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Pesky Lawn Weeds
We started having weed problems (mostly dandelion) in our lawn last
summer I & was hoping to get some tips for better control this year. I've seen several posts from people saying manually removing weeds is the best bet, but each time I've tried that I either don't get the roots or leave huge pot holes in my lawn. I've tried several weed removal tools (i.e. "as seen on tv" weed pullers) that also leave the big holes. I will start using Scott's spring fertilizer with weed control soon, but it didn't seem to help much last year. Has anyone had luck with any brand of lawn friendly herbicides? Any weed removal gardening tool suggestions? Any tips for this lawn care newbie would be appreciated :). |
Pesky Lawn Weeds
On Sun, 29 Feb 2004 15:06:50 -0800, JeffLaw wrote:
We started having weed problems (mostly dandelion) in our lawn last summer I & was hoping to get some tips for better control this year. I've seen several posts from people saying manually removing weeds is the best bet, but each time I've tried that I either don't get the roots or leave huge pot holes in my lawn. I've tried several weed removal tools (i.e. "as seen on tv" weed pullers) that also leave the big holes. I will start using Scott's spring fertilizer with weed control soon, but it didn't seem to help much last year. Has anyone had luck with any brand of lawn friendly herbicides? Any weed removal gardening tool suggestions? Any tips for this lawn care newbie would be appreciated :). Mechanical weed removal works fine. I have used a combination of that and Weed-B-Gon. This method works great on dandelions, creeping charlie and other broadleaf pests. I usually make 2-3 applications over the entire lawn at 2-3 week intervals. Eradicating creeping charlie works best if you can hit the plant when it is blooming, a period in its life when all the plant's energy goes into bloom production thereby weakening it a bit. There's nothing wrong with chemicals as long as one uses common sense and can read/follow instructions to the letter. |
Pesky Lawn Weeds
"MC" wrote in message ... On Sun, 29 Feb 2004 15:06:50 -0800, JeffLaw wrote: We started having weed problems (mostly dandelion) in our lawn last summer I & was hoping to get some tips for better control this year. I've seen several posts from people saying manually removing weeds is the best bet, but each time I've tried that I either don't get the roots or leave huge pot holes in my lawn. I've tried several weed removal tools (i.e. "as seen on tv" weed pullers) that also leave the big holes. I will start using Scott's spring fertilizer with weed control soon, but it didn't seem to help much last year. Has anyone had luck with any brand of lawn friendly herbicides? Any weed removal gardening tool suggestions? Any tips for this lawn care newbie would be appreciated :). Mechanical weed removal works fine. I have used a combination of that and Weed-B-Gon. This method works great on dandelions, creeping charlie and other broadleaf pests. I usually make 2-3 applications over the entire lawn at 2-3 week intervals. Eradicating creeping charlie works best if you can hit the plant when it is blooming, a period in its life when all the plant's energy goes into bloom production thereby weakening it a bit. There's nothing wrong with chemicals as long as one uses common sense and can read/follow instructions to the letter. At the risk of starting a huge flame war (and hasn't it been quiet in that regard lately?), not all chemical weed controls are exactly benign. I would encourage the OP to consider something other than a combo weed'n feed type product. This is probably the most inefficient and problematic use of chemical herbicides. Run off with this type of material is flagrant - there is more pollution of streams and ground water from residential use of weed and feed products than from any other form of pesticide. Much better to use manual control whenever possible or spot treat persistant perennial type weeds rather than a broadcast granular product. http://www.huronview.on.ca/gardening_04.html pam - gardengal |
Pesky Lawn Weeds
On Mon, 01 Mar 2004 13:00:03 +0000, Pam - gardengal wrote:
