[BrettWayne]

I have a lot of crabgrass in front lawn. Due to me trying to overseed in spring and not applying pre-em.. my question is where should I go from here ? I'm afraid that after winter is over and spring arrives I'm going to be left with some bare spots . What can I do now to help myself in spring ? Any tips and advice is welcome.

 

[social port]

Do you still have time to kill it with glyphosate and put some seed down this fall?
You could probably do that where I am, but I am not sure when frost hits there in Lexy

 

[g-man]

I would not kill a lawn for some crabgrass. Have you used weed b Gon plus crabgrass to control it? Then overseed?

 

[Roosterchest]

This year is probably a lost cause. Once the temps dip at night the crabgrass will die. Yes, these will likely be bare spots in the spring but isn't that what you want if you're overseeding? The question will be, can you get the new grass planted and growing before the crabgrass germinates next spring?

 

[LawnNerd]

I dont think this year is a lost cause. Tenacity is labeled to kill crabgrass (and I've used it myself for crabgrass) and there is no waiting period before its safe to seed. And since you're going fescue, I think you've got a little time, but not much. Act quickly.

Just an option.

 

[social port]

I would not kill a lawn for some crabgrass. Have you used weed b Gon plus crabgrass to control it? Then overseed?

I was thinking of spot spraying rather than applying it to the whole lawn. Then again, I'm not sure how pervasive the crabgrass problem is, so that distinction might not be very meaningful.

The weed b gone products have a 30-day wait before reseeding. A real perk of glyphosate in a time-crunch is a minimal waiting period for reseeding.

 

[BrettWayne]

I have used the ortho weed B gone and it worked for a lot but most just turned a reddish color and never died! Probably at a tiller stage that ortho couldn't kill I'm guessing ..

 

[BrettWayne]

Do you still have time to kill it with glyphosate and put some seed down this fall?
You could probably do that where I am, but I am not sure when frost hits there in Lexy

Glypho in my front lawn makes me nervous lol

 

[BrettWayne]

I dont think this year is a lost cause. Tenacity is labeled to kill crabgrass (and I've used it myself for crabgrass) and there is no waiting period before its safe to seed. And since you're going fescue, I think you've got a little time, but not much. Act quickly.

Just an option.

Thanks for the info.

 

[BrettWayne]

This year is probably a lost cause. Once the temps dip at night the crabgrass will die. Yes, these will likely be bare spots in the spring but isn't that what you want if you're overseeding? The question will be, can you get the new grass planted and growing before the crabgrass germinates next spring?

I feel like overseeding last spring that I basically set myself back another year ! I probably should have applied pre-em and reseeded thin areas now ..