If you start your lawn care advice with these words, you’re smug and I hate you.

I’m sitting in the polar opposite chair with centipede. Wasn’t really my choice but figured I’ll do the best I can with it before nuking it and starting over with a reseed.

Finally have property without dense shade areas so may give the denser growing grass seeds a try. Of course that’s after I’ve had a chance to use pre-emergent, properly irrigate and fix low spots, and correct ph levels, that I still find myself getting my arse handed to me by these damn pasture weeds.

Edit: 2 downvotes for mentioning Bermuda in a thread about lawn smugness.?? Relax people.

Just posting because the lines in my Bermuda looked crisp this morning…



2 years and 2 weeks ago… all from seeds…

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that I still find myself getting my arse handed to me by these damn pasture weeds.

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I live in a subdivision that was once dairy pasture - all I can say it takes persistence and patience, and years to rid one’s self of pasture weeds. That’s how I discovered MSM Turf in my need to control bahiagrass. And don’t get me started on common Bermudagrass. And then if you do get everything under control, and years later you do a major ground disturbance in your backyard like putting in a pool, you get to start all over because you’ve just brought to the surface every damn pasture weed seed that been buried for years.

But there are a number of new homeowners that post here without a lot lawn experience and are dealing with with lawn care and weed issues for the first time, and it’s good that they are made aware and understand that phrase you don’t want to hear anymore.

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maybe people just don’t like him on this board

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I don’t post enough for that. I figured they just disagreed with what I said.

Clearly.

You know the reason why I’d spray 1 day before mowing, besides to allow leaf blades reaching max surface area to absorb the herbicide?

Because my arse can’t tell the difference between Johnston grass and turf after a fresh mow.

Bud, no worries. Anything said by me here is all for fun. This is by far the best board on this site. Craw is one of the most helpful posters on this board and his knowledge on technical details is unparalleled. I’m sure he will respond but ain’t no hard feelings on home and garden.