John Larkin
Sublime Master of Turbology
- Joined
- May 25, 2001
Saw you posting alot lately so maybe you would entertain a few questions please.
I have been working on my front yard for the last year. Dug everything up, used Roundup and sowed bermuda seed in sections as time permitted. The first section didn't take and was overrun by the previous crabgrass. The other two sections did much better. So I want to treat the crabgrass early and reseed but after reading directions and recommendations, everything is contradictory.
If I put down a pre-emergent, I cannot plant for 8 weeks. But the pre-emergent is ineffective until soil gets to 60 degrees. So I have to wait until probably late April. That means I can't plant seed until late June and by then it is hot and dry and grass does not grow well regardless of watering it every day. Supposedly I can spray with glyphosate (?) and plant a week later but this has to wait until the crabgrass is growing.
How can I work around these ridiculous rules without spending the entire year killing my yard and ending up with a dirt lot? I have just that on the North side of my house but there is no problem growing clover, haha.
I have been working on my front yard for the last year. Dug everything up, used Roundup and sowed bermuda seed in sections as time permitted. The first section didn't take and was overrun by the previous crabgrass. The other two sections did much better. So I want to treat the crabgrass early and reseed but after reading directions and recommendations, everything is contradictory.
If I put down a pre-emergent, I cannot plant for 8 weeks. But the pre-emergent is ineffective until soil gets to 60 degrees. So I have to wait until probably late April. That means I can't plant seed until late June and by then it is hot and dry and grass does not grow well regardless of watering it every day. Supposedly I can spray with glyphosate (?) and plant a week later but this has to wait until the crabgrass is growing.
How can I work around these ridiculous rules without spending the entire year killing my yard and ending up with a dirt lot? I have just that on the North side of my house but there is no problem growing clover, haha.