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11:54p, 1/18/17
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On St Aug, Simazine or Atrazine plus a good three-way broadleaf herbicide (ie Trimec, others) will take care of all the winter annuals that are starting to take off. Plus it will give good results on any poa that you may have, given that its not resistant. Might be a little early to start thinking about pre's for crabgrass control, but that certainly depends on where you are geographically.
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9:59a, 8/23/17
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It's that time of year again.
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11:23p, 8/23/17
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What needs to be put down and when? Houston area St. Augustine
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Funky Winkerbean
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9:13a, 8/24/17
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I would do a fungicide app for Brown Patch before the rain sets in.
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In reply to Watchful Ag • 9:31a, 8/24/17
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Check the Randy Lemmon section on the first page. He is the go to source for South East Texas.
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12:11p, 9/12/17
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It looks like the preemergents recommended at the links in the OP are all sprays. Are there any as effective that can be put through a spreader?

I've got a bermuda lawn in Katy.

Also, if you use dimension does that take care of both grassy and broadleaf weeds?
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In reply to GE • 12:24p, 9/12/17
Can a dry pre emergent be used? Yes.

Is it desirable? No.
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In reply to fightingfarmer09 • 12:37p, 9/12/17
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fightingfarmer09 said:
Can a dry pre emergent be used? Yes.

Is it desirable? No.
Thanks. I just have a pump hand-held sprayer that I carry around for post-emergent spot treatment, and treating the whole lawn with it seems like a PITA. Any recs on a different one? Lot is relatively small (~ 5000 sf of yard).
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In reply to GE • 2:49p, 9/12/17
Hose end sprayer.
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11:50p, 9/12/17
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So Sperry says to get fall pre-emergents down in early September. Lemmons says to apply it in late October/early November. Which is it??? I have bermuda lawns and in the San Antonio area.
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In reply to Tursiops93 • 12:10a, 9/13/17
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Tursiops93 said:
So Sperry says to get fall pre-emergents down in early September. Lemmons says to apply it in late October/early November. Which is it??? I have bermuda lawns and in the San Antonio area.


Neil covers Dallas area. Randy covers Houston. There is usually a slight difference in timing between the two.
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In reply to Tursiops93 • 5:37a, 9/13/17
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Tursiops93 said:
So Sperry says to get fall pre-emergents down in early September. Lemmons says to apply it in late October/early November. Which is it??? I have bermuda lawns and in the San Antonio area.


Do it now.
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2:54p, 2/17/18
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Thoughts on timing for spring pre-emergent for Dallas this year? Are we still tracking for early March or sooner?
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9:16a, 2/19/18
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Bump.

Getting about that time again. I'll apply Dimension this week sometime or this weekend at the latest. Coryell County
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In reply to Boat Shoes • 11:23a, 2/19/18
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Boat Shoes said:
Thoughts on timing for spring pre-emergent for Dallas this year? Are we still tracking for early March or sooner?


I'm in Denton County and interested in what folks will be using.

My front yard has a lot of bermuda that is thankfully starting to choke out some of the native pasture bunch grass. I'd like to help it along this spring by applying some kind of pre-emergent or broadleaf killer to give the bermuda less competition this spring
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12:02p, 2/19/18
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How should us around Austin adjust the timing?
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12:27p, 2/19/18
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Houston area do this TODAY or TOMORROW before the rain hits. Most chemicals available at Ace hardware & HGC:

http://www.randylemmon.com/lawns/fertilize.html
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In reply to JSKolache • 3:58p, 2/19/18
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JSKolache said:
Houston area do this TODAY or TOMORROW before the rain hits. Most chemicals available at Ace hardware & HGC:

http://www.randylemmon.com/lawns/fertilize.html


Which specific product do y'all use from Ace? Last year I used something from the feed store that worked ok, but am looking for an actual product name this year.
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In reply to JSKolache • 4:25p, 2/19/18
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JSKolache said:
Houston area do this TODAY or TOMORROW before the rain hits. Most chemicals available at Ace hardware & HGC:

http://www.randylemmon.com/lawns/fertilize.html
I'm waiting till after the rains this week.

