I used to have luck with it on oxalis. Haven't used it in years.

Do what you want about the soil test but it is going to be too late to fertilize by the time you get results back. I'd say fertilize now and tune up later. If you have not fertilized yet this spring, do it now. Two weeks after the fertilizer, hit only the broad leafed weeds with liquid WBG. Then sta...

WBG should work for the oxalis, too. You might try Brush-B-Gone on the ground ivy. It has the stuff Andy likes in the right strength.

Give it three weeks before trying something else.

If you did use baking soda, plan to come back in 2 weeks with compost or compost tea to inoculate the soil with fungi again. Baking soda is non selective and will leave you with an all around depletion of soil fungi.

Patience, PJD, patience. I would practice the watering, mowing, and fertilizing for a couple months before thinking about weeds. It is the proper cultural practices that get rid of them.

Keep up with the coffee and it sounds like you'll be making lots of people happy.

Since you have so much sand I am not worried about the red areas. If you had clay then you would be building yourself a 3-inch deep swimming pool and filling it with rocks. For anyone else who knows they have a lot of construction trash on the site, what maddbomber83 should have done was get a tract...

That is barely any molasses. Here is the molasses part of the article MOLASSES The use of sugar and molasses to boost soil microbial activity has been talked about for some time and the theory has been that it provides an energy source that can be utilised equally well by all soil organisms. However...

I'd keep watering and fertilizing. compost or compost tea, like JoeZodiac mentioned, would be good, too. I don't think it's a watering issue - a lot of the lawn looks pretty good. What's your reasoning for recommending compost/compost tea? St Augustine usually dies from a lack of water. It only yel...

The good news it that the St Aug will eventually retake the poor looking areas. I think the problem is lack of water more than too much molasses. Keep an eye on the 3x3 test area, though. Andy was the first one to mention tying up the nitrogen. I suspect he's talking about a population explosion of ...

A good rate for liquid molasses is 3 ounces per gallon per 1,000 square feet. I'd use the same for sugar and see how it works. So 3 ounces per 1,000 square feet.

As Patrick said, it's a lot easier to fling them around the lawn than to try to get them into a condition that can be spread using a spreader. A few years ago I spent months collecting coffee from the hotel I was staying in. I drained it for days in a series of plastic containers, dried it on newsp...

Last week, we went to Busse Woods. It's a forest preserve. Thick trees but there was also an open area. The grass for sure is different from what we have. I don't know if someone mows it because it's huge. I'm sure the wild grass grows freely. Anyways, I was shocked with the soil. It was dark and s...

Drop spreader or a broadcast spreader? Is the SBM granulated at all or just powder?

TT, how do you apply your SBM? Spreader or something else?

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Some people need to lay down the chemicals, put their hands up, and step back from the lawn. I usually suggest they start now and take the best care of the lawn they can...following the 1-2-3 plan. I suggest they forget about weeds and just water and mow. If they cannot stick to weekly maintenance t...

Believe me...trial and error is the name of the game for sprinklers. I have tried them all (except for the gear driven and the little tractor follow-the-hose thingie). In fact I have tried them all multiple times. I think the reason I like the oscillator better now is the "new and improved" plastic ...

When I quit using chemicals in 2000 or so, the only broadleaf weed killer we could get was Weed-B-Gone. Atrazine was probably available behind the counter, but the first I heard of it was when it was banned in Europe.

My Nelson oscillator has a metal female connector. I'd much rather have plastic but it needs to be sturdy enough to withstand normal use. I looked at Lowe's today for the gear driven heads. They all have a 3/4-inch female connector. My bases all have 1/2-inch male, so I'll look at Ace to see what th...