TD2K vs. the yard, 2006

[TopDaugIn2000]

As some of you know I am obsessed with having a nice yard. I moved last fall and so all my hard work on the yard at the last place was lost. This place has a TERRIBLE yard. Nothing but weeds. A few weeks ago I attacked it with roundup killing the early weeds, today I declared war with 2,4-D Amine which is supposed to kill any broad leaf weed, and not the grass. We'll see.

DIE WEEDS DIE!!

[olevetonahill]

You Go Killer
If I sprayed all that around here Id have nothing but rocks growing

[TopDaugIn2000]

yeah, I'll probably have to put out turf builder or even grass seed after the weeds get dead.

[SoonerInKCMO]

I'll put $20 on the yard to win.

[olevetonahill]

I'll put $20 on the yard to win.

Whats the over /under ?

[BeetDigger]

Roundup kills pretty much everything, including the grass. I am amazed that you have anything left after spraying it with Roundup.

[TopDaugIn2000]

If you spray roundup while the grass is still dormant it won't hurt it, which is what I did (got the first weeds of spring). Now that the grass has started turning green (and many more weeds are coming up) I had to use something else that kills the weeds and not the grass.

[Newbomb Turk]

If you spray roundup while the grass is still dormant it won't hurt it.

Ed Zackery.

I get damn poa annua grass in my yard every year. Broadleaf weeds are easy to kill, but getting unwanted grass out of your yard is hard to do without killing the bermuda.

[TopDaugIn2000]

If I can manage to get rid of the dandelions, clover, and that weed that puts out tons of little purple flowers that's a darn good start.

[Newbomb Turk]

If I can manage to get rid of the dandelions, clover, and that weed that puts out tons of little purple flowers that's a darn good start.

The purple flower stuff (henbit or chickweed) is really hard to kill. I just pull the darn stuff - it comes up real easy.

[TopDaugIn2000]

The purple flower stuff (henbit or chickweed) is really hard to kill. I just pull the darn stuff - it comes up real easy.

I'd be out there for DAYS

I think this stuff is supposed to kill chickweed. I'll know in a day or two if it worked.

(After looking up the two you named I seem to have henbit. TONS of it. So we'll see)

[oumartin]

i spent my last week off tilling half my back yard up and planting grass seed.
had the front yard sprayed and got the scotts on it and I'm ready for a pretty yard.

[Newbomb Turk]

Roundup, or course, will kill anything. Otherwise, good luck killing henbit.

I always try to pull the stuff early before it spreads.

[Newbomb Turk]

i spent my last week off tilling half my back yard up and planting grass seed.
had the front yard sprayed and got the scotts on it and I'm ready for a pretty yard.

did you till up that tree in front of your shed?

[handcrafted]

I gots too many big trees in my yard to get really good grass. The bermuda won't grow evenly. Only thing I've been able to do is hit it with some weed-n-feed and spread fescue seed around the bare spots. That doesn't always work real well.

My other option would be to have the entire yard re-sodded with shadegrass, but I'd have to clear that through my homeowner's association, because then my house would stand out. They hate that.

[TopDaugIn2000]

I'd like to plant some grass, but I don't have a tiller to break up the dirt and I figured the birds would just eat it before it got started.

so I'm just gonna try my best to kill the weeds and then fertilize the heck out of what little grass I have.

[oumartin]

why don't you just kiss my azz Newbomb!

I was gonna pull it up and fill the spot with concrete but my wife threw a fit. she wants it left alone.

[oumartin]

I'd come till it up for you but I don't know where you live plus I might have to stalk you

[Newbomb Turk]

I had a big tree in my front yard that bermuda wouldn't grow under. I planted rye grass under it, but it looked stupid - different color than the bermuda, plus it was green in the winter. So I cut the the tree down. Took care of that problem.

[TopDaugIn2000]

I'd come till it up for you but I don't know where you live plus I might have to stalk you

yes please.



(I'll let you guess as to which one )