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TheLatty
This is amazing. But also sad if you want grass without weeds.
Sekshual_Tyranosauce
Those dandelions will eventually outcompete and kill off your grass. Then you will have lots of mud.
I had this after renting out my house for three years. I sprayed and pulled, sprayed and pulled and re-seeded. A year later my back yard is decent. Still have work to do.
Twistableruby
Naplm?
steve-madden
Look up KNF farming, pull them and make your own god tier fertilizer
smily_meow
beautiful!
AgitatedAd6634
Mow it before it goes to seed.
BadBalancer3
acceptance that you will have the highest impact on be livelihood in probably a few square miles of your yard
180thMeridian
Kaboom!! See ‘Call of Duty’ for particulars…
Renomont
Mow, then application of broad leaf herbicide like 2,4 D, then overseed.
FozzyBear89
Man I’m all about doing it myself, but this might be a great case to call a service like Weed Man or Scott’s and let them just hose down the yard once a week
PieceCrap
Strip and resod
maddyp1112
Lay down in it and feel whimsical ✨
theblockisnthot
Let it ride through the summer. In September apply an herbicide to kill the dandelions, wait a couple days, mow to about 1 inch, aerate(I’d do a double pass, wait a couple days, overseed with a TTTF, apply a starter fertilizer, keep soil moist,mow when the new grass is about 3 inches down to about 2.5, apply a emergent in the first week of March, figure out a general mowing and fertilizer schedule.
Thirdy3rd
I’ll keep it
lizzard77777777
With a forsale sign
alphamarine09
Everything everywhere all at once.
Jokes aside. I’d think mowing, then spraying tenacity herbicide, seeding with some cool season grass seeds, and followed by regular watering for a few days.
yudkib
Stop calling it a lawn and start calling it a meadow
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simontempher1
You do the weed and feed for dandilions. What’s easy is to do it after a a short rain shower or early morning dew. The moisture allows herbicide to stick to leaves
Impossible-Scar-7226
Get yourself a bee hive and leave it at that
willzyx01
People all over the world would pay good money to have a yard like that. This is magnificent.
shimanospd
man. that’s a lot of space too. You look like you’ve got a sizable yard. In situations like this, I like to have the soil dug out to 8″ cardbaord put down then filled with compost.. but doesn’t look feasible for your yard size.
PrimaryInteraction39
It looks like you have a decent amount of grass as-is. We are just getting into spring so it should thicken up over the next couple months.
If you don’t want the dandelions I would cut then blanket spray with a mix or 24d and tric. That will kill them. A couple days after spraying I would cut again and lay down pre-emergent to hopefully stop any summer weeds that haven’t started germinating yet. If you haven’t laid down fertilizer I would do it after that. Then slow release fertilizer Memorial Day and more synthetic fertilizer in the fall. That should thicken things up. Reseed in the fall if you want
The_GreenMachine
dandelions won that battle, may as well plant more of them..
Xipos
Very rarely do I ever discourage someone from DIY but in this situation if you are serious about having a nice lawn, and not diving into a new full time hobby, I would recommend hiring a reputable company for 2 years. One year to really knock down these weeds and get them under control and a second year to get turf established and maintained to a healthy point before you start self maintenance.
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This is amazing. But also sad if you want grass without weeds.
Those dandelions will eventually outcompete and kill off your grass. Then you will have lots of mud.
I had this after renting out my house for three years. I sprayed and pulled, sprayed and pulled and re-seeded. A year later my back yard is decent. Still have work to do.
Naplm?
Look up KNF farming, pull them and make your own god tier fertilizer
beautiful!
Mow it before it goes to seed.
acceptance that you will have the highest impact on be livelihood in probably a few square miles of your yard
Kaboom!! See ‘Call of Duty’ for particulars…
Mow, then application of broad leaf herbicide like 2,4 D, then overseed.
Man I’m all about doing it myself, but this might be a great case to call a service like Weed Man or Scott’s and let them just hose down the yard once a week
Strip and resod
Lay down in it and feel whimsical ✨
Let it ride through the summer. In September apply an herbicide to kill the dandelions, wait a couple days, mow to about 1 inch, aerate(I’d do a double pass, wait a couple days, overseed with a TTTF, apply a starter fertilizer, keep soil moist,mow when the new grass is about 3 inches down to about 2.5, apply a emergent in the first week of March, figure out a general mowing and fertilizer schedule.
I’ll keep it
With a forsale sign
Everything everywhere all at once.
Jokes aside. I’d think mowing, then spraying tenacity herbicide, seeding with some cool season grass seeds, and followed by regular watering for a few days.
Stop calling it a lawn and start calling it a meadow
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You do the weed and feed for dandilions. What’s easy is to do it after a a short rain shower or early morning dew. The moisture allows herbicide to stick to leaves
Get yourself a bee hive and leave it at that
People all over the world would pay good money to have a yard like that. This is magnificent.
man. that’s a lot of space too. You look like you’ve got a sizable yard. In situations like this, I like to have the soil dug out to 8″ cardbaord put down then filled with compost.. but doesn’t look feasible for your yard size.
It looks like you have a decent amount of grass as-is. We are just getting into spring so it should thicken up over the next couple months.
If you don’t want the dandelions I would cut then blanket spray with a mix or 24d and tric. That will kill them. A couple days after spraying I would cut again and lay down pre-emergent to hopefully stop any summer weeds that haven’t started germinating yet. If you haven’t laid down fertilizer I would do it after that. Then slow release fertilizer Memorial Day and more synthetic fertilizer in the fall. That should thicken things up. Reseed in the fall if you want
dandelions won that battle, may as well plant more of them..
Very rarely do I ever discourage someone from DIY but in this situation if you are serious about having a nice lawn, and not diving into a new full time hobby, I would recommend hiring a reputable company for 2 years. One year to really knock down these weeds and get them under control and a second year to get turf established and maintained to a healthy point before you start self maintenance.
It’s a bee sanctuary. What more do you want?
fire?
Nook it