My once beautiful fescue lawn is now covered in weeds. I don't
aspire for it to be the perfect lawn it once was but I would like
to have it look decent. Is it too early to spread Preen? Should
I reseed the bare(r) spots afterwards? Is aerating really
necessary? Ugh. This is not the way I want to spend my time and
$$ but a certain amount is a necessary evil.
Thanks for the advice!
Jenny

Jenny,

Preen is not meant for lawns. It's and herbicide for use around plants in
beds, etc. For example, I use Preen & Green (with fertilizer) around my
rose bushes.

What you need for the lawn is a weed & feed designed for your type of grass.
Check at the garden center nearest you; if in doubt about the exact type of
grass, I suggest you take a bit of it with you to make sure.

Also, if you don't already a spreader, I recommend one of the rotary
nes -- much easier to avoid "lawn stripes" that way.

I don't know what the fertilizing schedule is, as I have Centipede, a "warm
season" grass that has its own special fertilizer which is applied after the
grass greens up.

Anne Lurie
NE Raleigh


"Raleighgirl" wrote in message
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My once beautiful fescue lawn is now covered in weeds. I don't
aspire for it to be the perfect lawn it once was but I would like
to have it look decent. Is it too early to spread Preen? Should
I reseed the bare(r) spots afterwards? Is aerating really
necessary? Ugh. This is not the way I want to spend my time and
$$ but a certain amount is a necessary evil.
Thanks for the advice!
Jenny

Jenny,

Preen is not meant for lawns. It's and herbicide for use around plants in
beds, etc. For example, I use Preen & Green (with fertilizer) around my
rose bushes.

What you need for the lawn is a weed & feed designed for your type of grass.
Check at the garden center nearest you; if in doubt about the exact type of
grass, I suggest you take a bit of it with you to make sure.

Also, if you don't already a spreader, I recommend one of the rotary
nes -- much easier to avoid "lawn stripes" that way.

I don't know what the fertilizing schedule is, as I have Centipede, a "warm
season" grass that has its own special fertilizer which is applied after the
grass greens up.

Anne Lurie
NE Raleigh


"Raleighgirl" wrote in message
om...
My once beautiful fescue lawn is now covered in weeds. I don't
aspire for it to be the perfect lawn it once was but I would like
to have it look decent. Is it too early to spread Preen? Should
I reseed the bare(r) spots afterwards? Is aerating really
necessary? Ugh. This is not the way I want to spend my time and
$$ but a certain amount is a necessary evil.
Thanks for the advice!
Jenny

Jenny,

Preen is not meant for lawns. It's and herbicide for use around plants in
beds, etc. For example, I use Preen & Green (with fertilizer) around my
rose bushes.

What you need for the lawn is a weed & feed designed for your type of grass.
Check at the garden center nearest you; if in doubt about the exact type of
grass, I suggest you take a bit of it with you to make sure.

Also, if you don't already a spreader, I recommend one of the rotary
nes -- much easier to avoid "lawn stripes" that way.

I don't know what the fertilizing schedule is, as I have Centipede, a "warm
season" grass that has its own special fertilizer which is applied after the
grass greens up.

Anne Lurie
NE Raleigh


"Raleighgirl" wrote in message
om...
My once beautiful fescue lawn is now covered in weeds. I don't
aspire for it to be the perfect lawn it once was but I would like
to have it look decent. Is it too early to spread Preen? Should
I reseed the bare(r) spots afterwards? Is aerating really
necessary? Ugh. This is not the way I want to spend my time and
$$ but a certain amount is a necessary evil.
Thanks for the advice!
Jenny

Preen is supposed to keep seeds from sprouting and coming up. It works on
weed seeds, grass seeds, garden seeds, etc. Use it only where you aren't
planning to put seeds down later that year.

Dwayne

"Raleighgirl" wrote in message
om...
My once beautiful fescue lawn is now covered in weeds. I don't
aspire for it to be the perfect lawn it once was but I would like
to have it look decent. Is it too early to spread Preen? Should
I reseed the bare(r) spots afterwards? Is aerating really
necessary? Ugh. This is not the way I want to spend my time and
$$ but a certain amount is a necessary evil.
Thanks for the advice!
Jenny

Preen is supposed to keep seeds from sprouting and coming up. It works on
weed seeds, grass seeds, garden seeds, etc. Use it only where you aren't
planning to put seeds down later that year.

Dwayne

"Raleighgirl" wrote in message
om...
My once beautiful fescue lawn is now covered in weeds. I don't
aspire for it to be the perfect lawn it once was but I would like
to have it look decent. Is it too early to spread Preen? Should
I reseed the bare(r) spots afterwards? Is aerating really
necessary? Ugh. This is not the way I want to spend my time and
$$ but a certain amount is a necessary evil.
Thanks for the advice!
Jenny

