Can you help me identify what has taken over my backyard

Thanks. My backyard is a mess.

It’s very soft. I debated letting it take over my back yard but in the end I got on team centipede and we’re fighting it together. Just did my second application of Celsius. The first one stunted the growth we’ll see what this second one does.

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Thanks. My backyard is a mess.

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If Doveweed is the primary weed overtaking your backyard I would seriously plan to purchase the spray product Specticle Flo and use it next year. If you have low spots and drainage issues work on correcting those as well. St Augustine or Centipede or Bermudagrassis not going to crowd this weed out - just the opposite. There is a granular Specticle pre-emergent product but it’s cost per 1000 sq ft is more expensive than the spray product.

Here is the product I’m referring to LINK. 16 oz container is smallest amount you can purchase. At Site One Landscape Supply it’s about $220/16 oz. Doing the math at $220, and a application of 6 fluid oz per acre = 0.138 fl oz per 1,000 sq ft, that equates $1.89/1000 sq ft. If you made 3 applications of this product per year, late winter, mid-spring and early fall, on a 10,000 sq ft of lawn that 16 oz bottle would last 4 years - so the overall cost doesn’t seem to bad as you can likely eliminate purchasing other pre-emergent herbicides and use less post-emergent herbicides.