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Crab grass
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Posted by
lawnnutdave45 5 (
drubes45@aol.com) on
Fri, Jul 13, 12 at 15:13
| In the fall and the early spring I fertilize with scotts weed and feed and yet my lawn is taken over by crabgrass?I`m looking for a liquid fertilizer and crabgrass killer? Help |
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RE: Crab grass
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| This is my front lawn in the spring and now July 12 it looks awful ? |
RE: Crab grass
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| I can tell you this... the Scotts weed and feed material you use in the Spring only provides weed control for about 45-60 days. A repeat application of a pre-emerge herbicide is required for extended weed control. |
RE: Crab grass
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| Your problem is documented right in your original posting - you used weed-and-feed, which is for broadleaf weeds. Crabgrass is not a broadleaf weed. Your first application of a pre-emergent crabgrass preventer should occur when the Forsythia bloom. Did you read the bag, or did you assume that weed-and-feed was for crabgrass? |
RE: Crab grass
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| To make sure we are comparing apples to apples, exactly what was the name of the Scotts product that you applied back in the Spring? Sometimes, people use the term weed-and-feed when they actually used a fertilizer plus pre-emerge product. |
RE: Crab grass
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| Whatever. Read the directions and use a post emergent like Ortho weedBgone Max for crabgrass. Next Spring use a pre-emergent when the Forsythia blooms. |
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