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Lawn Question
Posted on 4/2/24 at 2:00 pm
Posted on 4/2/24 at 2:00 pm
I recently bought a home and this is my first time having a lawn ( lived in an apt before). I have been watering about an inch a week and mowing but wanted to ask if there is anything i need to do fertilizer/ weed prevention wise? TIA, any advice is much appreciated as i am pretty new to this
This post was edited on 4/2/24 at 2:01 pm
Posted on 4/2/24 at 2:10 pm to HardBall31
Where are you? Knowing your turf would help. Most weeds can be knocked out with a lot of different herbicides. Some weeds require more specialized herbicides to go away. Prevention is the key to maintaining weed control. Depending on how much you care, sometimes any amount of green grass (whether it be a weed or your turf) will look nice to some, not so great to others. Right now I'm putting more effort into my yard, eliminated most of the green weeds, and am living with a bunch of barren spots where weeds use to exist. Eye sore for now, but one day it'll grow with my normal turf.
Get a soil sample from a nearby nursery and send it off for analysis. I went to Clegg's in BR for my box, did two samples (front & back yard) and paid $11 to ship, $11/sample. Did 10 spots in both yards and mixed each sample up before bagging it.
I'm guessing most Louisiana lawns include St. Aug, Bermuda, Centipede, and Zoysia. Avoid the "Southern lawn weed and feed" stuff you find. Those do not target a specific turfgrass. IMO it's like giving your lawn a multivitamin.
The best way to have a low weed lawn is to have healthy grass with a healthy root system. Regularly cutting your lawn at the appropriate height, watering when necessary, aerating, dethatching are all going to help your lawn breathe and grow.
Get a soil sample from a nearby nursery and send it off for analysis. I went to Clegg's in BR for my box, did two samples (front & back yard) and paid $11 to ship, $11/sample. Did 10 spots in both yards and mixed each sample up before bagging it.
I'm guessing most Louisiana lawns include St. Aug, Bermuda, Centipede, and Zoysia. Avoid the "Southern lawn weed and feed" stuff you find. Those do not target a specific turfgrass. IMO it's like giving your lawn a multivitamin.
The best way to have a low weed lawn is to have healthy grass with a healthy root system. Regularly cutting your lawn at the appropriate height, watering when necessary, aerating, dethatching are all going to help your lawn breathe and grow.
This post was edited on 4/2/24 at 2:11 pm
Posted on 4/2/24 at 2:12 pm to BilbeauTBaggins
sorry forgot to mention, I am in BR. thanks for the advice, i may look into doing a sample
Posted on 4/2/24 at 3:20 pm to HardBall31
As Bilbeau said, we’ve got to know the grass type.
Send a close up picture if needed.
Send a close up picture if needed.
Posted on 4/3/24 at 2:30 pm to bayoubengals88
following up, it is St Aug
Posted on 4/3/24 at 2:43 pm to HardBall31
St Aug is a tough grass to manage. It does not like foot traffic, is not drought tolerant, can be sensitive to certain chemicals, and is prone to disease-especially take all patch. The very basic lawn package for St Aug should include a broadcast spreader, a backpack sprayer or handcan, 20% N fertilizer with lower P and K, a bottle of manor, a bottle of propiconizole.
This post was edited on 4/3/24 at 4:36 pm
Posted on 4/3/24 at 2:56 pm to ronk
Think you just confirmed what's going on in my St. Aug, take all patch. Damnit!
Posted on 4/3/24 at 4:00 pm to HardBall31
quote:Rule number 1 for St. Aug: Mow it high. 3-4”
following up, it is St Aug
Posted on 4/8/24 at 9:50 pm to WITNESS23
Yeah, why the lower K? I can understand a little more about P, because it moves through the soil slowly and can tend to build up.
Posted on 4/10/24 at 11:23 am to bkhrph
From what I’ve read, no mater the amount of K you put down, it’ll have similar effectiveness. So you don’t really need a high K number unless you’ve got new sod/seed.
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