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Posted: 5/30/2023 1:01:27 PM EST
Weed killer spray the weeds? Lawn is burned out from extreme heat last year in TX. What are my 0-300 dollar options to get this lawn back on track?
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Posted: 5/30/2023 1:04:43 PM EST
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2,4-D for the broadleaf stuff (thistles), leave everything else and mow it if gets too long.
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Posted: 5/30/2023 1:06:18 PM EST
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For 0-300 plus a shitload of sweat equity, nuke the entire thing and start from scratch.
Otherwise, LOL. Nice yards take a lot of work and/or money. |
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Posted: 5/30/2023 1:06:55 PM EST
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Pave it. Fuck mowing lawns.
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Posted: 5/30/2023 1:07:51 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Pave it. Fuck mowing lawns. This! Fixing to have to mow my approx 1 acre of weeds this afternoon. |
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Posted: 5/30/2023 1:08:18 PM EST
[#5]
For $300?
Close your curtains. |
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Posted: 5/30/2023 1:09:48 PM EST
[#6]
Without an irrigation system, you are wasting your time.
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Posted: 5/30/2023 1:12:05 PM EST
[#7]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Fuck mowing lawns. My earliest mowing was with a manual push mower. Push it or get beat. Now I have a nice lawn, a fantastic rider, and I enjoy the fuck out of mowing. I'm actually sad when I get to the end. I'm going to start mowing the church field behind my neighbors house. Cathartic. With headphones and great music, and I nice full cold cup holder. Life just doesn't get any better. |
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Posted: 5/30/2023 1:13:37 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Pave it. Fuck mowing lawns. For $300 OP might get one load of gravel to put on it. |
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Posted: 5/30/2023 1:14:17 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: You either don't have a nice lawn, or you don't have a nice mower, or you weren't abused and forced to mow the entire planet as a kid. My earliest morning was with a manual push mower. Now I have a nice lawn, a fantastic rider, and I enjoy the fuck out of mowing. I'm actually sad when I get to the end. I'm going to start mowing the church field behind my neighbors house. Cathartic. With headphone and great music, and I nice full cold cup holder. Doesn't get any better. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Fuck mowing lawns. My earliest morning was with a manual push mower. Now I have a nice lawn, a fantastic rider, and I enjoy the fuck out of mowing. I'm actually sad when I get to the end. I'm going to start mowing the church field behind my neighbors house. Cathartic. With headphone and great music, and I nice full cold cup holder. Doesn't get any better. Of course I was forced as a child to mow the entire planet with a clapped out rusted piece of shit push mower that wouldn’t cut shit. That’s why I hate mowing lawns. I’ve never had a nice lawn and I don’t ever plan on it. Because fuck mowing lawns. My current lawn consists of little patches of grass, dirt and a whole lot of rock. Like fucking boulders. Fuck mowing lawns, |
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Posted: 5/30/2023 1:16:13 PM EST
[#10]
Man, the easiest thing would be to re sod.
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Posted: 5/30/2023 1:16:36 PM EST
[#11]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Pave it. Fuck mowing lawns. I'd zero scape the shit out of it in a heartbeat if I didn't think it would fuck up my resale value. |
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Posted: 5/30/2023 1:17:07 PM EST
[#12]
Pre-emergent.
24d spray, non of that weed n feed junk. Soil test (like 10$ to send to TAMU) Add fertilizer that will get your lawn where it needs according to TAMU. If Bermuda, mow it between 1”-2” never cutting off more than half of its desired length. (2 inch desired, cut when grass is less than 3”). It’s really simple. Use some rabbit alfalfa pellets from the feed store. Lightly water so I expands and you’ll have a great lawn. Google (Bermuda Bible New Testament) it will have more info than you dreamed about. Why should you trust me? My Bermuda looks like a fancy golf course. |
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Posted: 5/30/2023 1:19:28 PM EST
[#13]
Quote HistoryQuoted: You either don't have a nice lawn, or you don't have a nice mower, or you weren't abused and forced to mow the entire planet as a kid. My earliest mowing was with a manual push mower. Push it or get beat. Now I have a nice lawn, a fantastic rider, and I enjoy the fuck out of mowing. I'm actually sad when I get to the end. I'm going to start mowing the church field behind my neighbors house. Cathartic. With headphones and great music, and I nice full cold cup holder. Life just doesn't get any better. I did that shit as a kid on a riding mower and it was fun for a few years. I've got a nasty ass old 14 year old push mower that's a 19'' that I do 3/4th a acre with in the 100 degree heat to heavy metal in the headphones and try not to have a heart attack at the same time. It's more or less that I could be doing more productive things, not burning gasoline and maintaining another ICE, and dealing with the bullshit of grass alleries. |
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Posted: 5/30/2023 1:19:43 PM EST
[#14]
Resod or reseed
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Posted: 5/30/2023 1:19:57 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Pre-emergent. 24d spray, non of that weed n feed junk. Soil test (like 10$ to send to TAMU) Add fertilizer that will get your lawn where it needs according to TAMU. If Bermuda, mow it between 1”-2” never cutting off more than half of its desired length. (2 inch desired, cut when grass is less than 3”). It’s really simple. Use some rabbit alfalfa pellets from the feed store. Lightly water so I expands and you’ll have a great lawn. Google (Bermuda Bible New Testament) it will have more info than you dreamed about. Why should you trust me? My Bermuda looks like a fancy golf course. This. Or weed'nd feed. |
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Posted: 5/30/2023 1:20:33 PM EST
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Posted: 5/30/2023 1:22:07 PM EST
[#17]
What part of the year do I weed n feed the sob?
