T-Zone or Speedzone. These will take care of most weeds except Yellow Nutsedge and Crab Grass. The best way to manage weeds is a thick lawn and pre-emergent. Weeds become almost non-existent. Grassy weeds (Poa Annua/Triv, Quack, Perennial Rye, etc...) are a different story as herbicides are not effective on them.

How many weeds do you have?

 

Thanks for the reply. Not a ton, but enough that it bothers me. I have spent some time pulling them but they keep coming back. I am wanting my lawn to be lush and green. I have some spots in it that aren’t as full and nice as others. I will get some pictures tonight when I get home and post them on here. I just ordered a sprAyer that has a 7’ spray pattern so that I can treat it properly Once I come up with the proper protocol.

I have some areas that are a dark emerald green and some areas that are a greenish yellow.

 

Weeds love bare or thin areas. What kind of turf do you have? (KBG, TTF, PRG). Post pictures of the greenish yellow area and thin areas as well. Provide type of grass.

 

Sounds good. I will post pictures tonight.. The turf I got was from a company called Carlton seed ( I believe it is a TTF). They call it a naturally green tall fescue. I will try to post a link to it here but I don’t know if it will let me.

https://www.carltonseed.com/naturally-green-tall-fescue.html

 

Here is a picture of the lawn from 6/13/24

 

Ideally we always spray the correct herbicide (dependent on target weed) at the optimum time. Over-applying is never a good thing, both from an environmental as well as weed resistance perspective. So the suggestion is to know what weed you're targeting, get the right herbicide for it it, and apply in accordance to label and BMPs. One or two applications will typically get most weeds.

The 3-way or 4-way, like the Speedzone recommended above, will have a wide enough range of effectiveness to cover 90% of what you face.

Post a pic of your problem weed and you'll get feedback on how to tackle it. It sucks to spray ineffective herbicide for your target weed!

 

Pictures posted

 

I use preemergents Dimension and Barricade alternately and ensure 12 month coverage unless overseeding. The rare weeds that find their way throw are hit with Speedzone. I had one small weed in my tttf this whole year. If you do it right, you won’t have to do any monthly weed treatment. I’m not a fan of any combo product like weed and feed. Your also feeding the weed.

 

Thanks, what is your process for the pre emergent?

six months apart or???

how much are you using?

 

Would it be a bad idea to use a preemergent now to stop any further growth as well as a general spray to kill the weeds that have grown?