop]

dont really understand the no pre emerge so it wont work because of temps behind us comment. the weeds you are pre emerging for now are spring and summer weeds, ie. crabgrass, goosegrass, killinga, clover (some already up tho). most wont emerge till soil temp around 58 i believe, obviously bare or thin areas will already be growing some clover tho.

I just meant it might not make the difference I'm hoping for, because I didn't put any down in the fall of last year. The shit that's coming in now, should have been treated with pre-emerge in the fall, right?

I don't have much crabgrass, goosegrass, etc. I do get some occasional clover, but it's not a lot, and it's not often. Most of what I get is purple flowered henbit and nutgrass/nutsedge. I do have a dallisgrass problem in the parkway, but I haven't really tried to do anything about it either, other than pull it when I see it. My parkways need some dirt work, I'll probably do the same thing there that I did with the rest of the yard last year. Cut, til, and seed.

[bcoop]

I've always heard it called nutsedge, but I think we're thinking of the same thing. If so, I hope that shit didn't get in your flowerbeds. I'm on year five of fighting that shit. It's tough to get rid of. Hey Zemog - how do I get rid of this stuff?

Yeah, it's the same. Haven't used it on this yard yet because it's new, but I will this season. My Dad has had success with Image and Sedgehammer on his bermuda grass.

[zemog]

i actually missed by about 2 weeks, i am covering with a post emerge also with the pre, usually try to do a split application for the spring/summer weeds, shoot for around valentines day and easter(either pre m or barricade), thats about a 6 week window which is what you want. then again somewhere in september with prodiamine (barricade), and if it stays warm enough i put down a half rate of simizine in december.