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Weeds, Glorious Weeds

Posted by novice_nelly SWFL (My Page) on
Wed, Jul 11, 07 at 21:29

My family and I recently purchased our first home in SWFL. Previously, we always lived in gated communities with St. Augustine Floratam and handy landscape gardeners that took care of our lawns for us. We are more than thrilled to finally have our own yard to tend. However, despite the gorgeous landscape, our lawn has been neglected for several years.

I think we have every variety of weed and grass possible in our region growing along side one another. In these hot, wet summer months, I have been told there isn't much I can do to rid my yard of weeds. I have spent countless hours outside pulling weeds, but seem to only end up with patches of dirt in between other patches of weeds.

Aside from ripping up the lawn and starting fresh, is there a way to safely and effective combat weeds in 90+ degree heat with rain each and every day? I hate to let the problem grow all summer. I have tried also vinegar spray which doesn't do the trick for the entire lawn.

Thanks for your advice. K


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RE: Weeds, Glorious Weeds

We had weeds in our lawn too. We just found ourselves mowing them once a week with the rest of our lawn until the next fertilizing opportunity. I don't know what you can do this summer, but when the weather allows, a good weed 'n feed treatment should help. We gave our lawn a treatment last spring and the weeds haven't been troubling us much at all. We have a bit of a bermuda grass problem, but there's nothing to be done about that without tearing out the entire lawn.


 
 

 

 


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