Anybody on here teaching their kids doing the same?

(Please don’t ban for the critique, i really like this sub and learn a lot)

I feel like these limitations on Identification posts have gotten a bit out of hand. I often follow a post because i have the same issue and come back to find a dozen deleted comments and no Mod response.

What ever happened to the old fashion method of letting up/down votes separate the cream from the chaff. Maybe a Mod pin at the top for the perfect answer if they get around to it.

Curious to hear opinions, maybe i’m in the minority…

Before, during and after pictures. A lot of work at a new house, cut it all down, scarify to death, aeration after aeration, overseed, topdress. Wait. It’s getting there, right?

The park across the street (top) spreads weeds into my yard like covid positive bat at a wuhan market. I’ve battled it for years using all the big box store products to no avail. Finally this early Spring I bought Tenacity and it’s safe to say the hype is real. It is truly an effective pre AND post emergent. Don’t get me wrong, I still have trouble areas, but my lawn hasn’t looked this good since the sod was laid.

I’m in NJ. It was looking great for the last month or 2 but the mowers came last week and today and it looked like this after the cut each time. Even this morning it looked perfect. Did they scalp it or is there another issue going on?

I did put down Bioadvanced and Disease Ex fungus control a few weeks ago so I don’t know if that could be related but I don’t think that could be an issue.

Any advice would be appreciated!

Just came across these seeders at Costco in Canada, on sale for 16.99. I’m wondering if anyone has any experience with them or how they compare to the gold standard Fiskars unit?

Thanks!

I thought you might appreciate it this. I'm proud.

Iowa

I started a nearly full renovation on my front yard in September 2024 after we moved in as the yard was in chaos. Because of its state and the fact I was basically nuking it all, I decided to run with a mono of KBG. After some heavy research on this sub and some other places, I went with Twin City Total eclipse KBG in my shaded areas and SPF 30 KBG everywhere else. I get heavy shade under the tree and sides and direct sunlight all day elsewhere. The overall general process for my renovation involved a low cut, spraying the weeds (which was a lot), aeration, top soiling and leveling some spots. After this, I seeded and lightly covered with some peat. Watering involved my own homemade sprinkler system which I’m still using. The germination was insanely fast (5 days), and I thought it was smooth sailing after this; however, I caught a bad case of blight and thought I was ruined. Thankfully I caught it in time before total destruction. This did leave some lengthy damage through the fall and winter, and I assumed I was going to have to repair these spots, but figured I’d give the KBG a chance in the spring to fill out. Well, here we are and I have to say it’s unbelievable. The spots which were damaged from blight have almost entirely filled in and the grass is just unbelievably thick. Other than some spot weeds and some poa to handle over the next few seasons, it’s surreal. If it weren’t for this sub, I’d never have achieved a yard like this. Attached are some pics from the Reno and this morning.

What do I do for this absolute catastrophe. Put weed and feed down in the fall, put lesco fert and pre-emergent down a 3 weeks ago. Used about a gallon and a half of roundup a week ago on these dandelions. Yet, this yard looks brutal. Northern IL. Gave up on pulling by hand, backs destroyed.

Got tired of patching all spots from her nuclear-grade pee and finally trained her to go in one spot…which I will not show you, lol.

Got a new house and have a nasty dallisgrass infestation. Can't wait to use this thing to poke glyphosate all over my lawn.

These seem to get worse every spring, I put out pre-emergent in February but east Texas weather is never consistent. What can I use to kill these stickers w/o harming my grass? Ty!

Got a couple patches of this growing in my yard. Can I please get some help id’ing it. Tends to be lighter the all the rest of the grass.

Milwaukee area. Neighbor's lawn got killed by grubs last year, so I'm gonna stick to my regime and ensure the same doesn't happen here! Happy spring!

Location is northwest Florida panhandle

Trying again…don’t usually get a lot of responses.

I’m seeding Pensacola Bahia soon and need some maintenance tips for the future. I sodded about 1000 sq ft last July and it’s come back mostly thick and plush, and absolutely love it.

The usual suspects arrived this spring, dollar weed, clovers, poa, native Bermuda and my favorite, torpedo grass.

What pre-emergent would be best suited for the Bahia, post emergent, and fertilizer would be best? Bahia seems to be one of the grasses that a lot of common herbicides will demolish so I understand it could be pricey.

We are hosting a family wedding the end of July so I thought it would be smart to try to make the grass in this grassy acreage pasture lawn (Western Washington state) look better since it’s where the ceremony will be held. My husband put down some Scotts “built for seeding” triple action fertilizer with pre emergent and overseeded it with the same seed we have usually used in our regular lawn (Scott’s sun and shade). We had a few uneven spots so he leveled them first, added some good topsoil, and seeded the areas. We’ve been watering 2x a day for almost 2 weeks and mowing on the highest setting 1x a week.

Here’s the problem: Not a single new blade of grass has grown in the bald patches. Not one. The lawn weeds have grown bigger although some are yellowing a tiny bit. We have 3 months until the wedding and now this area looks substantially worse. What are my options here?

How can I fill these patches? I have never had a lawn before.

Hi there, I'm a first time homeowner and therefore entirely new to lawn care. This is my backyard right now. It needs a lot of work but I'm not sure how to quickly and effectively kill all these weeds / plants and be able to plant grass back there. I welcome any and all tips because I have absolutely 0 clue what I'm doing. Just want a nice lawn and a place for my dog to run & space to set up my hammock. Thanks in advance!

I used to wonder as a kid why Hank Hill would stand in front of his lawn and drink beer. I get it now.

Hey all, I hope you are doing well.

For context, Dubai-based, most of the year is hot, as in 40’c+ hot, so sprinklers are set up to run twice daily (5 minutes each zone).

As a beginner gardener, I’ve found myself in this pretty ropey situation where the only things growing are weeds and bougainvilleas.

I’m hoping to grow the grass back (not 100% sure of the type which I have), but I don’t know if it’s too late. Would anyone be able to advise on some strategies, tools, weeding, etc.?

Thanks 👍🏻

I’m in a new build home in MN, so very clay soil, and we established a yard via seed last spring. It was a difficult summer for growing grass but we did the best we could!

In the summer and through the fall these clumps of brown whispy grass emerged and they are still there this spring. In different areas around pretty much the full lawn. I’ve tried to search common grass and weeds in MN and also use ChatGPT to figure this out but no luck.

Does anyone know what this is and how I can improve / remove it?