Was the weed killer a bad idea? Bonus S? Both?3. What course of action to determine if I have a problem (chinch, Take-All, brown spot, etc.)?2. My problem is that the lawn was, for the most part, a brownish dormant looking yard, and it just looks to be getting worse, rather than greener in some places.ġ. Most of the information I find details the way diseases/bugs look in a healthy lawn. By hand, I removed the dead blades from a few especially bad looking sections and exposed nothing but dirt (no roots – nothing). Sections of the grass are starting to green up, some look very weak with exposed runners, and some sections are downright dead. Now, two weeks later, I am looking much closer… I was still thinking the grass to be dormant. Augustine) since the weeds were still present and I thought it needed fertilizer. Two weeks ago (March 22, 2004), I applied Scott’s Bonus S Weed/Feed (it said it was okay for St. Still, the grass appeared to me to be dormant. I used a hose-attached weed killer (Weed B’ Gone, I think) once in January and again in February, though it did little to affect the weed population. Late January/early February, we started getting a lot of weeds in the grass, though the grass itself still appeared dormant. Here’s where I step in.ĭuring the “winter” months (as if Houston really has these), the lawn appeared to me to go into dormancy. The previous owner used a lawn service and I am not sure what fertilizer regimen (if any) was used. Last summer, the yard was perfect – healthy, weed-free and VERY thick. Augustine, though I am not sure what particular variety. I bought my house in mid-July 2003 (Houston). I’m afraid that I may have damaged my lawn, and I would appreciate any advice.
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