"MC" wrote in message ... On Sun, 29 Feb 2004 15:06:50 -0800, JeffLaw wrote: We started having weed problems (mostly dandelion) in our lawn last summer I & was hoping to get some tips for better control this year. I've seen several posts from people saying manually removing weeds is the best bet, but each time I've tried that I either don't get the roots or leave huge pot holes in my lawn. I've tried several weed removal tools (i.e. "as seen on tv" weed pullers) that also leave the big holes. I will start using Scott's spring fertilizer with weed control soon, but it didn't seem to help much last year. Has anyone had luck with any brand of lawn friendly herbicides? Any weed removal gardening tool suggestions? Any tips for this lawn care newbie would be appreciated :). Mechanical weed removal works fine. I have used a combination of that and Weed-B-Gon. This method works great on dandelions, creeping charlie and other broadleaf pests. I usually make 2-3 applications over the entire lawn at 2-3 week intervals. Eradicating creeping charlie works best if you can hit the plant when it is blooming, a period in its life when all the plant's energy goes into bloom production thereby weakening it a bit. There's nothing wrong with chemicals as long as one uses common sense and can read/follow instructions to the letter. At the risk of starting a huge flame war (and hasn't it been quiet in that regard lately?), not all chemical weed controls are exactly benign. I would encourage the OP to consider something other than a combo weed'n feed type product. This is probably the most inefficient and problematic use of chemical herbicides. Run off with this type of material is flagrant - there is more pollution of streams and ground water from residential use of weed and feed products than from any other form of pesticide. Much better to use manual control whenever possible or spot treat persistant perennial type weeds rather than a broadcast granular product. http://www.huronview.on.ca/gardening_04.html pam - gardengal I always felt that runoff is problematic with regard to lawn treatment. After hearing several lectures by turfgrass experts from the university's turfgrass facility, I am now of a different opinion. Fertilizers and chemicals do not wash off lawns and into streams and lakes. They go into the soil which acts as a giant filter. Chemicals in use now have a short life of just a few weeks. The only way to get chemicals to our waterways is to physcially dump them in storm sewers. |
Pesky Lawn Weeds
"MC" wrote in message ... I always felt that runoff is problematic with regard to lawn treatment. After hearing several lectures by turfgrass experts from the university's turfgrass facility, I am now of a different opinion. Fertilizers and chemicals do not wash off lawns and into streams and lakes. They go into the soil which acts as a giant filter. Chemicals in use now have a short life of just a few weeks. The only way to get chemicals to our waterways is to physcially dump them in storm sewers. Do you realize that what you have written in NOT POLITICALLY CORRECT??!! You will be flamed, flayed, flocculated and driven from this newsgroup! |
Pesky Lawn Weeds
On Mon, 01 Mar 2004 09:03:40 -0500, Eileen Dover wrote:
"MC" wrote in message ... I always felt that runoff is problematic with regard to lawn treatment. After hearing several lectures by turfgrass experts from the university's turfgrass facility, I am now of a different opinion. Fertilizers and chemicals do not wash off lawns and into streams and lakes. They go into the soil which acts as a giant filter. Chemicals in use now have a short life of just a few weeks. The only way to get chemicals to our waterways is to physcially dump them in storm sewers. Do you realize that what you have written in NOT POLITICALLY CORRECT??!! You will be flamed, flayed, flocculated and driven from this newsgroup! I'm doomed. There are black Suburbans with tinted windows in front of my house as I write. The ornamental grasses are providing cover for the oncoming assault. There's something moving near the compost heap. It's more than bushes swaying in the wind, it's camo troops. I can hear a distant rumble, not thunder but tanks and heavy artillery. This will be my last missive for the garden police are about to storm the premises. I can't find my can of Raid. Send donuts. Maybe I can bait my traps and catch them all. |
Pesky Lawn Weeds
On Mon, 01 Mar 2004 13:00:03 +0000, Pam - gardengal wrote:
