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I'm giving up trying to get a full lush lawn....
Posted on 6/8/21 at 11:01 pm
Posted on 6/8/21 at 11:01 pm
I suck at taking care of my lawn. No matter what I do nothing turns out good. I've put down pre and post emergent, atrazine, 2D4D, weed free zone, bags of weed and feed, bags of Milo, put down Talstar for bugs, etc. and I still have a shite ton of weeds and my grass look like crap.
Over the past three years, I've spent all kinds of money trying to get my grass in better shape and I'm all out of ideas at this point. So damn frustrating.
I guess I just needed to get that off my chest. My wife didn't want to listen to me bitch
/endrant
Over the past three years, I've spent all kinds of money trying to get my grass in better shape and I'm all out of ideas at this point. So damn frustrating.
I guess I just needed to get that off my chest. My wife didn't want to listen to me bitch
/endrant
This post was edited on 6/8/21 at 11:41 pm
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Posted on 6/8/21 at 11:12 pm to Hammond Tiger Fan
The audacity of some of these weeds just blows my mind. Like, look here you little bitch, did you just see what all I did over the last month and you’re gonna just pop your little arse up right in the middle of my lawn? No sir.
Posted on 6/8/21 at 11:22 pm to Hammond Tiger Fan
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This post was edited on 12/18/21 at 10:22 am
Posted on 6/8/21 at 11:36 pm to Hammond Tiger Fan
A weed free lawn is an impossible rabbit hole. And I’m deep into that sumbitch.
Posted on 6/9/21 at 1:01 am to Hammond Tiger Fan
I do pretty well, my front yard is semi excellent. But my female lab keeps burning holes into the back lawn. I don’t know what to do anymore. I try to hose it down. The tablets never did anything to change her urine. I’m to the point that I wish she would just start pissing in the flower bed at this point and maybe killing weeds in the process.
I’m considering installing turf in 2022 depending on how this year goes.
I’m considering installing turf in 2022 depending on how this year goes.
Posted on 6/9/21 at 5:12 am to Hammond Tiger Fan
What kind of grass?
Posted on 6/9/21 at 5:26 am to Hammond Tiger Fan
Have you done any soil samples at your local extension office? I'm in the middle of doing that myself with my lawn. Turns out it needed a ton of lime.
Posted on 6/9/21 at 6:28 am to Hammond Tiger Fan
This is why I like Bermuda.
Celsius, nitrogen, cut and it looks great.
Celsius, nitrogen, cut and it looks great.
Posted on 6/9/21 at 7:11 am to tilco
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What kind of grass?
Centipede
Posted on 6/9/21 at 7:22 am to Hammond Tiger Fan
I had tons of problems and then got fed up and tore it all out and resodded.
Went from centipede to st aug and cut it a little higher than before, mines super green and lush and completely free of weeds.
Just start scraping!
Went from centipede to st aug and cut it a little higher than before, mines super green and lush and completely free of weeds.
Just start scraping!
Posted on 6/9/21 at 7:23 am to Hammond Tiger Fan
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Centipede
That may be your problem. Centipede is the lazy man's grass. It really likes to be left alone. It is also a slow grower and takes a while to recover from any damage.
I had centipede when I lived in Florida. I fertilized it once before I really knew about that type and it was never the same. I'll never have centipede again.
Posted on 6/9/21 at 7:51 am to Hammond Tiger Fan
once you mow them down the weeds are just as green as the grass.
it’s live and let live with the weeds at my place
it’s live and let live with the weeds at my place
Posted on 6/9/21 at 8:17 am to BallsEleven
quote:
This is why I like Bermuda.
Celsius, nitrogen, cut and it looks great.
MSMA and fertilizer. Punch it and sand it in high summer. Iron supplement in October.
Your yard will look like a golf course
Posted on 6/9/21 at 8:39 am to Hammond Tiger Fan
1000% on board with this. Problem is I say it every year and fall and spring rolls around and I "forget" that I quit. No matter what I do I'll never turn this lawn around because its too uneven. There are low spot and shady spots that will never grow grass but boy do the weeds thrive. I've had enough. If I drink more I won't care as much. 
Posted on 6/9/21 at 8:48 am to lsugrad35
Welcome to the black hole
Posted on 6/9/21 at 9:18 am to Hammond Tiger Fan
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Centipede
There’s your problem….2-4-d, weed and feed, milo
All bad options.
How much nitrogen fertilizer are you applying per 1k sq feet each year?
This post was edited on 6/9/21 at 9:20 am
Posted on 6/9/21 at 10:00 am to Hammond Tiger Fan
This is why I promote natural areas in yards with trees. Less grass to worry about.
Posted on 6/9/21 at 10:22 am to Hammond Tiger Fan
I finally hired a weed and feed company and complain to them. Yeah it's more expensive, but I have someone to blame.
Have emerald zoysia in the front and still have some weeds especially early summer. Usually wins out completely about August then goes dormant again within a month. Just to start the cycle again the following year
Have emerald zoysia in the front and still have some weeds especially early summer. Usually wins out completely about August then goes dormant again within a month. Just to start the cycle again the following year
Posted on 6/9/21 at 10:28 am to Hammond Tiger Fan
Try something different.
I have found using less chemicals and promoting healthy grass works best for me. I use natural, slow release fertilizers, water my yard when needed and mow every 3-4 days. I pull weeds by hand since I don't have many. If you don't want to pull weeds by hand then mix up a hand spray bottle and spot spray where needed.
Many of the chemicals and overuse of synthetic fertilizers really take a beating on the microbial activity in the soil. Many of the pre-M will also slow/prevent turf grasses from being able to spread, fill-in and thicken up. As the grass gets healthy the weeds will go down naturally.
EDIT: Never mind. I see you have centipede.
I have found using less chemicals and promoting healthy grass works best for me. I use natural, slow release fertilizers, water my yard when needed and mow every 3-4 days. I pull weeds by hand since I don't have many. If you don't want to pull weeds by hand then mix up a hand spray bottle and spot spray where needed.
Many of the chemicals and overuse of synthetic fertilizers really take a beating on the microbial activity in the soil. Many of the pre-M will also slow/prevent turf grasses from being able to spread, fill-in and thicken up. As the grass gets healthy the weeds will go down naturally.
EDIT: Never mind. I see you have centipede.
This post was edited on 6/9/21 at 10:32 am
Posted on 6/9/21 at 10:30 am to habz007
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I do pretty well, my front yard is semi excellent. But my female lab keeps burning holes into the back lawn. I don’t know what to do anymore. I try to hose it down. The tablets never did anything to change her urine. I’m to the point that I wish she would just start pissing in the flower bed at this point and maybe killing weeds in the process.
The urine could be doing 1 of 2 things to harm your grass:
1) Excess nitrogen. If this is the case then yeah, all you can really do is water the crap out of the grass to keep the nitrogen from burning the grass
2) Salts. If the salt level in the urine is harming the grass you can add gypsum and it will restore the grass health making it green again.
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