Weed control for a year old lawn
 

Hi,
My year old lawn is lowly being overcome by weeds (broad leaf). I have
tried not to use chemicals. I have just hand picked the weeds. But
looks like, it is not working OK. I have bought the Killex weed killer
in a concentrated form. The bottle can be connected to the water hose.
I have applied the Kilex by letting water goes through the hose. I did
not open the tap water 100% because at 100% water flow, the weed killer
(diluted) was coming off too much. Make the story short, the weeds are
still alive and keep populating. I shoudl mention that after 5-8 hours
I applied the killer, my lawn got a good deal of shower.
1- Is it really important not to have rain at least for 6 hours as what
the Killes bottle shows?
2- Do I have to open up the tap water at its full blast to get a good
amount of Killex?
3- Do you have any other solution to get rid of weeds?
I am living in Canada (Zone 3).

Tnanks for your help

On 29 Jun 2005 07:56:09 -0700, FardinA wrote:
1- Is it really important not to have rain at least for 6 hours as what
the Killes bottle shows?

Most likely.

2- Do I have to open up the tap water at its full blast to get a good
amount of Killex?

Apply according to directions. I'd be wary of any sprayer I hadn't calibrated.

3- Do you have any other solution to get rid of weeds?

Mow correctly, fertilize correctly, do a bit of hand weeding as needed.
And a bit of patience. Where there's open soil, there's a good chance of
weeds.