Yard sprays

[Reit38]

I recently purchased a new home with 2acres of mowable grass. When I was in town I always hired my yard sprayed but now I would go broke doing that. What is residential spray available for atv sprayers. I've already hit the yard once with 2-4d but that obviously only tales care of the broadleaf that it touches. <br /><br />Sent from my SM-G900R4 using Tapatalk

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[00_chevy_2500]

I have a boomless atv sprayer from Northern tool.
I spray the following 3 way mix which is mostly 24-d. You can get at a farm store or co-op. It usually takes me 2 applications about 3 weeks apart to kill all the weeds. But i've only had a yard for a few years so i'm still learning also.

Triplett- (name brand)farm co-op
trimec- (generic) rural king, tractor supply - Gordons brand

 

[tthornto]

If you fertilize you will just have to mow it more often!

I used to work on a golf course greens crew. We had a big Toro sparayer with a 30 foot boom and 300 gallon tank, but for everything except the greens and tees we still used broadcast spreaders and slow release granules to fertilize. Use a slow release granule and you will only have to fertilize 1 time in the spring and 1 time in the fall.

 

[stingry]

what are you trying to kill??

 

[Reit38]

Broadleaf Plantain, crabgrass, white clover

I hit everything 2 weeks ago with the sprayer and had a decent die off minus the crabgrass.

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[gnpenning]

You need to read the label for the target weeds of the type of herbicide you plan to use. 2,4-D is not designed for killing grass. Anything that will kill your crabgrass should kill other grasses as well.

For your crabgrass you will need a Glyphsoate type of product. While know by other names Roundup is the best know but also the most expensive way to buy it. there are many cheaper brands and just as effective options. You can do a google search to maybe find something else to try and kill your crabgrass.

Anytime you spray it is best to use a surfactant. This will help with the surface tension of the liquid you are spraying to make it attach and for the plant to absorb.

Also pay attention to the PH of the water you are using. PH out of whack can cause your herbicide to lose efficiency up to or more than 70%. Meaning your wasting everything you are doing and will have a light kill requiring more applications (more time and money spent). Also weeds can become immune or resistant to what you are using, the same as taking an antibiotic for less than prescribed. This will make it harder to kill them in the future. Also you should rotate classes of herbicide for your target weeds. Way cheaper to do it right the first time.

Remember fall is the best time to spray. After the first frost (for the parts of the country that freeze) plants are taking in a everything they can before winter. You will notice some green up of plants. Since plants are taking in everything they can at this time a proper application will go along ways and will be very noticeable come spring.

Most herbicides only kill the plant that is there. Seeds that have dropped will grow. Some weed killers have a residual that will help stop new seeds from sprouting. Keep in mind if you put this or grass clipping from a lawn treated this way on your garden or flower beds it will not do very well. Anything sprayed with a residual should not leave your place for a year or more.

 

[ct01r]

Don't use Roundup on your lawn; it'll kill EVERYTHING. Bayer makes a spray that will kill weeds (broadleafs) and crabgrass, but not harm your lawn. I buy it at Lowes, and use it several times a year. I have 3 acres, but use the spray as a spot treatment. Works pretty well, but it may not be economical to do 2 acres all at once. You might want to see if you can order it in larger containers, The Lowes near me on carry it in quarts in the concentrate, and various sizes in the pre-mix. Curt

 

[gregtwojeeps]

Good luck on your sprays, but no more lawn sprays for me though. I'll just till out the bad stuff and spot seed. Thanks to some spray, I have to till my front and back yards and re-seed this Sept. ..

I bought some highly recommended spray to kill the random ground ivy (Creeping Charlie) in my front and back yard. Applied it per instructions. ....

Bottle stated that it may "yellow" any grass it got on to. Yep, it sure did.... "deader' than a door nail" . .

 

[grandall4]

With 2 acres, I'd look into a granular application of "weed and feed". You get the benefit of fert to promote good grass and the broadleaf weed control at the same time. Apply early in the morning after a heavy dew or rain.

You could use the stuff from Lowes or HD, but check with a farm supply or turf supply shop first. Better pricing in bulk.

 

[TMcCay]

If your are growing Bermuda for your grass call around to your local Co-ops and see if any of them will sell you MSMA-6. Some will sell it and some won't around here. Doesn't hurt my Bermuda but DO NOT over apply it.

 

[stingry]

For crabgrass, a pre-emergent put down before the crabgrass germinates provides the best control. Any crabgrass that does come up can be controlled with a product called Drive. I mix it with Trimec plus and methylated seed oil (a surfactant). It gives good control if you do not let the crabgrass get too big. I have also had good luck with a product called Speedzone for broadleaf control.

Cheers
Steve

 

[Reit38]

After some research i may order some Drive Xlr8. Try mixing that with the 2-4d and give that a shot. I know there was no pre emergent applied for a number of years from talking with neighbors.

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[Kaizen]

you have green in your yard still? Man I've been fried since may it seems.

 

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

Yes New England has the brownest lawns I've ever seen since the 80's or 90's I would say. Can't decide whether to water or not. Nice not having to mow.

 

[Temaweaver]

Tenacity is the newest herbicide for post crab control.

 

[crf731]

I order most of my stuff from here.

www.domyownpestcontrol.com

Identify what you have for weeds and search the website for what works. There is plenty of good reading and reviews there.

 

[EricP]

For Crabgrass find a product with Quinclorac and use surfactant. I used to think MSMA was the best stuff ever but it got hard to find so I switched to Quinclorac. MSMA never worked as good for me as Quinclorac.