Fertilizing my lawn for initial spring application
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Looks like we have entered prime pre-emergent season a couple weeks early (For DSM metro). Saw a ton of lawn service crews out yesterday so I had to check for myself
What do people pay for lawn services to come out and treat their lawn? I love DIY'ing lawn care but te drought and native area next to my lawn are causing weeds to realy get out of hand
Maybe but not with great results. The pre-emergent hurts baby grass. If you try it, use dithiopyr as the active ingredient as you can wait a little longer into the Spring before applying it. Be prepared for sub-optimal results and possible killing of your new grass. The summer kills most Spring seeded grass plants generally.
No. The commercial guys have more things to worry about than just perfect timing. They have many lawns to get done and have to get that done in weather windows. It's still early and you're wasting product efficacy by throwing down this early. Throwing down this early makes it much more likely you'll have breakthrough crabgrass in late June or July.
When temps warm consistently into the mid 60's or 70's during the day and the weeds are actively growinguickly. Herbicides work best when the plant is actively growing.
Where are you seeing this? I always use this site, and it says it's only 41 degrees.
Has anyone done their overseeding yet this spring? (I know its best in the fall but I didn't get it done last year).
I was going to do it this past weekend but thought I should let the soil get a little warmer. Now I'm thinking this coming weekend after all this rain.
I was going to do it this past weekend but thought I should let the soil get a little warmer. Now I'm thinking this coming weekend after all this rain.
Syngenta Green Cast website. 0-10cm soil temp.
Iastate one is at 4 inches. Crabgrass isn't germinating at 4 inches. It's germinating at the soil surface or just below.
I have recently been using Millorganite with decent results. I moved into a new house late last fall and don't know what the fertilization history has been. My new yard is quite a bit bigger (about twice the size). I have a handheld spreader to save on garage space. Now I will have to use 4-5 bags of Millorganite per application. I could get by with less if I go with a synthetic fertilizer like Scotts. Would going to a synthetic fertilizer be beneficial or should I stick with Millorganite?
I'd do it before the Sunday/Monday warm-up. Expect a lot of weeds since you are seeding in the spring. Also, you can't put down an pre-emergent weed killers as that will prohibit the seedlings from germinating.
Expect to water heavily through the summer heat but you can do a spring seeding
I plan on using weed killer. how long after putting down the weed killer would you wait before it’s ok to seed?
I found a site for soil temp. I was going to put my crabgrass prevention down today but looks like I'll wait a few days until the soil temp gets around 55. Getting close but a bit of time to go.
www.greencastonline.com
Soil Temparature Maps | GreenCast | Syngenta
I've heard others talk about millorganite. Is this just fertilizer or is there a weed killing component?
If they are putting down a "spring application". It likely has pre-emergant in the mixture. So it may take months before you get effective germination on grass seeds. If they apply material in the next week or so. The soonest I'd seed would be late May
