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Large (1acre+) land owners: Liquid weed/feed and killer?

Started by Mike 01Hawk, May 17, 2010, 01:49:30 PM

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Conan71

Quote from: Breadburner on May 19, 2010, 11:46:47 AM
If you have a good stand of bermuda it will start taking off once it starts to get hot.....

Feed it and water it good.  When I had a Bermuda-heavy lawn, I would start out with something along the lines of a 10-20-10 in the spring and gradually up the nitrogen as the season wore on.  You have to be careful as you can burn up the Bermuda if you hit it too hard and don't give it enough water.  It will get like carpet and pretty much choke out everything else.
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Breadburner

A healthy lawn is one of the best ways to control weeds.....
 

guido911

Quote from: Conan71 on May 19, 2010, 11:58:57 AM
Feed it and water it good.  When I had a Bermuda-heavy lawn, I would start out with something along the lines of a 10-20-10 in the spring and gradually up the nitrogen as the season wore on.  You have to be careful as you can burn up the Bermuda if you hit it too hard and don't give it enough water.  It will get like carpet and pretty much choke out everything else.
You said "hit it too hard"


Sorry about the regression.
Someone get Hoss a pacifier.

Conan71

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Hoss

Quote from: Breadburner on May 19, 2010, 11:46:47 AM
They can't its a typical pre-programed brain-washed response......In regards to the original post start planning to put down a pre-emergent this fall for spring weeds....Then you will also apply another pre-emergent in the late spring.....Also the glyphosate will be perfect for controling the fence lines and such.....If you have a good stand of bermuda it will start taking off once it starts to get hot.....

OK.

for a minute there I thought Shadows was posting semi-lucid information through a different username.

Mike 01Hawk

The Coweta Farmer's CO-OP had Eraser 2.5gal which is a 41% Glyphosate for $39.99 + Tax.  Cheaper than any place I could find online shipped to my door  ;D

2.5gal of Roundup @ Lowes is $150!!!!  :o :o :o

Off to kill some grass




heironymouspasparagus

Glyphosate is one of those "last resort of the incompetent" things.  If you can't resist the temptation to lay waste by putting it around the fence line, then be as sparing as possible.  Just because we use 90 million gallons of the stuff a year in this country doesn't mean it is a good thing.  Example; look how much high fructose corn syrup we use.

General information;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glyphosate

Someone said that a healthy lawn is the best way to control weeds.  Sort of...
A healthy lawn, by definition includes weeds, but at a level that doesn't interfere with the turf of choice.

Beware the aerator syndrome!!  Beware the "thatch" syndrome. 
Aeration is unnecessary and thatch is a fantasy to sell aerators and chemicals.  Fertilize lightly (you will see brown spots when you have gone overboard) and mow.  Sow a little white clover and feed the bees in the spring.  The bermuda will love you for it for the nitrogen clover fixes in the soil for later use by the bermuda.  If you don't believe me, plant a small patch of clover in early spring and watch.  When it warms up, the clover dies out and that WILL be the greenest spot in the yard.




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