[ITSBIGDEE36]

So this is my first year trying to take care of my lawn. It was decent when I moved in but once the winter was over and grass started growing it was a huge bare spot. I went through and raked, aeration fertilizer, and laid new seed down and it finally came in, but now there so much different crap growing. I don't no if I should kill my lawn and start from scratch. Here's some pictures not the greatest but I guess Its view of what I have growing in my yard.

 

[Jconnelly6b]

Welcome to TLF! Glad to have you here.

Not sure what you have there, but I get that in the drier parts of my lawn too. Regular broadleaf weed control should knock that right out, but be careful with the high temperatures. Only spray weeds when the daytime highs are below 85-90 F. anything above and you can burn your good grass too.

 

[Delmarva Keith]

Hard to say exactly what that is from the pic but my guess is a type of spurge or lespedeza.

https://extension.umd.edu/hgic/common-lespedeza-or-japanese-clover

 

[g-man]

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For 750sqft, I would just hand pull it than dealing with herbicides.

 

[pennstater2005]

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For 750sqft, I would just hand pull it than dealing with herbicides.

Agreed. I would hand pull as long it comes out easily with the root attached. Otherwise, as noted above you can use Weed B Gon per the label. With a smaller lawn I might be inclined to buy the premixed vs concentrate.

Welcome to TLF :thumbup:

 

[Bermuda_Newbie]

I think that's purslane or portulaca oleracea on Wikipedia if you want to check that out.

 

[g-man]

I think you have a bigger problem than the weed. The tree provides a lot of nice shade that will make anything growing there a struggle. I don't think you should get rid of the tree.

 

[Pennsylvaniablue]

That's some purslane. It can spread pretty quickly if you dont nip it in the bud.

 

[ITSBIGDEE36]

Thanks guys I'll try the weed b gone. The funny part is the grass is nice thick and green in that shaded area in the back towards the house. I wanted to take the tree down when I first moved here but the mrs said no.

 

[Bermuda_Newbie]

I know this may not be helpful but we've had good luck just pulling them out. If the ground is wet, it has a pretty shallow root base. We feed it to our tortoise. In some places it's used in salad. Go figure.