re: Spring Weed Guide For Lawns

Harvey Updyke says you are good to go!

When is too late to put out the pre-emergents? Someone forgot

Should've had it down by Thanksgiving. You can still put it down now, but any poa or weed that has already germinated will show up.

House was built last May, no sod in the back yard so its mostly weeds and bare ground with a little grass mixed in... should I just hit the whole yard with a Round-Up like weed killer? Followed up by spreading some seed?

I need a plan of attack, lined out like youre talking to 12 year old

not near that big

probably something like 4000sqft

Can we get this stickied again. About that time

We have laid 7 pallets of St. Aug over the past two weekends at our new house south of Houston. At what point should I do the first cut, and do I need to put anything on it besides lots of water?

Hey gang,

So I'm a lawn newb.
Haven't lived in a house since I was 17. Me and my girlfriend have moved into a nice 4 bedroom rent house in Houston that we love. Great neighbor's, upcoming area, and it's right down the road from where she teaches. AND the landlords love us and give us a great rate. So no plans on going anywhere til we buy closer to where I work in Woodlands/Spring. Now you may ask, "why do you give a shite about the lawn at a rent house?". Well, besides pride we have a 4 year old retired greyhound and in 7 weeks will have a Vizsla. The greyhound already can put divots in any lawn when she starts sprinting while playing. So when she has a friend, I'm concerned what they'll do if the lawn isn't healthy.


When we moved in last August the previous tenant destroyed the lawn. It's was brown/yellow and crispy. You could rake the lawn down to dirt with a swipe.

Unknowingly I put down weed and feed, started watering regularly, then put in a ton of rye grass last fall.

Now, the lawn is a beautiful thick carpet of rye grass (with some weeds in the back), but as we know that has another few weeks and it's gone.


The base lawn is St Aug, can the board help me with what I need to get my St Aug thick and healthy for the Spring and Summer? I'll take any advice I can get. TIA

Ohh.
St Augustine
~ 2800 square feet
No trees in front
Few medium sized trees around perimeter in the back.

Wait until mid-april to hit it with a fertilizer. THe roots need time to establish so they can use the fertilizer best.

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A fertilizer with an analysis that has about a 3:1:2 ratio would work fine. The ratio of a fertilizer’s analysis – the three numbers on a fertilizer package that tell you the percentages of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium in that order – is found by dividing each number in the analysis by the smallest number of the analysis. A good general purpose fertilizer, such as 15-5-10, also is suitable for use on trees, shrubs and flowers, as well as your lawns, which simplifies your fertilizer purchases. Fertilizers with similar analysis such as 16-4-8, 12-4-8 or 19-5-9 also would be suitable.

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Can spray winter broadleaves now, until temps reach 90°. Knock down your weed problem BEFORE fertilizing. It's weed then feed, not weed and feed.