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Yard help
Posted on 9/5/17 at 9:47 am
Posted on 9/5/17 at 9:47 am
I've recently taken back care of my lawn. I had got in a wreck and couldn't do it for a while for a while. Then, when I could, everything but the grass I wanted had taken over. My neighbor's kid just cut and trimmed for me.
I just applied Image 3 weeks ago, and it nuked the nut sedge and dollar weed! It was the hose attachment. I am extremely satisfied with the results.
What is left is a mix of St. Augustine and Bermuda along with a healthy crop of crab grass and Virginia button weed. I'm talking huge sections of the yard are button weed.
I plan on spot treating the crab grass which will be a tedious and long process. I would like to go all Bermuda. What are my next steps?
TIA
I just applied Image 3 weeks ago, and it nuked the nut sedge and dollar weed! It was the hose attachment. I am extremely satisfied with the results.
What is left is a mix of St. Augustine and Bermuda along with a healthy crop of crab grass and Virginia button weed. I'm talking huge sections of the yard are button weed.
I plan on spot treating the crab grass which will be a tedious and long process. I would like to go all Bermuda. What are my next steps?
TIA
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Posted on 9/5/17 at 11:05 am to CoachChappy
MSMA to kill any grasses and grassy weeds, and wait til the spring to battle the buttonweed when it is younger and less hardy.
Posted on 9/5/17 at 11:11 am to bootlegger
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wait til the spring to battle the buttonweed when it is younger and less hardy.
That's what I was wondering, if it would be pointless to fight it now. The cold will kill it?
Also, any advice on getting the Bermuda to take over?
Posted on 9/5/17 at 11:17 am to CoachChappy
As it comes out of its dormancy, it can be controlled easily with WeedFreeZone, or Speedzone. This late in the year, all you can hope for is suppression with metsulfuron (MSM).
Spray the yard with MSMA one week, and fertilize it the next. Alternate this treatment a few times and the bermuda should easily take hold.
Spray the yard with MSMA one week, and fertilize it the next. Alternate this treatment a few times and the bermuda should easily take hold.
Posted on 9/5/17 at 12:05 pm to bootlegger
I agree
Posted on 9/5/17 at 12:51 pm to bootlegger
Which fertilizer do you recommend?
Posted on 9/5/17 at 1:19 pm to CoachChappy
Last time I "reclaimed" a field, I used this method:
Week 1 - Spray MSMA @ 2 Qts/Acre
Week 2 - Ammonium nitrate @ 100 Lbs/Ac
Week 3 - MSMA @ 1.5 Qts/Ac
Week 4 - 19-19-19 @ 250 Lbs/Ac
Week 5 - MSMA @ 1.5 Qts/Ac
Week 6 - Ammonium Nitrate @ 100 Lbs/Ac
Would probably be ok not fertilizing heavily between sprayings, but i was on a timeline and wanted to pump the bermuda back up after being sprayed heavily with the MSMA. May just have to space the sprayings out more if you don't fertilize.
Week 1 - Spray MSMA @ 2 Qts/Acre
Week 2 - Ammonium nitrate @ 100 Lbs/Ac
Week 3 - MSMA @ 1.5 Qts/Ac
Week 4 - 19-19-19 @ 250 Lbs/Ac
Week 5 - MSMA @ 1.5 Qts/Ac
Week 6 - Ammonium Nitrate @ 100 Lbs/Ac
Would probably be ok not fertilizing heavily between sprayings, but i was on a timeline and wanted to pump the bermuda back up after being sprayed heavily with the MSMA. May just have to space the sprayings out more if you don't fertilize.
Posted on 9/5/17 at 1:28 pm to bootlegger
And you just broadcast sprayed the whole thing?
Posted on 9/5/17 at 1:29 pm to bootlegger
Bootlegger - with the temps coming down over the next weeks, would it be ok to spray MSMA? I used it earlier in the year for one application if you remember. Then I got worried with the high temps so I didn't do it again. I have all kinds of stuff growing that I'd like to spray and see what happens.
6 months later 
Posted on 9/5/17 at 1:53 pm to ole man
Gotta fix your pics ole man. Can't see shite 
Posted on 9/5/17 at 1:58 pm to ole man
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ole man
You can't post pics taken from a Polaroid you old bastard.
Posted on 9/5/17 at 2:01 pm to Janky
lol i havent loaded a pick in a long time, can u see em now
Posted on 9/5/17 at 2:03 pm to ole man
no. I don't think you can use photobucket here anymore.
This post was edited on 9/5/17 at 2:04 pm
Posted on 9/5/17 at 2:07 pm to Janky
well frick me
Posted on 9/5/17 at 2:25 pm to ole man
Ole man, use imgur
Posted on 9/5/17 at 2:26 pm to Janky
can you see em yet
Posted on 9/5/17 at 2:36 pm to CoachChappy
Yeah, I sprayed the whole thing. Take out the competition and bermuda will take hold quickly. If you spray at temps over 90, just expect strong chlorosis of the turf grass. I order most all of my chemicals from Regal Chemical, and my fast-release fertilizers from the local feed store.
Posted on 9/5/17 at 2:51 pm to bootlegger
Thanks. Ill get started. I had to get that nut sedge under control first to see what I was dealing with.
Posted on 9/5/17 at 2:53 pm to CoachChappy
cappy can you see the pics
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