The Grass Doctor

Lawn care...?

Our lawn has a lot of weeds, so much that once I kill them, I'll need to put seed down to grow new grass just to keep up the green color. What would be the best way to attack this situation? (Our dog isn't allowed in the front yard where the problem is, and we have no kids)

Public Comments

1. well it depends. I hired a lawn company(which you need to look into - its not much more expensive than buying the chemicals and doing it yourself) Anyway I just decided to live with the bare lawn. Well this was just last summer and by this Spring what little grass I had, has spread and covered the entire lawn
2. Lawn weed and feed will do the job for you ,you may have to apply a lawn weed killer about six weeks after if all the weeds are not dead ,the fertilizer in the feed should ensure that your lawn maintains a good colour as it will encourage the grass while the weed killer deals with the weeds.
3. Get some Ortho "Weed Be Gone" It will kill all the weeds and not harm any grass you have left. You may need to apply it twice to get "all" the weeds. Read the directions on the bottle and follow. After the weeds are gone, the grass that is left may spread to cover the lawn. Fertilizer, water and regular mowing will take care of the rest. You may to spread some seed ti fill in. Good Luck!!!!
4. Get yourself a good weed and feed product and read the labels to make sure that the product is the best for your problem. Apply as directed and it may be a week or two before you see that the weeds aren't spreading/flowering. Then prepare your lawn area but raking it (roughing up the soil), apply new seed and cover the seed with a top soil. Keep it on a regular watering schedule making sure that the water isn't on too long to "puddle" in areas of your lawn. In a week after seeding you should see great results and continue to reseed as needed during your growing months. In the Fall remember to "winterize" your lawn with a commercial fertilizer/ weed abatement you'll appreciate it in the Spring. After you have an established lawn, use of commerical chemical compounds can be switched to organic for your healthier enviroment. Have fun.
5. For several years I kept buying weed and feed thinking it would kill the weeds and make the lawn flourish. NOT!!! All it did was fertilize the weeds. Then I tried hiring one of the Lawn Maintenance companies. They'd come and spray, and spray, and spray... and the weeds continued to flourish. They told me I wasn't watering the lawn correctly. I have a sprinkler system....HELLO!!! It was set to their recommendations. I quit the company... What I did, was I got some 10-10-10 fertilizer, and pelletized lime (I live in the south). Per the recommended spread for my broadcast spreader... Guess what...I've had two landscape companies stop while I was out in the front yard and ask me who is taking care of my lawn! They wanted to know what I was doing to make it so thick and GREEN! The 10-10-10 will not burn anything. It's okay if it gets in the flower beds. My trees are growing like crazy. Even their leaves are bigger, fuller and healthier than any ones on the block! The lime just balances out the PH in the soil because of the pine trees. The weeds.....they didn't have a chance once the grass was properly fertilized!!! Good Luck!
6. I just got through talking to a lawn care specialist about much the same problem that you have, we just moved into a new home where the contractor did not put in enough top soil and the lawn was choked out by weeds during the almost two years the house was on the market. He advised us to reseed some areas that are really bad and to start with regular weed and feed treatments and to expect it to take about two seasons to begin looking good.
7. It may sound simple, but trust me when I tell you it's not. Hire a professional. You can find professionals in your area by calling 1-800-TOPSOIL, or going online to 1800TOPSOIL.com. They have members all over the country, and, in my experiences with three of their members, they seem to be reasonable and knowledgeable.