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EDGEMAN OP
Apr 03, 2026 at 09:16 AM ET
Weed & Feed - Done!
Feared the humidity was too low for sufficient dew on the grass for the W&F to stick to, but the grass was perfect for application. Glad I didn't wait another hour (or two) to put it down...l

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PhotoHokieNC PhotoHokieNC
4mo
I got my feed done a month ago and it looks great now, but weeds have s
sprouted that are too numerous to hand-pick. It's too soon to do a weed & feed.
VTScanlo VTScanlo
4mo
What feed do you use and what type of grass ya got?
PhotoHokieNC PhotoHokieNC
4mo
3/4 fescue (mine), 1/4 bermuda (HOA's). Feed is Sta-Green 13-13-13.
I've used that product for 6 feed sessions over 3.5 years in this yard and for 5 years in a prior. Get it at Lowe's.
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HOKIERIT
4mo
Wait 2 years and it'll be all Bermuda (which I can't stand). I fought all->
last summer into fall getting rid of it (for now, you have to continue to battle that wiregrass). I spent too much money on golf course grade chemicals. My golf course has bent grass fairways and greens and fescue rough. Naturally they have to battle that "stinking wiregrass" trying to creep in. If left untreated, it WILL choke out the good (in my opinion) stuff. Very successful with that bermuda suppression....PROBLEM is, my HOA seeded in early September and I had to skip 2 Tenacity preemergent treatments (can't re seed for a month after using Tenacity).. So now I have a BUMPER crop of poa annua...which sucks too. I'm going to ignore their seeding this fall and reseed on MY schedule so I get the poa annua blocked before it germinates in September. Maybe I'll just PAVE the front yard! This is a HELL of a lot of work on a lawn in a "Maintenance Free" neighborhood..
PhotoHokieNC PhotoHokieNC
4mo
In May, we'll enter our fourth year of having sodded the fescue.
We were warned, advised, scolded and derided over laying the fescue next to the Bermuda. So far that's not even close to happening.
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EDGEMAN OP
4mo
I was waiting for it to warm up enough to do it here...
...we'll have cooler weather next week, but it's been in the 70s & 80s this past week...through tomorrow.