"MC" wrote in message ... On Sun, 29 Feb 2004 15:06:50 -0800, JeffLaw wrote: We started having weed problems (mostly dandelion) in our lawn last summer I & was hoping to get some tips for better control this year. I've seen several posts from people saying manually removing weeds is the best bet, but each time I've tried that I either don't get the roots or leave huge pot holes in my lawn. I've tried several weed removal tools (i.e. "as seen on tv" weed pullers) that also leave the big holes. I will start using Scott's spring fertilizer with weed control soon, but it didn't seem to help much last year. Has anyone had luck with any brand of lawn friendly herbicides? Any weed removal gardening tool suggestions? Any tips for this lawn care newbie would be appreciated :). Mechanical weed removal works fine. I have used a combination of that and Weed-B-Gon. This method works great on dandelions, creeping charlie and other broadleaf pests. I usually make 2-3 applications over the entire lawn at 2-3 week intervals. Eradicating creeping charlie works best if you can hit the plant when it is blooming, a period in its life when all the plant's energy goes into bloom production thereby weakening it a bit. There's nothing wrong with chemicals as long as one uses common sense and can read/follow instructions to the letter. At the risk of starting a huge flame war (and hasn't it been quiet in that regard lately?), not all chemical weed controls are exactly benign. I would encourage the OP to consider something other than a combo weed'n feed type product. This is probably the most inefficient and problematic use of chemical herbicides. Run off with this type of material is flagrant - there is more pollution of streams and ground water from residential use of weed and feed products than from any other form of pesticide. Much better to use manual control whenever possible or spot treat persistant perennial type weeds rather than a broadcast granular product. http://www.huronview.on.ca/gardening_04.html pam - gardengal I always felt that runoff is problematic with regard to lawn treatment. After hearing several lectures by turfgrass experts from the university's turfgrass facility, I am now of a different opinion. Fertilizers and chemicals do not wash off lawns and into streams and lakes. They go into the soil which acts as a giant filter. Chemicals in use now have a short life of just a few weeks. The only way to get chemicals to our waterways is to physcially dump them in storm sewers. |
Pesky Lawn Weeds
On Mon, 01 Mar 2004 13:00:03 +0000, Pam - gardengal wrote:
"MC" wrote in message ... On Sun, 29 Feb 2004 15:06:50 -0800, JeffLaw wrote: We started having weed problems (mostly dandelion) in our lawn last summer I & was hoping to get some tips for better control this year. I've seen several posts from people saying manually removing weeds is the best bet, but each time I've tried that I either don't get the roots or leave huge pot holes in my lawn. I've tried several weed removal tools (i.e. "as seen on tv" weed pullers) that also leave the big holes. I will start using Scott's spring fertilizer with weed control soon, but it didn't seem to help much last year. Has anyone had luck with any brand of lawn friendly herbicides? Any weed removal gardening tool suggestions? Any tips for this lawn care newbie would be appreciated :). Mechanical weed removal works fine. I have used a combination of that and Weed-B-Gon. This method works great on dandelions, creeping charlie and other broadleaf pests. I usually make 2-3 applications over the entire lawn at 2-3 week intervals. Eradicating creeping charlie works best if you can hit the plant when it is blooming, a period in its life when all the plant's energy goes into bloom production thereby weakening it a bit. There's nothing wrong with chemicals as long as one uses common sense and can read/follow instructions to the letter. At the risk of starting a huge flame war (and hasn't it been quiet in that regard lately?), not all chemical weed controls are exactly benign. I would encourage the OP to consider something other than a combo weed'n feed type product. This is probably the most inefficient and problematic use of chemical herbicides. Run off with this type of material is flagrant - there is more pollution of streams and ground water from residential use of weed and feed products than from any other form of pesticide. Much better to use manual control whenever possible or spot treat persistant perennial type weeds rather than a broadcast granular product. http://www.huronview.on.ca/gardening_04.html pam - gardengal I always felt that runoff is problematic with regard to lawn treatment. After hearing several lectures by turfgrass experts from the university's turfgrass facility, I am now of a different opinion. Fertilizers and chemicals do not wash off lawns and into streams and lakes. They go into the soil which acts as a giant filter. Chemicals in use now have a short life of just a few weeks. The only way to get chemicals to our waterways is to physcially dump them in storm sewers. |
Pesky Lawn Weeds
