Here Is A General Timetable For Next Year

General Timetable for the first of next year:

Around the first of February is the time to put down pre-emergent product which you will water into the soil. It forms a layer below the surface of the ground which chemically prevents germinating weed seeds to emerge as weeds. Thus helping to reduce the number of annual weeds that come back from seeds. Your grass is still dormant at this time.

The next basic time will be in early spring as temperatures warm. You will see the arrival of broadleaf weeds in your yard that have eluded the pre-emergent treatment you have put down. These weeds will be weeds that have flowers on them like henbit, chickweed, and dandelions. Notice that your grass is still DORMANT. At this time you have two options to deal with those weeds. If the high temperatures of the days are between 60 and 90 you can spray the weeds with a liquid broadleaf herbicide OR you can simply mow them down to prevent them reseeding. AT THIS TIME DO NOT PUT DOWN FERTILIZER OR WEED AND FEED(these products contain a broadleaf weed herbicide in combination with a fertilizer) PRODUCTS. The reason is that your grass is still not green and will not use the fertilizer. You would be wasting your MONEY.

Later in spring, your grass is now green and actively growing. So if you chose to mow your weeds earlier and not use an herbicide(and the high temps. are about 60), you can NOW apply a "weed and feed" product to your yard and it would make good sense.
If you earlier chose to spray your weeds, then NOW you should simply apply a 100% fertilizer to provide needed elements for your grass to use in photosenthesis to manufacture food for its growth.

PLEASE NOTE THAT WHEN USING A "WEED AND FEED" PRODUCT, THAT YOU HAVE TO CHOOSE THE CORRECT PRODUCT FOR YOUR GRASS. IT IS BECAUSE THE HERBICIDE THAT IS IN THE PRODUCT IS DIFFERENT FOR DIFFERENT GRASSES.

However, any time you are using a product that is 100% FERTILIZER IT CAN BE USED ON ANY GRASS.

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