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Posted: 5/30/2023 1:22:58 PM EST
[#18]
Going to take time. Don’t expect results this year. Maybe not even the following year. Definitely need a lot of water. If you don’t have an irrigation system and don’t want to spend the time and money (I know, I’m doing my own at the moment. A lot of work) you can get some of those timers that connect to your hose and run a few sprinklers. They work well. Then I’d throw a bunch of EZ seed and potting soil on it. Get the weeds out. Let it grow long before you cut it.
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Posted: 5/30/2023 1:24:01 PM EST
[#19]
Quote HistoryQuoted: You either don't have a nice lawn, or you don't have a nice mower, or you weren't abused and forced to mow the entire planet as a kid. My earliest mowing was with a manual push mower. Push it or get beat. Now I have a nice lawn, a fantastic rider, and I enjoy the fuck out of mowing. I'm actually sad when I get to the end. I'm going to start mowing the church field behind my neighbors house. Cathartic. With headphones and great music, and I nice full cold cup holder. Life just doesn't get any better. I grew up push mowing 3 acres in the August heat of central Virginia, I enjoy my yard these days. Sprinklers -are a pain in the ass, I have a zone to dig up some day when I find time. There’s always something leaking. |
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Posted: 5/30/2023 1:26:14 PM EST
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Quoted: Weed killer spray the weeds? Lawn is burned out from extreme heat last year in TX. What are my 0-300 dollar options to get this lawn back on track? https://i.imgur.com/lVESQmv.jpg" target="_blank">https://i.imgur.com/lVESQmv.jpg |
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Posted: 5/30/2023 1:28:45 PM EST
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Till it. Nuke it with herbicide to kill everything.
Dye the dirt green. |
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Posted: 5/30/2023 1:31:42 PM EST
[#22]
Quote HistoryQuoted: You either don't have a nice lawn, or you don't have a nice mower, or you weren't abused and forced to mow the entire planet as a kid. My earliest mowing was with a manual push mower. Push it or get beat. Now I have a nice lawn, a fantastic rider, and I enjoy the fuck out of mowing. I'm actually sad when I get to the end. I'm going to start mowing the church field behind my neighbors house. Cathartic. With headphones and great music, and I nice full cold cup holder. Life just doesn't get any better. I had a buddy's father say that the difference between a lawn and a yard is that you can drive your truck on your yard. You would not drive your truck over your lawn. I have a yard, and it is okay. Not great, but not bad. And I am more than fine with that. |
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Posted: 5/30/2023 1:35:00 PM EST
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I restored the yard in the current house when we moved in. Just used weed n feed in a spreader every month, and water every other night when it's really hot. If not over 90 i water once every 3rd day.
Always water at night. Not during the day or in the morning. At night. |
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Posted: 5/30/2023 1:38:09 PM EST
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I’d start with a bit more than $300 and install irrigation. Anything you do requires lots of water. Put down fertilizer? Add 1/4 of water. Weed killer? Let sit a day or two, add water.
Seriously, it’s not a poor man’s game and I cannot tell you how many hours I’ve spent and the wife looks at me like I’m nuts because low cut weeds are green and look just as good. Just this morning I aerated my lawn where I could get to it with the pull behind plug aerator. I’ve got a small step on type on order for the smaller areas and hills where I cannot run the ZTR. Go to the tube, look up Allen Hayne, The Lawn Care Nut. Watch all his earlier videos when he was getting started out on YouTube. He’s turned this into a full blown business and even sells fertilizers and other lawn nutrients and weed killers. I use his fertilizers because they work great and it’s delivered to my front door for the same cost as a big box store. Don’t sign up for his cla$$. It’s all out there already. |
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Posted: 5/30/2023 1:39:40 PM EST
[#25]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I restored the yard in the current house when we moved in. Just used weed n feed in a spreader every month, and water every other night when it's really hot. If not over 90 i water once every 3rd day. Always water at night. Not during the day or in the morning. At night. And enjoy fighting the fungus if it takes hold. 2 hours before sunrise is the trick. But never in the daytime if you can avoid it. |
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Posted: 5/30/2023 1:39:59 PM EST
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Yeah 2-4D is about the only thing left for weed killer this time of year. Weed & Feed needs to go on in the early spring before things start growing, it’s too late for that now.
