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| Had a new lawn put in this spring, it is seeded and taking OK. its been SUPER hot and dry - I water several times a week. My question is when can I put on a weed killer? I have mowed the lawn several times already. I have already used a fertilizer about a month ago. Just looking for tips/recommendations on product and application to whip my lawn into shape/
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- Posted by dchall_san_antonio 8 San Antonio (My Page) on Mon, Jul 30, 12 at 20:23
| If you are very careful about overspray, you can spot spray weeds with something like Weed-B-Gone. Spot spraying is much preferred to granules or blanket spraying because it does less harm to turf and the soil microbes that keep your soil healthy. Read the directions on the label and check your temperatures before using. In WI you are probably good to go but down here in the heat, we can't apply herbicide much after April. Also you don't need to saturate the soil or even the leaves. All you do is mist the leaves of the weed. For next time, do your new lawn in the fall if you can. You won't get nearly the amount of weeds and the new grass roots will require much less water after maturing for the winter months. Don't use any more chemical fertilizer until the temps cool down. You can use organic any time, but no chems in the summer. Also your grass will do better in the summer heat when it is left to become tall. Short grass is much more stressed in the summer than tall grass. I would set the mower deck to the highest position and skip mowing every other week or three. If you are looking to apply something, use any clear shampoo at a rate of 3 ounces per 1,000 square feet. Do that before you put your normal 1 inch of irrigation down. Then repeat in 2 weeks. That will soften your soil and allow much deeper penetration of the water down to the roots. You can apply as often as you like and don't fret about getting exactly 3 ounces per thou. You want more than zero and less than 50. 3 ounces happens to be 1 gallon per acre so that's where these recommendations come from. When overdoing it doesn't matter, we try to make that point. There are people on this and other forums doing experiments with overkill. So far as we know, soap can go on heavy without harm. |
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