Poll of the Day > I sprayed $40 worth of weed killer on my lawn 4 hours ago

(+) Yeah! (+)

If any water gets on it within 24 hours, it loses effectiveness. I checked the forecast and there was a 0% chance of rain.

Guess what it's doing outside right now

I use this stuff:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/5/9/AAQwHjAAEumj.jpg
It cost me $10 for a 40 oz bottle of concentrate, and it makes 20-40 gallons of weed killer, enough to treat up to 20,000 square feet (that's almost 1/2 acre). Contains 2,4-D, Mecoprop, Dicamba, and Sulfentrazone.

that's how you kill your lawn

captpackrat posted...

I use this stuff:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/5/9/AAQwHjAAEumj.jpg
It cost me $10 for a 40 oz bottle of concentrate, and it makes 20-40 gallons of weed killer, enough to treat up to 20,000 square feet (that's almost 1/2 acre). Contains 2,4-D, Mecoprop, Dicamba, and Sulfentrazone.

I'll look into it if the stuff I used doesn't work. I'm mostly just dealing with dandelions and clover.

Lawns are stupid anyway.

that's lawnist

The best thing to do is to buy some grass plugs and then manually remove weeds with a tool... then you put the grass plug in the hole left by the tool

adjl posted...

Lawns are stupid anyway.

yea grass is pointless

My back yard is like 80% clover, LOL! If I tried to kill the weeds back there, I would just be left with a pile of dirt.

Clover is a good thing. It fixes nitrogen, improves soil health and makes excellent green manure, and the flowers are great for bees, butterflies, and other pollinators. The leaves and flowers are edible and are a good source of protein, vitamins, and minerals. (Note that most clovers contain coumarin, so it shouldn't be eaten if you take an anticoagulant such as warfarin. It also should be avoided if you take any drugs that warn against eating grapefruit.)

captpackrat posted...

Clover is a good thing. It fixes nitrogen, improves soil health and makes excellent green manure, and the flowers are great for bees, butterflies, and other pollinators. The leaves and flowers are edible and are a good source of protein, vitamins, and minerals. (Note that most clovers contain coumarin, so it shouldn't be eaten if you take an anticoagulant such as warfarin. It also should be avoided if you take any drugs that warn against eating grapefruit.)

What about clover honey?

Revelation34 posted...

What about clover honey?

Since honey is made from the nectar of the flowers, rather than the plant itself, it contains very little coumarin or isoflavones, so it should be perfectly safe to eat even if you are on blood thinners or other medicines with restrictions. The main concern would be the sugar content, which has a glycemic index only very slightly lower than table sugar.

Did you spray the whole lawn or just target the weeds? I'm surprised you can use a whole bottle in one go but I've only used it a couple times.

captpackrat posted...

Clover is a good thing. It fixes nitrogen, improves soil health and makes excellent green manure, and the flowers are great for bees, butterflies, and other pollinators. The leaves and flowers are edible and are a good source of protein, vitamins, and minerals. (Note that most clovers contain coumarin, so it shouldn't be eaten if you take an anticoagulant such as warfarin. It also should be avoided if you take any drugs that warn against eating grapefruit.)

On top of that, it outcompetes most weeds so you don't even have to worry about weeding your lawn. For a sizable chunk of lawns' history, it was standard to seed a grass lawn with ~10% clover because it automatically fertilizes it and limits what else can grow there. That practice really only died out for the sake of selling more chemical fertilizers/herbicides.

Even better, you can just make your whole lawn clover for only slightly more than grass costs, and in doing so you get something that never needs fertilizing, rarely needs weeding, doesn't need mowing, resists dog pee, is good for pollinators, uses significantly less water, and occasionally gets nice flowers instead of just being a boring sea of green all the time. The only downside is that it isn't quite as hardy as grass, so if it's a particularly high-traffic lawn (kids running around on it every day, for example), it might not be suitable for your situation.

weeds are plants also stop the weedicide
hashtagfreetheweeds

Depends on the weed. Native wildflowers are generally good to let grow. The rather large variety of invasive species that can make their way onto lawns, though, not so much.

potdnewb posted...

weeds are plants also stop the weedicide
hashtagfreetheweeds

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dII1gqGmyso

ConfusedTorchic posted...

that's how you kill your lawn

not a problem if you don't live in an HOA :^)

Dikitain posted...

My back yard is like 80% clover, LOL! If I tried to kill the weeds back there, I would just be left with a pile of dirt.

I only have a few patches, but it's spreading. It grows way faster than my grass so it's annoying to manage. If I don't mow earlier than the lawn needs, the stuff flowers and spreads.

Blightzkrieg posted...

Did you spray the whole lawn or just target the weeds? I'm surprised you can use a whole bottle in one go but I've only used it a couple times.

Just the weeds. The good news is that despite the downpour we got, the weeds are mostly dying. The clover seems least affected though.