I would just skip the herbicide for the moment and mow three times a week plus heavy, infrequent watering. If mowing doesn’t have the weeds under control in three weeks, then use 2-4D. Water it heavy every other day or every third day for right now, probably set the irrigation timer for about 0430-0500, and run it 15-20 minutes per zone. You can buy some battery powered hose timers and use hose sprinklers since you don’t have a real irrigation system, it’ll do ok (I use the orbit brand timers with good success). The grass will come back if you keep it irrigated. Once the weeds are under control and the grass looks a little healthier in a month or so, put some regular lawn fertilizer (not weed and feed!) on it, something like a 16-4-8 mix should do it. |
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Posted: 5/30/2023 1:40:38 PM EST
[#27]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I'd zero scape the shit out of it in a heartbeat if I didn't think it would fuck up my resale value. ETA: I was wrong- third choice is artificial grass. More than $300 though. |
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Posted: 5/30/2023 1:41:35 PM EST
[#28]
All stuff you can get at Walmart
$30 - steel tined spring rake and some elbow grease - get all the thatch and dead stuff up and open up the soil + $30 - Stand up weed puller and time, pull the biggest/worst ones, and keep doing it before each mow and they'll dissipate + $$ Texas Turf Lawn Fertilizer and Spreader - follow the instructions. Reapply in 8 weeks or so. (DONT USE WEED AND FEED) + $$ spread topsoil and sand mix over it, possibly throw some bermuda seed prior and rake it in to help get it heat resistant and to fill out. + Mow it at about 2.5"-3" I'd guess, and only take about 1/3 off each time you mow (don't let it get too long) + Spend the rest of the money on watering heavy 2x a week. |
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Posted: 5/30/2023 1:42:29 PM EST
[#29]
It looks pretty shot.
I guess hit it with Gordon's Tri-Mec then Weed n Feed. Get some water on it. |
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Posted: 5/30/2023 1:45:40 PM EST
[#30]
Find the areas that have the desired grass that still green, or within a foot of those areas. Apply water to those areas daily.
Pull weeds manually (weeder, hoe, etc.) You can also apply a general purpose fertilizer, like 15-5-10, but that will be an extra $100. Water for the season will probably eat up most of your budget. |
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Posted: 5/30/2023 1:53:27 PM EST
[#31]
Weed n feed is expensive and useless, in my opinion. It’s not too far gone, Bermuda is super invasive, and co considered a weed in most places. If the soil is healthy, Bermuda will grow and take over.
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Posted: 5/30/2023 2:03:17 PM EST
[#32]
Divest yourself of the chemicals, equipment and time spent. Hire a reputable lawn care service.
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Posted: 5/30/2023 2:08:43 PM EST
[#33]
@Kitties-with-Sigs
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Posted: 5/30/2023 2:09:01 PM EST
[#34]
Water usually helps it green up.
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Posted: 5/30/2023 2:14:56 PM EST
[#35]
Step 1 - Crossbow, and plenty of water for about a week until you see it green up a bit.
Step 2 - Run an aerator over it, and then fertilize with something with a decent amount of nitrogen. Step 3 - Continue watering and the plants will really shoot up over the next week. Step 4 - Mow 4" high during the third week and reduce watering to every other day. At this point you will likely have a thick carpet of grass recovering nicely with some weeds. You should be able to use 2,4D on the area every so often and the grass will fill in. If it isn't filling in fast enough by the third week, aerate again and spread some seed and resume at Step 3. This should get you in decent shape for next Spring when you can really get it done better. |
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Posted: 5/30/2023 2:16:48 PM EST
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Just focus on weed control this summer. Stop applying at least 45 days prior to seeding. Mow short. De thatch or verticut (if budget allows). Seed EARLY fall. Keep watered twice a day for a few weeks after germination. Mow one setting below highest setting.
I’d seed with fescue but I don’t know your area. I like single variety but a blend will be heartier. |
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Posted: 5/30/2023 2:18:24 PM EST
[#37]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I did that shit as a kid on a riding mower and it was fun for a few years. I've got a nasty ass old 14 year old push mower that's a 19'' that I do 3/4th a acre with in the 100 degree heat to heavy metal in the headphones and try not to have a heart attack at the same time. It's more or less that I could be doing more productive things, not burning gasoline and maintaining another ICE, and dealing with the bullshit of grass alleries. OP, you have a couple of choices. 1-Decide to get good equipment and learn to like lawn care 2-Xeriscape the yard with rock, cactus, succulents, etc. Either of these is going to cost you way more than $300. If you cannot or will not spend more than $300, and do not wish to learn lawn care and how to make it a chill hobby, then you can spray with a broadleaf weed killer, and mow whatever else comes up. It will not look good, but it will look slightly better. 