2-3" of rain and all that fertilizer will be in Galveston Bay by Sunday.
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In reply to giddings_ag_06 • 4:26p, 2/19/18
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giddings_ag_06 said:
JSKolache said:
Houston area do this TODAY or TOMORROW before the rain hits. Most chemicals available at Ace hardware & HGC:

http://www.randylemmon.com/lawns/fertilize.html


Which specific product do y'all use from Ace? Last year I used something from the feed store that worked ok, but am looking for an actual product name this year.
Randy lists them on his page
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In reply to Ducks4brkfast • 7:31p, 2/19/18
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I looked and couldn't find anything yesterday. I thought all he listed was ingredients. Are Amaze and Betasan actual products?
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In reply to Player To Be Named Later • 9:01p, 2/19/18
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Player To Be Named Later said:
Boat Shoes said:
Thoughts on timing for spring pre-emergent for Dallas this year? Are we still tracking for early March or sooner?


I'm in Denton County and interested in what folks will be using.

My front yard has a lot of bermuda that is thankfully starting to choke out some of the native pasture bunch grass. I'd like to help it along this spring by applying some kind of pre-emergent or broadleaf killer to give the bermuda less competition this spring

I always like Ronstar as pre-emerge for Bermuda.
Have you tried MSM to try and knock out some of the other grasses?
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In reply to cevans_40 • 9:59p, 2/19/18
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I have not.... what is that?
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In reply to giddings_ag_06 • 10:26p, 2/19/18
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I use barricade. That's the name on the bag. Small yellow and black bag.

I'm in the woodlands area with Bermuda grass.
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1:43p, 2/22/18
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For the first time in 16 years I am devoting an entire e-gardens to a single topic. It's our first-ever SPRING LAWN CARE EDITION. It will cover all the questions you'll be asking about...

Choosing the best lawngrass;
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When grass won't grow in the shade;
Filling low spots and evening out bumps;
Scalping whether, when and how;
Checklist of weekend tasks.

We'll email it to you at 6 p.m. tonight, but only if you're signed up. Do so right here: http://neilsperry.com/e-gardens/
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4:54p, 2/28/18
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When should you apply in the Austin area?
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6:17p, 2/28/18
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I assume now. I am already too late in south DFW
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6:38p, 2/28/18
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You're seeing weeds now in South Dallas because of the pre emergent woes of last fall.

http://neilsperry.com/2018/02/early-spring-lawn-care/
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6:56p, 2/28/18
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I'm in College Station and have been following Lemmon's schedule. I've even started listening to his podcasts on the iHeartRadio app. I saw on Sperry's website that you should subtract 1 week for every 100 miles you're south of I-20 for timing applications of pre-emerg/fertilizer.

Also, parts of my backyard are super wet. The feed store recommended gypsum pellets to break down the clay. Do any of you have any commentary on this?
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1:57p, 3/3/18
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I've got an acre in BCS and the dominant turf is Bermuda. Should I be putting down dimension or Pendulum this coming week?
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In reply to Player To Be Named Later • 9:47p, 3/4/18
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Metsulfuron-methyl. Clean pasture is one trade name. It works pretty good to wipe out a number of weeds. If msm and 2-4,d won't get it, I would just spot spray with round up. Go light on your spray and the Bermuda will cover up the bare spot in no time. Otherwise, you can buy some more expensive herbicides to knock out some hard to kill weeds.
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In reply to saltydog13 • 9:52p, 3/4/18
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saltydog09 said:
I've got an acre in BCS and the dominant turf is Bermuda. Should I be putting down dimension or Pendulum this coming week?

Depends on what your application method is. Granular = dimension, spray = many better options
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In reply to cevans_40 • 10:03p, 3/4/18
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itll Be spray
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10:05p, 3/4/18
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Question folks- I have been reading Lemmons schedule and was going to do a rapid release 15-5-10 went to tractor supply and Lowe's only thing I found at Lowe's was a slow release. It wasn't one of the brands he reccomdeds it was Sta-green. Will that work or do I need to find one of the brands he recommends like imperial? And if so where does one find that brand? It's an acre with half of it Bermuda in Leander outside of Austin. Thanks I'm advance
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In reply to saltydog13 • 10:14p, 3/4/18
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saltydog09 said:
itll Be spray

I would spray princep or specticle depending on how much you want to spend and how accurate you feel you can spray. Princep if you want to go cheap and specticle if you want 6 month control and are confident in your application rate.
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