Jenny,

If you are wanting to keep the weeds out, you must do two things. The first
is apply a product made by Lesco which is sold at Home Depot. It is a
fertilizer with the numbers 25-0-7 and has something called Pre-M (white and
yellow bag). After applying that (one bag will cover an area of about
12,500 ft2), then get some weed killer (Bayer is a good brand) and mix it
with water according to the directions in a two gallon tank sprayer. Then
walk around your lawn and spray the weeds as you see them. In mid-March,
you will want to apply the Lesco product, but it will be different numbers,
like an 18-5-4, but will also have a weed killer in it (the bag is white,
blue, and yellow). Then in May, apply one more bag of Lesco product,
numbers 0-0-7, with Pre-M (the bag will again be yellow and white). In the
fall, which would be late August/early September, rent an aerator, aerate
your lawn two or three times, then overseed HEAVILY (splurge on a 50 lbs bag
of GOOD seed), and wait a couple of weeks (watering of course). After a few
weeks (end of Sept) then spread a bag of starter fertilizer 18-24-12 (Lesco)
and you will again have a perfect lawn. Repeat these steps every year,
along with mowing at about 3.5 inches, and you will have a lawn to die for.
Let me know how things go! Good Luck.

JD
"Raleighgirl" wrote in message
om...
My once beautiful fescue lawn is now covered in weeds. I don't
aspire for it to be the perfect lawn it once was but I would like
to have it look decent. Is it too early to spread Preen? Should
I reseed the bare(r) spots afterwards? Is aerating really
necessary? Ugh. This is not the way I want to spend my time and
$$ but a certain amount is a necessary evil.
Thanks for the advice!
Jenny

Jenny,

If you are wanting to keep the weeds out, you must do two things. The first
is apply a product made by Lesco which is sold at Home Depot. It is a
fertilizer with the numbers 25-0-7 and has something called Pre-M (white and
yellow bag). After applying that (one bag will cover an area of about
12,500 ft2), then get some weed killer (Bayer is a good brand) and mix it
with water according to the directions in a two gallon tank sprayer. Then
walk around your lawn and spray the weeds as you see them. In mid-March,
you will want to apply the Lesco product, but it will be different numbers,
like an 18-5-4, but will also have a weed killer in it (the bag is white,
blue, and yellow). Then in May, apply one more bag of Lesco product,
numbers 0-0-7, with Pre-M (the bag will again be yellow and white). In the
fall, which would be late August/early September, rent an aerator, aerate
your lawn two or three times, then overseed HEAVILY (splurge on a 50 lbs bag
of GOOD seed), and wait a couple of weeks (watering of course). After a few
weeks (end of Sept) then spread a bag of starter fertilizer 18-24-12 (Lesco)
and you will again have a perfect lawn. Repeat these steps every year,
along with mowing at about 3.5 inches, and you will have a lawn to die for.
Let me know how things go! Good Luck.

JD
"Raleighgirl" wrote in message
om...
My once beautiful fescue lawn is now covered in weeds. I don't
aspire for it to be the perfect lawn it once was but I would like
to have it look decent. Is it too early to spread Preen? Should
I reseed the bare(r) spots afterwards? Is aerating really
necessary? Ugh. This is not the way I want to spend my time and
$$ but a certain amount is a necessary evil.
Thanks for the advice!
Jenny

WOW. Thanks for the info JD!
Jenny

Wow, JD! You know your Lesco products!

Jenny, I have only one suggestion: if by chance you have "good" plants on
which you use a sprayer (for example, I spray roses with
fungicide/insecticide/fertilizer mixture), spring for the cost of 2
sprayers. Mark them well, so you never need to worry about whether you
cleaned out the weedkiller!

Actually, I use a 2-gallon sprayer for weedkiller and a cute little hot-pink
half gallon(?) for the roses.

I will also reiterate my preference for rotary-type spreaders, though!
(Been there, striped the lawn!)

Anne Lurie
NE Raleigh


"JD" wrote in message
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Jenny,

If you are wanting to keep the weeds out, you must do two things. The
first
is apply a product made by Lesco which is sold at Home Depot. It is a
fertilizer with the numbers 25-0-7 and has something called Pre-M (white
and
yellow bag). After applying that (one bag will cover an area of about
12,500 ft2), then get some weed killer (Bayer is a good brand) and mix it
with water according to the directions in a two gallon tank sprayer. Then
walk around your lawn and spray the weeds as you see them. In mid-March,
you will want to apply the Lesco product, but it will be different
numbers,
like an 18-5-4, but will also have a weed killer in it (the bag is white,
blue, and yellow). Then in May, apply one more bag of Lesco product,
numbers 0-0-7, with Pre-M (the bag will again be yellow and white). In
the
fall, which would be late August/early September, rent an aerator, aerate
your lawn two or three times, then overseed HEAVILY (splurge on a 50 lbs
bag
of GOOD seed), and wait a couple of weeks (watering of course). After a
few
weeks (end of Sept) then spread a bag of starter fertilizer 18-24-12
(Lesco)
and you will again have a perfect lawn. Repeat these steps every year,
along with mowing at about 3.5 inches, and you will have a lawn to die
for.
Let me know how things go! Good Luck.

JD
"Raleighgirl" wrote in message
om...
My once beautiful fescue lawn is now covered in weeds. I don't
aspire for it to be the perfect lawn it once was but I would like
to have it look decent. Is it too early to spread Preen? Should
I reseed the bare(r) spots afterwards? Is aerating really
necessary? Ugh. This is not the way I want to spend my time and
$$ but a certain amount is a necessary evil.
Thanks for the advice!
Jenny