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Posted: 5/30/2023 2:20:15 PM EST
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If there is any Johnson grass in there......good luck. It took me 3 years of pulling it by hand to get the Johnson grass under control in my St. Augustine lawn (South,La.) We had an unusually cold winter a few years back and had standing snow on the ground for around 2 days. Destroyed my lawn and the Johnson grass came back ten fold. I just keep it cut often and pull up larger clumps when I get aggravated by them now. Nothing kills that crap that wont smoke the St. Augustine as well.
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Posted: 5/30/2023 2:23:39 PM EST
[#39]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Step 1 - Crossbow, and plenty of water for about a week until you see it green up a bit. Step 2 - Run an aerator over it, and then fertilize with something with a decent amount of nitrogen. Step 3 - Continue watering and the plants will really shoot up over the next week. Step 4 - Mow 4" high during the third week and reduce watering to every other day. At this point you will likely have a thick carpet of grass recovering nicely with some weeds. You should be able to use 2,4D on the area every so often and the grass will fill in. If it isn't filling in fast enough by the third week, aerate again and spread some seed and resume at Step 3. This should get you in decent shape for next Spring when you can really get it done better. If he has Bermuda, and any of it has broken dormancy, the Triclopyr in Crossbow will damage the desirable Bermudagrass. I would seriously doubt that in Texas, none of the Bermudagrass has broken dormancy at this point. I could be wrong. I don't live in Texas. |
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Posted: 5/30/2023 2:26:48 PM EST
[#40]
Quote HistoryQuoted: @Kitties-with-Sigs Thanks for the tag!  @JCoop |
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Posted: 5/30/2023 2:28:28 PM EST
[#41]
Weed and feed, water, that needs water, during the moring not at night. Get it aerated, premergent, more water. 3 times a week unless you start getting rain. Water in the morning allows for the water to soak in and not just evaporate if you do it over night, nighttime watering you will be growing fungus if to much.
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Posted: 5/30/2023 2:31:32 PM EST
[#42]
DEF fluid
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Posted: 5/30/2023 2:31:32 PM EST
[#43]
Don't need no damn lawn. Grass is so 1980s
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Posted: 5/30/2023 2:34:38 PM EST
[#44]
If it weren't for the weeds here, I'd only have a sandy 1/2 acre for a yard
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Posted: 5/30/2023 2:36:23 PM EST
[#45]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Don't need no damn lawn. Grass is so 1980s https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/490225/8496cc1668b02ce453c5fb304350ca88--decora-2834687.jpg ya, that looks like it cost less than 300.00 |
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Posted: 5/30/2023 2:37:45 PM EST
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Has anybody mentioned goats yet?
They're cute and cuddly also. |
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Posted: 5/30/2023 2:40:17 PM EST
[#47]
Look up Randy Lemmon Lawn schedule and get on it.
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Posted: 5/30/2023 2:42:43 PM EST
[#48]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Don't need no damn lawn. Grass is so 1980s https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/490225/8496cc1668b02ce453c5fb304350ca88--decora-2834687.jpg I tell you what! 
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Posted: 5/30/2023 3:17:11 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: ya, that looks like it cost less than 300.00 Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Don't need no damn lawn. Grass is so 1980s https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/490225/8496cc1668b02ce453c5fb304350ca88--decora-2834687.jpg ya, that looks like it cost less than 300.00 |
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Posted: 5/30/2023 3:18:08 PM EST
[#50]
Quote HistoryQuoted: If he has Bermuda, and any of it has broken dormancy, the Triclopyr in Crossbow will damage the desirable Bermudagrass. I would seriously doubt that in Texas, none of the Bermudagrass has broken dormancy at this point. I could be wrong. I don't live in Texas. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Step 1 - Crossbow, and plenty of water for about a week until you see it green up a bit. Step 2 - Run an aerator over it, and then fertilize with something with a decent amount of nitrogen. Step 3 - Continue watering and the plants will really shoot up over the next week. Step 4 - Mow 4" high during the third week and reduce watering to every other day. At this point you will likely have a thick carpet of grass recovering nicely with some weeds. You should be able to use 2,4D on the area every so often and the grass will fill in. If it isn't filling in fast enough by the third week, aerate again and spread some seed and resume at Step 3. This should get you in decent shape for next Spring when you can really get it done better. If he has Bermuda, and any of it has broken dormancy, the Triclopyr in Crossbow will damage the desirable Bermudagrass. I would seriously doubt that in Texas, none of the Bermudagrass has broken dormancy at this point. I could be wrong. I don't live in Texas. |
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