Lawn care: Most of lawn is weeds?

Question

do i attempt a salvage ? is it possible ? or just dig it up and start all over again ?

Answer 1

Sgt Pepper is right. Start by killing the weeds and see what you have left. Depends too on what type of grass predominates. Zoysia, St Augustine, Bermuda, and Centipede self-heal, filling back in gradually where the weeds were, if you fertilize and control new weeds. (I think Bluegrass and Bentgrass do too, but I don't know much about them.) Fescue and Perennial Ryegrass can be seeded back into the bare spots, but if you seed them in the spring you cannot use weed preventer until it is too late. Better to wait till fall to renovate them with seed.
If you don't hate the grass variety that you do have, but just want it weed-free and healthy, do not just dig it up and start over. Build on what you have.

Answer 2

I would dig up and start all over again.If you are going to do it do it right.Have your soil tested for pH level and adjust accordingly.Before you dig up spray entire area with Round-up.Allow time for the weeds to die then dig up.If you have the money,I would go with sod.If you go with sod,you should have an irrigation system.I would go with a bluegrass/fescue mixture.It will do well even in the areas that do not get as much sun.Depending on the size of your lawn,the sod option will be expensive.You are looking at around $2500 for 10,000 square feet,plus the cost of an irrigation system.If you do not have the money for sod,I would still do the same thing,just seed,then water,let dry a little then get a roller and roll it.This will help seal the moisture in the soil.You can also spread hay to help keep moisture in.Be prepared for some weeds to come up.Do not worry,that is normal.Do not spray the weeds until your lawn has reached the maturity level to handle the pesticide.When you mow be careful not to mow off more than 1/3 of the plant or else you will shock your lawn and that invites diseases and looks like crap too.Good Luck.

Answer 3

You CAN salvage it.. it'll be difficult, but you can use a product containing the chemical "2-4,D" and it'll kill the weeds, not the grass. You then can reseed about 3 weeks after application of the pesticides.

If most of the lawn is weeds, you might be better off doing the following:

Buy a bunch of Round-UP, spray down the entire yard, wait 2 weeks and put 2 inches of topsoil down over all the old, dead weeds/grass, then reseed with appropriate grass seed for your sun/shade conditions and water twice a day for 2 weeks, 15-30 mins each time.

Hope this helps!

Answer 4

If you have the money, then you could till the soil, digging up the weeds and smoothing the soil. Then plant grass sod in its place.

If you don't have the money, then you could mow over the weeds regularly over the winter. Between now and spring you could start to remove the weeds either by hand (which is natural and better for the soil), with a weed killer (very selectively) or solarize the area (using a tarp and the sun to kill off the vegetation). When spring comes, then you could set out grass seed (which is cheaper).

Answer 5

Emmean knows what he's talking about. Any fool can kill out everything one's got and start over. Fool or not, that's a big job, itself. Go with the [little] grass you have. Here, of course, as emmean said, we don't know what kind of grass you have. But if you systematically go after the weeds with the appropriate product, while looking after the grass, your grass will take over. I've got centipede and St. Augustine grass and have had great success using Weed-B-Gone. It kills the weeds, but not the grass. For any such product, tho, you've got to first, know the weeds that you've got, then read the label to see if the product addresses them. Also, check with your local Cooperative Extension Sevice. They'll be able to give you some specific advice, tho the first thing they'll probably want to know is, what kind of grass and what kind of weeds. Good LucK ~ yoU CaN save that grass!

Answer 6

Get a good Weed & Feed from your hardware store in the early spring.

give it a good dosage, hopefully most of the weeds will die off and the remaining grass will benefit from the fertilizer.

then you can overseed with a mixture, you'll have to ask the guy at the store what kind since im' not sure where you live, and try to overseed the barespots.

good luck.

Answer 7

Dig it out. Take the opportunity to put in new sprinkler lines and timers. Get a nice new sod lawn. A good gardener can do it in a couple of days and it isn't that expensive.

Answer 8

Feed your backyard with a superb fertilizer and water it nicely. reduce your backyard typically yet not a lot less that a million inch severe. the backyard will quickly fill in to a lush carpet of grass and chock out any weeds. No choosing weeds, no spraying weeds, and no bare spots.

Answer 9

Till it Remove the weeds. Add sterilized cow manure, and use sod. Water twice a day until it takes. Start this in the spring. Fertilize twice a year and have a great year.

Answer 10

Believe it or not, I set my lawnmower to the highest setting. The grass chokes out the weeds, and shades the ground, so not so much watering either. This is in Texas.