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Using a Pre-Emergent on A Weedy Lawn
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Posted by poquito_colorado CA (My Page) on Mon, Jun 20, 11 at 11:23
| I have a backyard with grass(I hesitate to call it a 'lawn') that has become thoroughly invested with weeds from a neighbor's neglected backyard (6 feet tall in places). I would like to use a preemergent on the area, but I just need a little advice. What is a good product to use? Will it be safe for wanted plants in the yard? I have fruit trees, vegetable beds and, around the perimeter, some native california shrubs and some mediterranean herbs. |
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RE: Using a Pre-Emergent on A Weedy Lawn
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| My understanding of Pre-Emergent has always been that its only for plants that have not germinated yet and is used during the dormant season. It would work for preventing annual weeds next year and is not supposed to harm existing plants or turf. Here it is applied usually around the end of February before anything is greening up. My sympathy on your plight. I am in the same one. My neighbors yard is completely weedy and has all these volunteer trees and other mess coming up everywhere. I just this week sprayed the area bordering my property line with brush killer to kill the endless trees he has coming up. The existing ones cost me money every year to trim and the guy is stealing my access to the sun. I need more trees coming up there like I need a case of red spider mites. I have considered calling the city and reporting him. Tall weeds like that are not allowed in many cities. |
RE: Using a Pre-Emergent on A Weedy Lawn
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| most pre- emergent's I use are plant spicific. If you control one weed another will take it's place. I use velpar, sinbar, 2-4-d , roundup, poast and brush be gone and still have plants that laugh at all of them. Weeding on 5 ac is not an option. |
RE: Using a Pre-Emergent on A Weedy Lawn
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| Snapshot is a great pre-emergent for winter annuals that are now starting in my area. It is expensive but legal here...not for use near water. I found out that it is NOT legal for people without the applicator's license in TN, so it must be fairly strong. I have used it to cut back on the Microstegium vimineum annual invasive grass that has come to our area in the last decade. It does not appear to damage any existing vegetation, although plants that are short lived but reseed, such as Lobelia, are lost with repeated applications. |
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