How to fix lawn - Page 4

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I concluded the crab grass preventer I used, is gone.  The pounding
rain has reduced its barrior.   Maybe if you can find pre-emergance
crab grass killer again (sold out around me). and use spot killers to
clear up your lawn, might help.

I guessed too hot for, reseeding.  Plus, I'm trying to use Bayer's
Weed and Crab Grass killer, in a sprayer, which says not to reseed too
soon.

later,

tom @ www.NoCostAds.com

 I had a lot of luck with Milorganite.  I re-seeded early in the spring in
North-West NJ. So I used starter fertilizer with crabgrass preventer the
last week in March.  The lawn was getting yellow compared to my neighbor's.
So I put down the Milorganite June 1.  Even  today the grass is a deep
green.  It also has iron in it.  $10 40 lb. bag covers 2,500 sq. ft.

 All great comments. I too started using Milorganite. I think a crab
grass preventer though is really needed at the beginning, and I'm going
back to the chems.

Anyway, I got some of that Weed-be-Gone Crab Grass Killer. I sprayed
the front lawn. I don't know if it'll really do much, but I read the
crab grass dies anyway every winter and its the seeds you have to worry
about. If I use a crab grass preventor in the spring, I think I'll be
okay. Scotts says it works all season.

As far as reseeding, I really don't want to kill everything I have in
my back yard. My property is a good size and that I feel would be too
costly. Every feels that the fall is a better time to overseed than in
the spring? If I did do it in the fall, September is the time to do it
or can I push it say to Oct or Nov? Also, is watering required for
overseeding in the fall or no because soon after the seeds would be
dormant?