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strange weeds in NE this year?
I've only had a lawn (at least one that wasn't my parents)for a few years
now, so I'm still not sure about what's normal and what's abnormal. However, it seems like this year I've got an incredible amount of widely varying weeds for this early in the season. I put down a crabgrass preventer/fertilizer combo in mid march; maybe the fertilizer has encouraged the weed growth? I have some strange weeds with small white buds and long, stems but not so many leaves. My neighbor's got a bit of grass sprouting up amongst what can best be described as a lawn of African violets which are attempting to spread onto my lawn now (his lawn has traditionally been great.). I've got clover where I've never had clover before. And of course I have dandelions as well. I would think that I had seeded with a weed seed rather than grass seed last fall. I did an overseed last fall, but used a standard Scotts seed so I (naively?) doubt that's the problem. I didn't topdress my lawn with soil, so that isn't the culprit either. Normally, my weeds start to get out of control just in time for me to do my fertilizer/weed control in June, but this year I may have to break out a weed killing spray earlier. Has anyone experienced anything similar or have any advice? Thanks I don't know if the unusually cold winter helps or hinders this. |
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strange weeds in NE this year?
On Thu, 01 May 2003 01:48:56 GMT, "coastalplainsnowman"
wrote: I've only had a lawn (at least one that wasn't my parents)for a few years now, so I'm still not sure about what's normal and what's abnormal. However, it seems like this year I've got an incredible amount of widely varying weeds for this early in the season. I put down a crabgrass preventer/fertilizer combo in mid march; maybe the fertilizer has encouraged the weed growth? I have some strange weeds with small white buds and long, stems but not so many leaves. My neighbor's got a bit of grass sprouting up amongst what can best be described as a lawn of African violets which are attempting to spread onto my lawn now (his lawn has traditionally been great.). I've got clover where I've never had clover before. And of course I have dandelions as well. I would think that I had seeded with a weed seed rather than grass seed last fall. I did an overseed last fall, but used a standard Scotts seed so I (naively?) doubt that's the problem. I didn't topdress my lawn with soil, so that isn't the culprit either. Normally, my weeds start to get out of control just in time for me to do my fertilizer/weed control in June, but this year I may have to break out a weed killing spray earlier. Has anyone experienced anything similar or have any advice? Thanks I don't know if the unusually cold winter helps or hinders this. weed infestation ebbs and flows on a multi annual basis kinda like cricket or grasshopper plagues that occur every so often...you may just be going thru one of those in your area right now....I'm going thru similar bout this year in Okla. I've stepped up the weed and feed but the results still aren't as good as they have been in the past using less herbicide. I've got a nasty wildflower infestation that treats round up as a nice watering.g |
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