The Grass Doctor

I recently seeded my yard with Scott's sun mix grass seed. Now the whole back yard is weeds. What do I do?

I seeded my yard with scotts turf builder sun mix it contains a 50 50 Perennial ryegrass and Kentucky Bluegrass. I did everything I was supposed to do according to the directions now 10 weeks later I have patchy grass drowned out by thousands of weeds. When I planted it was bare dirt. What I have read is you not supposed to use weed killer until you have mowed the grass 2-4 times. It's not even close for it's first mow. At this point I am worried the weeds are completely drowning out the grass. I want a nice thick lawn with no bare spotts and as is sits right now it doesn't look like I'm going to get that. What should I do to thicken it up and get rid of the weeds? Any suggestions? When I applied the seed I was very generous so it's not due to the lack of seed and I have been watering it consistently. Online I was unable to find anything that talks about weeds and seeding. Any feedback is greatly appreciated. Has anyone else expierenced this?

Public Comments

1. Mow the grass 2 to 4 times then hit with a good weed and feed fertilizer. Most good yards are started in the fall because of less weed problems. Continue to water and fertilize. In early fall weed again and hit with a good winter fertilizer. You may want to aerate in fall and over seed