"MC" wrote in message ... I always felt that runoff is problematic with regard to lawn treatment. After hearing several lectures by turfgrass experts from the university's turfgrass facility, I am now of a different opinion. Fertilizers and chemicals do not wash off lawns and into streams and lakes. They go into the soil which acts as a giant filter. Chemicals in use now have a short life of just a few weeks. The only way to get chemicals to our waterways is to physcially dump them in storm sewers. Do you realize that what you have written in NOT POLITICALLY CORRECT??!! You will be flamed, flayed, flocculated and driven from this newsgroup! |
Pesky Lawn Weeds
"MC" wrote in message ... I always felt that runoff is problematic with regard to lawn treatment. After hearing several lectures by turfgrass experts from the university's turfgrass facility, I am now of a different opinion. Fertilizers and chemicals do not wash off lawns and into streams and lakes. They go into the soil which acts as a giant filter. Chemicals in use now have a short life of just a few weeks. The only way to get chemicals to our waterways is to physcially dump them in storm sewers. Do you realize that what you have written in NOT POLITICALLY CORRECT??!! You will be flamed, flayed, flocculated and driven from this newsgroup! |
Pesky Lawn Weeds
"MC" wrote in message ... I always felt that runoff is problematic with regard to lawn treatment. After hearing several lectures by turfgrass experts from the university's turfgrass facility, I am now of a different opinion. Fertilizers and chemicals do not wash off lawns and into streams and lakes. They go into the soil which acts as a giant filter. Chemicals in use now have a short life of just a few weeks. The only way to get chemicals to our waterways is to physcially dump them in storm sewers. Do you realize that what you have written in NOT POLITICALLY CORRECT??!! You will be flamed, flayed, flocculated and driven from this newsgroup! |
Pesky Lawn Weeds
On Mon, 01 Mar 2004 09:03:40 -0500, Eileen Dover wrote:
"MC" wrote in message ... I always felt that runoff is problematic with regard to lawn treatment. After hearing several lectures by turfgrass experts from the university's turfgrass facility, I am now of a different opinion. Fertilizers and chemicals do not wash off lawns and into streams and lakes. They go into the soil which acts as a giant filter. Chemicals in use now have a short life of just a few weeks. The only way to get chemicals to our waterways is to physcially dump them in storm sewers. Do you realize that what you have written in NOT POLITICALLY CORRECT??!! You will be flamed, flayed, flocculated and driven from this newsgroup! I'm doomed. There are black Suburbans with tinted windows in front of my house as I write. The ornamental grasses are providing cover for the oncoming assault. There's something moving near the compost heap. It's more than bushes swaying in the wind, it's camo troops. I can hear a distant rumble, not thunder but tanks and heavy artillery. This will be my last missive for the garden police are about to storm the premises. I can't find my can of Raid. Send donuts. Maybe I can bait my traps and catch them all. |
Pesky Lawn Weeds
On Mon, 01 Mar 2004 09:03:40 -0500, Eileen Dover wrote:
"MC" wrote in message ... I always felt that runoff is problematic with regard to lawn treatment. After hearing several lectures by turfgrass experts from the university's turfgrass facility, I am now of a different opinion. Fertilizers and chemicals do not wash off lawns and into streams and lakes. They go into the soil which acts as a giant filter. Chemicals in use now have a short life of just a few weeks. The only way to get chemicals to our waterways is to physcially dump them in storm sewers. Do you realize that what you have written in NOT POLITICALLY CORRECT??!! You will be flamed, flayed, flocculated and driven from this newsgroup! I'm doomed. There are black Suburbans with tinted windows in front of my house as I write. The ornamental grasses are providing cover for the oncoming assault. There's something moving near the compost heap. It's more than bushes swaying in the wind, it's camo troops. I can hear a distant rumble, not thunder but tanks and heavy artillery. This will be my last missive for the garden police are about to storm the premises. I can't find my can of Raid. Send donuts. Maybe I can bait my traps and catch them all. |
Pesky Lawn Weeds
Dandelion is very easy to eradicate. It is a broadleaf plant. Not
seeing your lawn makes it difficult to recommend a specific procedure. If there are less than 200 plants, use a spot treatment by mixing up Weed-B-Gone or Spectricide in a pressurized garden sprayer. I prefer the "water-proof" products where it does not matter if it rains after 6 hours. Apply the treatment on a sunny dry day. |
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