OT Lawn Fertilization Thread

Weed and fed last year, killed all my grass

Outdoor Board has several threads going.

I just walked the yard with grass seed + grass food will do it again in 2 weeks

LSU Ag says wait until April. Roots growing now

I put out pre-emurgent, lime, and slow release fertilizer 2 weeks ago. Spot sprayed weeds. Grass seed in the fall. Weed and feed later this spring.

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LSU Ag says wait until April. Roots growing now

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^ Listen to that guy.

I would only recommend a pre-emergent right now. Your grass hasn't been dormant as long as it normally would be during a normal winter, give it another couple weeks.

I have 10 years of training & experience with these types of chemicals. I've seen countless people kill or damage their lawns, most due to laziness or ignorance.

75% of them either don't water their fertilizer in enough, at all, or put it down and think they can wait 8 hours for the rain to water it in.

Good luck

To early to fert and you really should only fert at half rate in shade

Put down pre emergent two weeks ago. Scalped my yard and bagged it to get rid of dead winter grass. Waiting to fertilize.

Weed and feed is a convience product only. The "weed" portion, which is just a selective herbicide like atrazine or trimec, is best applied late feb early March before grass breaks dormancy. The "feed" or fertilizer portion is best applied after the grass breaks from dormancy which depending on the type of grass and condition could be now through April. If you try to do them at the same time you end up in a bad spot as it is either too early or late for one of the products.

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fertilization schedule

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I've been somewhat following Randy Lemmon's schedule for several years now. As I mentioned in the OP, I cannot find many of the formulations of fert he calls for this time of year, fort in the 3-1-2 ratios. Any ideas?