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I have a mix of centipede and St. Aug..........I'll try to take a picture of the spots. It's more like dried up, thatch looking dead spots.

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Gonna need pics. Please don’t apply anymore bonus s.

Aww, well sh*t........Since I already put down the Bonus S......how long should I wait to put down anything else, or CAN I put down anything else before summer?

Centipede here...last year I used The Anderson's 16-0-8. Great stuff but pricey. This year I bought Fertilome Centipede 15-0-15 and will lay it in 3 or 4 weeks. Then, again, in late July/early August.
I laid pre-emerge, Lesco 0-0-7 tail end of February (soil temps were warm). So far pretty good with the Lesco.

here’s a thought experiment

how much time and money have you guys spent on spreading poison and synthetic fertilizers all over your property over the years?

I have 6 acres 3.5 of which is some kind/many kinds of lawn grass. I haven’t spent a penny or a minute trying to either get it to grow or make it green. In fact I’ve spent 17 years reducing the amount of coverage in grass either by planting trees which shades it out or building planting beds.

the reason you have to work so hard to keep a green lawn is that it is a sterile monoculture that is unnatural and inherently unhealthy

/off soapbox

I haven't spent a dime on my lawn since I moved into my house 3 years ago and it's gone into terrible shape.

Any pointers from your soapbox?

Throw lime directly on bad parts and you'll be fine.

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here’s a thought experiment

how much time and money have you guys spent on spreading poison and synthetic fertilizers all over your property over the years?

I have 6 acres 3.5 of which is some kind/many kinds of lawn grass. I haven’t spent a penny or a minute trying to either get it to grow or make it green. In fact I’ve spent 17 years reducing the amount of coverage in grass either by planting trees which shades it out or building planting beds.

the reason you have to work so hard to keep a green lawn is that it is a sterile monoculture that is unnatural and inherently unhealthy

/off soapbox

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As someone who generally agrees with what you are saying, there is a way of putting it in a non-douchy way.

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apologies if it reads that way certainly not my intent. Just something I’m passionate about and it came out the wrong way

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It did to me but hey, it's the internet and wouldn't be the first time something was taken the wrong way

As for the content of you post, I've come a long way in the past couple of years. 5 years ago I was all about having the absolute perfect yard with top notch grass but the deeper I get into gardening and beekeeping, the more I go in the opposite direction.

I still keep my backyard pretty tidy mainly because I want my kids to have a sticker-free yard to run around on and it isn't big enough for me to let nature takeover with trees/vegetation. My front yard has gone from weed free to full of clover, aster, and other natives.

My dream is to get 10+ acres. I'd fit in a house and shop on .75 of it and hopefully have the rest be woodland and let nature take its course for the kids to get lost in.