i live in rhode island and last year crabgrass took over about a 1/3
of my lawn. i have seen so many different times to put down crabgrass
preventer my head is spinning. what is the best time?

thanks

"dooo42" wrote:
i live in rhode island and last year crabgrass took over about a 1/3
of my lawn. i have seen so many different times to put down crabgrass
preventer my head is spinning. what is the best time?

thanks

While the forsythia is in bloom.

On Mar 26, 4:58 pm, Steveo wrote:
"dooo42" wrote:
i live in rhode island and last year crabgrass took over about a 1/3
of my lawn. i have seen so many different times to put down crabgrass
preventer my head is spinning. what is the best time?

thanks

While the forsythia is in bloom.


That's my advice too but along my asphalt drive, which gets quite
warm, crabgrass seed will sprout earlier so you might treat such areas
a little sooner.

Frank

"Frank" wrote:
On Mar 26, 4:58 pm, Steveo wrote:
"dooo42" wrote:
i live in rhode island and last year crabgrass took over about a 1/3
of my lawn. i have seen so many different times to put down
crabgrass preventer my head is spinning. what is the best time?

thanks

While the forsythia is in bloom.

That's my advice too but along my asphalt drive, which gets quite
warm, crabgrass seed will sprout earlier so you might treat such areas
a little sooner.

Frank

Hi Frank

True, he could do it tomorrow for that matter. Does he have a soil
thermometer handy? The forsythia in n ohio is barely leafing out as of
today.

It's one of those rule of thumbs that follows the soil temperature. If the
OP uses dimension it probably isn't even worth talking about.

Steveo said:

"Frank" wrote:
On Mar 26, 4:58 pm, Steveo wrote:
"dooo42" wrote:
i live in rhode island and last year crabgrass took over about a 1/3
of my lawn. i have seen so many different times to put down
crabgrass preventer my head is spinning. what is the best time?

thanks

While the forsythia is in bloom.

That's my advice too but along my asphalt drive, which gets quite
warm, crabgrass seed will sprout earlier so you might treat such areas
a little sooner.

Frank


If you don't trust the Forsythia being early enough, try Witch-hazel [1].
It blooms a earlier than Forsythia. [2]

Hi Frank

True, he could do it tomorrow for that matter. Does he have a soil
thermometer handy? The forsythia in n ohio is barely leafing out as of
today.

It's one of those rule of thumbs that follows the soil temperature. If the
OP uses dimension it probably isn't even worth talking about.


[1] (Hamamelis) If you don't know what it looks like, pop it in your
favorite search engine. It's a cool effin' bloom, and smells awsome. It's
very short-lived, though. But, you should have room in your yard for it.
Depending on where you live, it can be a better indicator than Forsythia
(which I go by), as to when to apply pre-emergent.

[2] Has been blooming profusely now, for about 10 days (that I've seen), in
and around StL.


--

Eggs

How can there be self-help "groups"?

Steveo said:

"Frank" wrote:
On Mar 26, 4:58 pm, Steveo wrote:
"dooo42" wrote:
i live in rhode island and last year crabgrass took over about a 1/3
of my lawn. i have seen so many different times to put down
crabgrass preventer my head is spinning. what is the best time?

thanks

While the forsythia is in bloom.

That's my advice too but along my asphalt drive, which gets quite
warm, crabgrass seed will sprout earlier so you might treat such areas
a little sooner.

Frank


If you don't trust the Forsythia being early enough, try Witch-hazel [1].
It blooms earlier than Forsythia. [2]

Hi Frank

True, he could do it tomorrow for that matter. Does he have a soil
thermometer handy? The forsythia in n ohio is barely leafing out as of
today.

It's one of those rule of thumbs that follows the soil temperature. If the
OP uses dimension it probably isn't even worth talking about.


[1] (Hamamelis) If you don't know what it looks like, pop it in your
favorite search engine. It's a cool effin' bloom, and smells awsome. It's
very short-lived, though. But, you should have room in your yard for it.
Depending on where you live, it can be a better indicator than Forsythia
(which I go by), as to when to apply pre-emergent.

[2] Has been blooming profusely now, for about 10 days (that I've seen), in
and around StL.


--

Eggs

How can there be self-help "groups"?

wrote:
[2] Has been blooming profusely now, for about 10 days (that I've seen),
in and around StL.

Winter annual?

On Mar 26, 5:47 pm, "dooo42" wrote:
i live in rhode island and last year crabgrass took over about a 1/3
of my lawn. i have seen so many different times to put down crabgrass
preventer my head is spinning. what is the best time?

thanks

Although forsythia in my garden is not blooming yet, they are in full
bloom along the highway (Interstate-80). I think the other newsgroup
member's idea of soil becoming warm sooner along the roadway than
elsewhere is quite true. Seem like this is a good idea to apply
crabgrass preventer along the driveway and roadway right now at least
in my area, and then apply it to the rest of the lawn when I see
forsythia in my garden in full bloom.

Jay Chan

"Jay Chan" wrote:
On Mar 26, 5:47 pm, "dooo42" wrote:
i live in rhode island and last year crabgrass took over about a 1/3
of my lawn. i have seen so many different times to put down crabgrass
preventer my head is spinning. what is the best time?

thanks

Although forsythia in my garden is not blooming yet, they are in full
bloom along the highway (Interstate-80). I think the other newsgroup
member's idea of soil becoming warm sooner along the roadway than
elsewhere is quite true. Seem like this is a good idea to apply
crabgrass preventer along the driveway and roadway right now at least
in my area, and then apply it to the rest of the lawn when I see
forsythia in my garden in full bloom.

Jay Chan

I don't know where you live, but that's especially true with southern
exposure, and even more so with a southern slope.