After weed and feed, half the yard is dead. Should I seed? I’m in Central Texas
by joelrod81
After weed and feed, half the yard is dead. Should I seed? I’m in Central Texas
by joelrod81
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The amount of water you would need if you seed rn in Central Texas would probably be insane.
Grass does not stand up to heavy traffic, and dogs = heavy traffic.
It certainly killed the weeds… and… most everything else too.
What type of grass do you have? Looks like st Augustine. You can’t seed that
Should have checked the rates with what you were applying. Either you fried the grass orrrr you killed all the weeds which was 50%+ of your lawn. You’d be surprised how many people sign up for weed control and they’re like omg you killed my grass and I’m like nah I killed your weeds
Grass plugs can be an affordable option.
HELLO SIR🫡 yeah, you gotta wait until fall now..heavy core aeration, a ton of blue tag grass seed, and water for about 1.5 months. By springtime you’ll have a much fuller lawn of grass (not the crabgrass you have now..as long as you ca water it consistently 😁TRUST THE PROCESS. You could also heavily rake and lay down some seed now if you really want but don’t expect much if any to germinate with the summer heat looming so soon
How did my dod get there
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Rake up all that dead shit. Water water water. Core aerate and resead in fall, then cross your fingers bro.
Fyi weed & feed often has a chemical that prevents seeds from growing. So probably not now. Fall prep is really where it starts for Spring. Keep going, learn in the meantime, & by fall you’ll be ready to overseed.
Don’t overseed a warm season lawn. You will ruin it. Introducing two different grass types — not only ruins the aesthetic, it also limits your herbicide choices in the future.
Get a lawn plug tool, make some plugs to fill in the holes. Treat them like new sod by watering them daily for two weeks. Then fertilize and watch them grow/spread and fill in the dead spots. There is a ton of awesome YouTube tutorials on how to do this.
Future you will thank you for not ruining your lawn with seed. That’s for the folks up north.
Good luck!
Grass in Texas lul
Howdy, neighbor! I’m in N. Austin. Have you looked into Thunder Turf? It’s a mix of 3 native warm season short grasses. It’s extremely drought tolerant and requires much less water maintenance that non-native species (St. Aug, zoysia). Looks like your yard is perfect for it.
Unless you want your yard to look like a golf course…..
If I were in your situation in Central Texas, I’d order hulled bermudagrass seed in whatever variety you want (Princess 77, Riviera, etc, or just cheapest one you find). Apply it at 100 LB/AC along with any 1:1:1 fertilizer from box store, at 100 LB/ AC of each nutrient (I.e. 10-10-10 at 1000 LB per acre, 20-20-20 at 500 LB per acre, etc). You don’t even need straw, peat moss….nothing. Water it lightly as regularly as you can until it germinates, which will take 3-4 weeks.
Mow as little as possible til establishment. You CAN mow, though.
Now just wait. Once you see bermudagrass, you’ve won. Throw some high nitrogen fertilizer on it next March.
Water it when you can if no rain, but you don’t have to.
That’s it. Bermuda will fill itself in eventually.
Nah, weed and feed earlier in the year though.
Probably best to wait until early fall. I’m also in Texas (North), I’m just focusing on the current weeds until I can reseed. I did my backyard last year with Bermuda seed, I actually have grass for once. But the front yard is trash….
So half of the yard was weeds?