Any lawn experts here?

I use Trimec for weeds in my yard. It is a step up from 2-4D and will kill pretty much every weed you have except crabgrass. For crabgrass, get a chemical called Q4.

To get these, you might have to go to a chemical dealer. that is where I get mine at.

 
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Once you kill the weeds, go ahead and de-thatch your yard and spread grass seed along with starter fertilizer. Water it everyday to the point that the ground is completely saturated every watering. When you mow, don't bag it, just let the clippings cover the ground as this will keep the seeds moist allowing them to germinate.

 
A weed and feed is the way to go, problem is you can't grow new grass until well after you put the weed and feed down. The grass needs to be damp/wet when you put it down so it sticks to the weeds leaves and kills them. Weed and feed won't know the difference between a grass seed and a weed seed and will kill both. I usually sow seeds in the fall after aerating my lawn and then put weed and feed down in the spring when I first try to wake the lawn up from the winter. You can also spot kill weeds without hurting your grass with a spray called Spectracide for weeds, won't hurt lawns. I spray the hell out of some areas of my lawn with that stuff and it's never hurt the lawn. You really should aerate and seed every fall to have a healthy lawn in the spring/summer. Basically you're trying to crowd the weeds out with such thick grass they have a hard time getting through all that. How old is your yard? Is it fairly new? Is your soil a clay soil? When was the last time you dethached your yard?

 
A lot of great advice has already been mentioned, the only thing I would add is to mow it high (3 1/2 -- 4 inches). After a handful of mowings you will notice your lawn thickening up. DON'T BAG THE CLIPPINGS! They are very good for the grass (lots of nutrients)....

 
If you have a decent stand of grass between all the current weeds, killing the weeds as mentioned is best. Then with fertilizer and watering it will thicken up nicely. If the grass is very thin or sparse and browns up quickly when the heated months start then it might be better to start over. Kill everything with Roundup and replant with a seed variety that is more suited for Nebraska summers and winters moreso than the old varieties of blue grass. The fine fescues do well here and need less water to keep them healthy.

 
Rollin said:
A lot of great advice has already been mentioned, the only thing I would add is to mow it high (3 1/2 -- 4 inches). After a handful of mowings you will notice your lawn thickening up. DON'T BAG THE CLIPPINGS! They are very good for the grass (lots of nutrients)....
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So grass is canabalistic?

 
Rollin said:
A lot of great advice has already been mentioned, the only thing I would add is to mow it high (3 1/2 -- 4 inches). After a handful of mowings you will notice your lawn thickening up. DON'T BAG THE CLIPPINGS! They are very good for the grass (lots of nutrients)....
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This exact game plan has worked for my yard. Once the weeds were under control, I used Roundup on 'em.

 
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TonyStalloni said:
If you have a decent stand of grass between all the current weeds, killing the weeds as mentioned is best. Then with fertilizer and watering it will thicken up nicely. If the grass is very thin or sparse and browns up quickly when the heated months start then it might be better to start over. Kill everything with Roundup and replant with a seed variety that is more suited for Nebraska summers and winters moreso than the old varieties of blue grass. The fine fescues do well here and need less water to keep them healthy.
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If you don't mind your grass getting brown in the winter (most grasses do anyways) then Bermuda is a very hardy grass. That stuff is incredibly durable, and stays real thick throughout the fall/winter. It does get "browner" than most other grasses during the colder months, but it is very invasive, and keeps weeds out pretty well....

 
what are people's advice on when to fertilize and seed. is there an order to do it and a certain amount of time you want to wait in between?

 
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sd said:
what are people's advice on when to fertilize and seed. is there an order to do it and a certain amount of time you want to wait in between?
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I would recommend every spring and fall.... There is also a "winter" fertilizer that you can put down before winter that is suppose to aide the lawns through the cold.

 
Ah yes, Bermuda grass. Even more of an invasive weed than Zoysia. By all means, plant that nasty sh#t if you want it to spread into your neighbor's yard to ruin their lawns as well. Nothing like giving your neighbors the finger and giving yourself a sh#t yard.

 
EbylHusker said:
Ah yes, Bermuda grass. Even more of an invasive weed than Zoysia. By all means, plant that nasty sh#t if you want it to spread into your neighbor's yard to ruin their lawns as well. Nothing like giving your neighbors the finger and giving yourself a sh#t yard.
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who hurt you?

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sd said:
what are people's advice on when to fertilize and seed. is there an order to do it and a certain amount of time you want to wait in between?
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I will put on a fertilizer with pre-emergent weed killer in it in March and then again in May. In July, I put on fertilizer with bug killer. I then will put on a winterizer in early October along with grass seed if I want to overseed my yard. I will not put on pre-emergent the following spring if I seeded in the fall. You can also seed in early spring but you will not want to use weed killer till the new grass has been mowed about 3 times. I prefer the fall and let the snow keep the seeds moist for the winter.

 
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