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Is Scotts MAX Weed and Feed Any Good?


Hi all! I am pretty new to lawn care and looking for some weed control tips if the community had any wisdom they could impart on me.

I'm essentially trying to get rid of all the weeds in my yard and have been trying to pull them along with their root system using a weed puller. We are thinking of purchasing Scotts MAX Weed and Feed which supposedly kills weeds. Would anyone have any experience using these kinds of products and are you able to apply it on a fully grown weed (see pictures)?

Thanks for any feedback you guys might have and excited to join this community!

by YeezyHS

16 Comments

  1. Movient

    Id at least mow and bag what you have here before trying the weed and feed. Should work okay, but there are better products that might work better. I’d go for a straight herbicide.

  3. SoHoSwag

    You don’t need weed and feed, you need a damn exorcist 😂

  4. gladiwokeupthismorn

    Mow/wack it all then use a sprayer applied selective herbicide. t

  6. sevargmas

    Weed feeds are much more “feed” than “weed”. Your problem is definitely not going to be fixed with weed and feed.

  8. Brokromah

    That tap root makes me feel woefully inadequate.

  9. dontlistentome55

    You call that a weed? Now THATS a weed.

  10. Xipos

    So you’re a little late to the game in terms of preventing weeds but it’s still early enough that you may be able to get some control. Id recommend looking at using prodiamine for a pre-emergant to help prevent what you can. I would also recommend a 3 way weed killer that you can spray over your lawn. Something with 2-4D will help control a lot of these broadleaf weeds.

    Unfortunately grassy weeds may be a bit of a problem through the year but doing 2 prodiamine applications 3-4 weeks apart starting in early March will go a long way in helping control a lot of weeds before they start.

    For control of current weeds you have a couple of options. You could spray them now and wait a couple days to mow, I’m reluctant to make this my first choice because the weeds are so tall you are likely to come into contact with the herbicide far more.

    The other option would be to mow, wait a day or two, and then spray that way weeds begin to put on new growth and you can spray that herbicide while they are actively growing getting the best control.

    I would personally recommend a customer mow before I don’t do any sort of application. But doing a spring and fall pre-emergent and some broadleaf weed control through the year will go a long way to make an unmanaged yard look 1000x better

  11. jmb456

    Weed and feed is largely a gimmick and pretty darn ineffective. I would suggest buying a selective herbicide suited to your goal turf-grass and treating the weeds that currently are there. Not sure where you’re located but trying to restart a lawn at this point in the year in North America may be difficult

  12. dlaff1

    Don’t get weed and feed. Just get a herbicide (weed killer). If there is nothing you are trying to save use a non selective herbicide like Glyphosate (they are typically marketed as “grass killer”.

  15. VeganWerewolf

    Had a buddy that’s backyard looked like that. We actually had good results wetting how the whole yard and using weed and feed granules. It’s gonna be dirty but it did kill the weeds.

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