Is this a test, or your lawn?

Pictures are not great for identification of some of the subjects, but here is my best effort.

1. Spurge
2. Annual Blue Grass
3. Small Plantain or Dandelion.
4. ? Not enough picture detail
5. Carrot Weed
6. Either Barn Yard or Quack Grass
7. Carpet Weed or Knot Weed
8. ? No detail in picture
9. ? Not enough detail in picture

10. ? Mallow

Thanks for the quick reply texas-weed.

Not sure what you mean by test. These are weeds I pulled right out of my lawn just moments before posting. They are everywhere and many are forming seed heads. Must be cutting too high. What would you do now if this was your lawn?

What kind of grass do you have.

We have Bermuda sod. Annual bluegrass, clover and #9 are the most common. Here are a few more pics.

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It does look like you need to be mowing weekly, at least now while it's raining a lot. When it gets hotter you might not need to.

There is an organic pre-emergent (blocks seed sprouting but does not kill anything) called corn gluten meal that you could try. It is a nitrogen fertilizer but it does not have as much nitrogen as chemical fertilizer and it is released more slowly into the lawn. I used to buy it at a cattle feed store (it is a protein additive that is used in lots of pet and cattle foods) and it was not too expensive when sold as feed. The kind that is sold as fertilizer is a lot more expensive. I had really good luck with it but I did have a spreader that would dump more than it was supposed to, so I spread it pretty heavily compared to instructions--about 50 pounds over 2000 sq ft or so.

Anyway, my lawn looked really good when I used it, better than any chemicals I have tried. But like I said, it doesn't kill weeds, it just stops seed sprouting. If you really can't spray anything to kill them, then the only option is to pull all those weeds or keep them mowed short and hope the grass chokes them out. Also, some of those weeds will die once the weather gets hot.

It would help if you start mowing two or three times a week at 1 to 1.5 inches.

Just back fom Memorial Day with the Fam. Wanted to thank Texas weed and Julie 717 for all the helpful information. It is consistent with what we have read. Guess the gluten meal can't hurt. We plan to try it in a small area as a trial. Best advice is clearly to cut the grass more often than we have been -once or twice per week. In the fall, our service will start and it won't be much of an issue. I think the service is necessary to get rid of the horrible fescue. Frankly, if we are cutting every week, the other weeds won't matter much. Ya won't be ale to see them anyway!

I really appreciate when folks here take time out of their schedules to help the novice. Thanks and blessings!

Corn Gluten Meal is not going to do a thing.

Just wanted to post an update. It's barely been two weeks and the change is unbelievable. We have been cutting every 5-7 days. It is also quite a bit warmer. The combination has done wonders for the lawn. The Bermuda has the advantage and is overtaking most of the weeds. The crabgrass and fescue are hanging on but the others are MIA! Thanks for your help.