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Old 06-06-2008, 03:20 PM posted to alt.home.lawn.garden
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Default Weeds in lawn

On Jun 6, 4:48*am, Gary29428
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I am new to the site and gardening for that matter. My lawn is down
about 18months now and while there is good grass there is also a huge
amount of weeds. My question, is there anything I can put on the lawn
that will kill off the weeds but not the grass.

Many Thanks

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Gary29428



Yes, of course. Go to any garden center, home center, etc. I
recommend getting a 2 gallon tank sprayer and using one of the liquid
products, like Weed B Gone. With the tank sprayer, you can deliver
the product right on target, which minimizes the amount of herbicide
and also increases effectiveness.

The other choice is a Weed n Feed type product, which I'm not a big
fan of and would not use unless the weeds are everywhere. Once the
lawn is under control, the tank/spot treatment approach is far
better. Also, you want to try to do it when the temps are not
extreme, ie 70s is better than 90s.

Either of those approaches will deal with the common broadleaf weeds,
which are 90% of the problem. If you have something other, like
crabgrass, weed grass, clover, etc, that's another story.