We had a few days in the 70's last week. So I did some spot spraying. My lawn is pretty clean, but I do have a few winter annual weeds, and some perennial weeds. I used a cocktail of Trimec Southern (1 oz) + Sulfentrazone (4.1 mL) + MSO (1.5 T) / gallon. The sulfentrazone is in there for wild garlic and star of Bethlehem.

 

I mowed yesterday and the day before as we’d had nice warm weather and rain Christmas week. Filled up the grass catcher, but expect to not mow for a few weeks once it goes dormant after the cold front this week. Will spray the first round of glyphosate for the last bit of renovation starting in March/april. After that it’s off to sanding we go

 

Pulled some early spots of Poa on Saturday in my multi year lawn rehab project. Now it’s all frozen!

 

Nothing, it's covered with snow.

 

Counting down to the scalp next month. There was almost zero wind last night so we had a pretty heavy frost on the ground this morning.

 

Counting down to the scalp next month. There was almost zero wind last night so we had a pretty heavy frost on the ground this morning.
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Out if curiosity, was that your first frost this winter for you?

 

@Warm&Cool_Lawn, the was the first significant frost we've had here on the coast. We had some light freezing temps in late December for several days and 3 days last week with freezing overnight temps (30-31 degrees). We haven't had any hard freezes so far this year. The long-term forecast is showing another system coming through the middle of next week so we're not quite done yet but I'm already thinking about taking it all down to dirt.

 

I’m right there with you. That was the first strong frost we’ve had and looks like a big front again early-mid next week. Likely waiting until after the scalp to get my mower sharpened.

I couldn’t wait so I scalped about 1200sq feet down to .3” and got 2.5 baskets full. I also dang near burned my belts with the brake set trying to drive it. I never use that thing and completely forgot to disengage for about 20 feet

 

Noticed some winter weeds popping up in the backyard. Is this the dreaded poa? What should I use to attack in zoysia?

Then there's this one I can't really identify.

 

@Crober2 that just might be poa annua but it's hard for me to ID until it starts to put out seed heads. I think the last photo is just semi-dormant zoysia with some more poa sprinkled in at the top of the photo. I'd pull what you can before it starts seeding.

 

@Crober2 - I’m thinking it looks a lot like very young poa and it should be super easy to pull out right now. Almost like it’s barely attached to the ground.

I’d pull what you can now if that’s manageable & if it’s not everywhere already. Otherwise, I’d spray Certainty on warm day & follow up with another application 3-4ish weeks later on another warm day. At least, that’d be my approach.

 

Thanks! I'll start with hand pulling and see how that goes. I used Simazine this fall because I read it's better against Poa. Hopefully this is just a little breakthrough.

 

Picked up a walk behind edger and have been cleaning up the lines along the driveway and house. Hopefully next weeks cold is it and I can start scalping in a couple of weeks. Then it’ll be pre e time as well

 

Hopefully next weeks cold is it and I can start scalping in a couple of weeks.

Same here!

 

I took photos of weeds...

Grass is dormant so not much to do but clean up.

 

@jonny5 Looks like young dandelion.

 

I was thinking hawksbeard. But apparently they are very similar. Luckily theyre easy to spot and pull. The chickweed not so much.

 

Dropped a notch and did a cleanup mow of the front. Three yard bags.

 

Pulled up some baby poa and other various small broadleaf weeds as I continue my multi-year rehab of 11k sq feet of centipede.

 

Watched it snow in Houston of all things

 

 

I plan to pull soil samples today to send to waypoint. Afterwards I have the itch to pre scalp at least to lower HOC & use the verticutter attachment on the Catalyst too early?

 

How are you liking that mower?

 

Scalped some more today until running out of gas. I think I’m up to 6,000 square feet scalped down to .3”, but will have to dethatch and then scalp again to start the year fresh. That celebration got insanely thick last year.

 

Let the PGR expire. Not going to put another round down until the grass starts growing aggressively again.

 

Started up my mower & let it run, try to do once a week in the winter months (vs. letting it sit all winter). Picked up sticks/branches & cut some branches out of trees that were barely hanging on from the ice storm damage a couple weeks ago.

Hoping lawn completely thaws out this week to pull some soil samples for a soil test & hope to spray a pre-E before rain next weekend. I’m ready for spring & mowing!

 

Put down some Atrazine.

 

Watching my Atrazine do its duty!! Clovers and all kinds or junk are dying off nicely. I sweeped a spary onto my neighbors property..... (think a buffer zone) of about 50% clover..... its dying off and the grass is popping up under it!!!

I think I like this stuff!!

 

Spot sprayed some Image on the weeds that survived the florida blizzard. Clover and chickweed are hardy stuff!

 

I have Indaziflam on hand but went ahead and went with @Amoo316 MOA plan. Applied split preM app of Coastal instead since I still have a ton left. We have scheduled rain Weds/Thurs and by Sun we will be in the 70’s.

 

Spraying pre e tomorrow so it can get watered in. Forecast shows highs in the mid-upper 70s for the foreseeable future starting this weekend