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| I fertilized grass 1 1/2 weeks ago and used weed-b-gone approx. 3 days later. I now read that I should have waited 2 weeks. Should I use this product again now or wait another week? I don't see any results. Secondly, when it kills the weeds, will there be bare spots left over? I overseeded last year with KBJ- will this spread fast in these areas? If I wait until fall and do winter fertilizer with halts would this prevent a lot of these weeds from coming back next year? Dont get me wrong, I started following a lot of you guys advice and my husband states I got the lawn looking better than ever just still got a ways to go. |
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| I don't think it's a problem that you used fertilizer a few days before you used Weed-B-Gone. I don't see anything on the label that would indicate a problem. Weed-B-Gone doesn't kill weeds instantly. In my experience it takes about two weeks to see the full effects of it. After a week the weeds should be lighter in color and somewhat shriveled. I would wait about a month between applications, unless it says other wise on the label. Also I find you get better results using a tank sprayer and spot treating the weeds. Of course if you have a lot of weeds, or a very big lawn this may not be possible, but the sprayer delivers more product to the weeds and you don't use as much. You might get bare spots if you have large patches of weeds, but if you just have weeds growing up through the turf you shouldn't have large patches, and your KBG will fill in any small bare areas by the end of the summer. Most weeds won't come back if A: They are annuals and B: If they are killed before they produce seed. Halts applied in fall won't do much of anything since most weeds germinate in the spring. An application of Halts in late summer will however prevent germination of poa annua, which is a winter annual. So if you aren't overseeding I would recommend a mid to late summer application of a preemergence like Halts or Dimension. |
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- Posted by dchall_san_antonio 8 San Antonio (My Page) on Sun, May 23, 10 at 13:28
| Feels good to have the approval of your spouse in doing the lawn, doesn't it!! This is mostly echoing tiemco. The idea with waiting 2 weeks after fertilizing is so that the weeds will be very healthy before you come in and chop their little heads off. Healthy weeds absorb the herbicide better than sickly weeds. Part of that recommendation is also to get people to stop thinking about using Weed-N-Feed products all the time. Timing is the issue with those, so fertilizing first and following up with herbicide (spot spray) later satisfies most everyone. The first year it sleeps. That is the credo for all ground covers except creeping charlie and kudzu. KBG will seem slow at first but in 2 years you'll be laughing about any setback in the first year. The herbicide will take out the weeds. Insasmuch as they might have provided significant coverage with no KBG mixed in, then maybe you will have bare spots. If so then I would suggest using good compost as a mulch on those spots. The compost/mulch will keep the ground from getting hot there and sprouting more weeds. Watch the spots for weeds and pull them as soon as you see them. Deep infrequent watering and dense grass is what keeps the weeds from coming back next year. Bare or thin spots are an open invitation to weeds. Sometimes Mother Nature comes along with a week of rain that will sprout weed seeds. That, of course, doesn't help. If She does, then Halts or something with preemergent qualities might be appropriate. |
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- Posted by monty eastern(bmonty023@hotmail.com) onWed, Jul 13, 11 at 17:14
| I have use weed-b-gone before and it is a brown color before you mix it, I use sum today from a differnt bottle and it was clear. Is this still good. THANKS |
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| Yes, Weed-B-Gone is brown. Weed B Gone Clover, Chickweed and Oxalis Killer is is clear. Did you perhaps use that product instead? |
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