doomtrpr_z71
Senior Member
Theres no point spraying twice within a week with roundup, its little late to start this, may-july is optimum, late plantings are usually better with unhulled seed.
Msma is illegal to use on home turf as is grazon, picloram is a bit overkill for a yard, especially since it will kill trees and it stays active in the clippings.HAVeyou thoight about spraying entire yard with grazon or something similar? Amazing the difference after my wife did ours. No more weeds and if I’d buy her some msma it’d get rid of the crabgrass too
I planted clover in the yard at the farm.Didn,t want to spend the time ,money.or chemicals for a grass yard.2 wells I didn,t want to possibly contaminate.Here's my take. I've been installing and maintaining grass for decades. If your yard is mostly weeds, killing it and starting over might be a good idea. But, realize that there is probably a huge bank of weed seeds in the soil that are going to germinate as soon as you disturb the soil. If you want that perfect lawn with no weeds, then regardless of whether you sow it, sod it, or whatever, no matter how much you spend, it's not gonna stay that way unless you spray it a couple times a year with a selective herbicide and put down pre-emergent for stuff like crabgrass. Then, you also have to fertilize, de-thatch, and such regularly, and mow at the correct height, which is usually higher than most folks mow. Having that lush, green, monoculture lawn is a lot of work, and costs a lot, and has a lot of environmental implications, also.
I don't have to plant clover here. Just plant grass, and in a few years it'll be mostly white clover.I planted clover in the yard at the farm.Didn,t want to spend the time ,money.or chemicals for a grass yard.2 wells I didn,t want to possibly contaminate.