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Located in North Carolina. Mostly a fescue lawn. well established, some new sod from last fall, some new grass seed from this spring. Let, I have weeds. Some areas of my lawn are fighting a good blanket of what looks a variant of spurweed.
I hear Trimec works well. will Trimec affect/kill/damage my existing grass, new grass, or germinating grass? (fescue)
Thanks.
I used Trimec at a concentration above the recommended last summer in 90 degree heat on fescue. There was minimal damage to the grass, but it worked very well on the weeds. This was on a rental where the yard was overgrown with creeping charlie, wild strawberries, etc. I killed all the weeds off in July, aerated, seeded and fertilized in the fall. It looks like a golf course now.
Don't use Trimec on Fescue. It will harm the turf grass.
Try Scott's products, Step 1, 2, 3, and 4 for weed control.
Cut your lawn at about 3 1/4 - 3 1/2 inches in height. Aerate your soil & Dethatch it. Water your grass once every 4-5 days for a good 20 minutes or so to establish strong root systems.
Cutting the grass higher is similar to giving the grass a hair cut but cutting the head off weeds - the grass will receive sunlight instead of the weeds.
Aerating and Dethatching your soil helps grow strong root systems for your lawn, making the grass thicker - reducing weeds.
Watering does the same, stronger grass less weeds.
