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re: Lawn weeds
Posted on 2/6/18 at 5:39 pm to ronk
Posted on 2/6/18 at 5:39 pm to ronk
If I may....
Not sure of how much area you have to treat, but if you're willing to put in a little bit of time, effort and money, you can have a relatively weed-free lawn during the winter if you apply a pre-emergent during the late summer into early fall.
The key is proper timing. If you use something like Barricade (prodiamine) you can put it out in mid-August and make sure it's watered in to incorporate it into the soil. If you wait a little bit longer, I would suggest adding something like Princep (simazine) to the tank to take care of anything that may have already emerged from seed. You may not see it in late August or early September, but it's there underneath the turf canopy and will show itself by the end of the year. By that time it's too late and you will have to spray a post-emergent chemical to take care of the weeds.
I sprayed this combination on both my parents yard and my yard and it worked beautifully it's the cleanest, at this time of the year, that I have ever seen on either of them. (I've used this combination at the golf courses I've worked at and it's done a great job as well.)
I used a Solo type backpack sprayer and made sure to get it calibrated and set up and then it was a matter of figuring out the right amounts to put in the tank and then spray it out. I can tell you that, while it took and couple of hours to do, it will save me HOURS of work coming up this spring in having to mow weeds and such. Plus the yards look great.
I'm a DIY kind of person and pretty picky when it comes to my yard, so I'd rather not pay someone to mow and/or do a lawn service. Plus I have college degree in this kind of thing, so I guess I should put it to good use doing somethjng with it.
Anyway, hope that helps. Kind of late for now, but plan for next fall and you'll definitely be happy with the results.
Fwiw, you could also use the Barricade as a spring pre-emergent and keep the crabgrass and other weeds from coming up this spring. It's probably getting close in the southern part of the state as temperatures stay warmer than here in the northern part. I'll be spraying it again in my yard by the end of February to control the summer time weeds.
My $0.02 worth....or you could call a lawn service. I'm sure they would love to have your money.
Good luck!
Not sure of how much area you have to treat, but if you're willing to put in a little bit of time, effort and money, you can have a relatively weed-free lawn during the winter if you apply a pre-emergent during the late summer into early fall.
The key is proper timing. If you use something like Barricade (prodiamine) you can put it out in mid-August and make sure it's watered in to incorporate it into the soil. If you wait a little bit longer, I would suggest adding something like Princep (simazine) to the tank to take care of anything that may have already emerged from seed. You may not see it in late August or early September, but it's there underneath the turf canopy and will show itself by the end of the year. By that time it's too late and you will have to spray a post-emergent chemical to take care of the weeds.
I sprayed this combination on both my parents yard and my yard and it worked beautifully it's the cleanest, at this time of the year, that I have ever seen on either of them. (I've used this combination at the golf courses I've worked at and it's done a great job as well.)
I used a Solo type backpack sprayer and made sure to get it calibrated and set up and then it was a matter of figuring out the right amounts to put in the tank and then spray it out. I can tell you that, while it took and couple of hours to do, it will save me HOURS of work coming up this spring in having to mow weeds and such. Plus the yards look great.
I'm a DIY kind of person and pretty picky when it comes to my yard, so I'd rather not pay someone to mow and/or do a lawn service. Plus I have college degree in this kind of thing, so I guess I should put it to good use doing somethjng with it.
Anyway, hope that helps. Kind of late for now, but plan for next fall and you'll definitely be happy with the results.
Fwiw, you could also use the Barricade as a spring pre-emergent and keep the crabgrass and other weeds from coming up this spring. It's probably getting close in the southern part of the state as temperatures stay warmer than here in the northern part. I'll be spraying it again in my yard by the end of February to control the summer time weeds.
My $0.02 worth....or you could call a lawn service. I'm sure they would love to have your money.
Good luck!
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Posted on 2/6/18 at 5:46 pm to RedShirt
If I may....
Not sure of how much area you have to treat, but if you're willing to put in a little bit of time, effort and money, you can have a relatively weed-free lawn during the winter if you apply a pre-emergent during the late summer into early fall.
The key is proper timing. If you use something like Barricade (prodiamine) you can put it out in mid-August and make sure it's watered in to incorporate it into the soil. If you wait a little bit longer, I would suggest adding something like Princep (simazine) to the tank to take care of anything that may have already emerged from seed. You may not see it in late August or early September, but it's there underneath the turf canopy and will show itself by the end of the year. By that time it's too late and you will have to spray a post-emergent chemical to take care of the weeds.
I sprayed this combination on both my parents yard and my yard and it worked beautifully it's the cleanest, at this time of the year, that I have ever seen on either of them. (I've used this combination at the golf courses I've worked at and it's done a great job as well.)
I used a Solo type backpack sprayer and made sure to get it calibrated and set up and then it was a matter of figuring out the right amounts to put in the tank and then spray it out. I can tell you that, while it took and couple of hours to do, it will save me HOURS of work coming up this spring in having to mow weeds and such. Plus the yards look great.
I'm a DIY kind of person and pretty picky when it comes to my yard, so I'd rather not pay someone to mow and/or do a lawn service. Plus I have college degree in this kind of thing, so I guess I should put it to good use doing somethjng with it.
Anyway, hope that helps. Kind of late for now, but plan for next fall and you'll definitely be happy with the results.
Fwiw, you could also use the Barricade as a spring pre-emergent and keep the crabgrass and other weeds from coming up this spring. It's probably getting close in the southern part of the state as temperatures stay warmer than here in the northern part. I'll be spraying it again in my yard by the end of February to control the summer time weeds.
My $0.02 worth....or you could call a lawn service. I'm sure they would love to have your money.
Good luck!
Not sure of how much area you have to treat, but if you're willing to put in a little bit of time, effort and money, you can have a relatively weed-free lawn during the winter if you apply a pre-emergent during the late summer into early fall.
The key is proper timing. If you use something like Barricade (prodiamine) you can put it out in mid-August and make sure it's watered in to incorporate it into the soil. If you wait a little bit longer, I would suggest adding something like Princep (simazine) to the tank to take care of anything that may have already emerged from seed. You may not see it in late August or early September, but it's there underneath the turf canopy and will show itself by the end of the year. By that time it's too late and you will have to spray a post-emergent chemical to take care of the weeds.
I sprayed this combination on both my parents yard and my yard and it worked beautifully it's the cleanest, at this time of the year, that I have ever seen on either of them. (I've used this combination at the golf courses I've worked at and it's done a great job as well.)
I used a Solo type backpack sprayer and made sure to get it calibrated and set up and then it was a matter of figuring out the right amounts to put in the tank and then spray it out. I can tell you that, while it took and couple of hours to do, it will save me HOURS of work coming up this spring in having to mow weeds and such. Plus the yards look great.
I'm a DIY kind of person and pretty picky when it comes to my yard, so I'd rather not pay someone to mow and/or do a lawn service. Plus I have college degree in this kind of thing, so I guess I should put it to good use doing somethjng with it.
Anyway, hope that helps. Kind of late for now, but plan for next fall and you'll definitely be happy with the results.
Fwiw, you could also use the Barricade as a spring pre-emergent and keep the crabgrass and other weeds from coming up this spring. It's probably getting close in the southern part of the state as temperatures stay warmer than here in the northern part. I'll be spraying it again in my yard by the end of February to control the summer time weeds.
My $0.02 worth....or you could call a lawn service. I'm sure they would love to have your money.
Good luck!
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