Fall Lawn Preemergent When to Apply

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Doc explains that the timing of lawn preemergent application is often more important than the product. You want your lawn preemergent at top strength when the targeted weed is starting to germinate. You may have to adjust your lawn's schedule.

[@Stuxnet1914]

Doc, holy cow. It would REALLY help if you put time stamps on your videos. Love them, but I just want the answer to the question (relating to title). : )

[@adamghazal9204]

Excited to see what happens when you get back. Fishing cart looks sweet. Thanks Doc!

[@RUSTYPowell-l9i]

Doc, What brand trail cam do you have mounted next to your corn dispenser? Is it solar? Thanks!

[@KamiKomplex504]

Btw I had to pull a few weeds and I applied dirt booster a month or two ago and I was amazed at the mycorrhizal fungi just allllll in the roots and dirt I pulled up and that was just the shallow stuff in a section I have made a no water area so I just imagine the damp areas deeper down with grasses more adapted to fostering the fungi. I wish I took a picture it was mind boggling.

[@kesm66]

I’m going to avoid pre emergent on my Zeon Zoysia this season…& just let nature do its own thing and tolerate the weeds when the lawn comes back out of dormancy in 2025. My rationale: I’ve used pre and post on my Zoysia and I had a notable adverse effect. My Zeon Zoysia sod is about 2 seasons old…but I think it’s best to let it grow for 3-5 years (seasons)….without any pre or post. Once fully matured…then treat it. I also think warm season grasses will have Poa Annua to varying degrees. And yes…I agree to treat Poa Annua with a selective Poa Annua weed product when it’s dormant and call it a day. It seems that pre emergent hurts growth when it’s active (out of dormancy).

[@richardbotha777]

Great tip to bug spray the outdoor cameras. The one at 22'23" seconds need some bug spray :)

[@jefferyyounce5372]

It would also be helpful to say what grow zone you're in Doc? I'm in Central Alabama, zone 8.

[@enzomoya1689]

Doc, the label for Andersons Barricade says you can put down pre m 6 to 8 weeks before seeding perennial rye or 6 weeks after when the roots are into the 2nd inch. I plan to seed in early October so by late November I plan to put down the Barricade. Any tips or info on what to avoid? Thanks!

[@GotoHere]

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[@jefffawcett1626]

Pretty sure neither Doc nor the rest of us will miss you... Buh-bye

[@louisbastone900]

Bye Karen

[@DjThoR..]

Hello Doc, do you recommend putting pre-emergent every 3 or 4 months?

[@belindaayewoh437]

Thank you Doc! I'm in Georgia as well. What do you use inside your house/attic to repel bugs?

[@jerrynelson2216]

Why did you get rid of the orchid?

[@jackiebickley347]

I have Kyllinga and it’s taking over my lawn please help @doc

[@pwrmacbob]

I bought Celsius WG. Haven’t tried it yet but it is supposed to work very well.

[@petepalmer6929]

Hey Doc, what security cameras are you using on your property?

[@HowTowithDoc]

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[@CooperML]

Enjoy the beach!!

[@jaymeyers950]

Wat about late season fertilizer

[@SmooveBee1]

You can divide pre-emergent into three doses, that is what I do;

[@pwrmacbob]

Where are you located? What months do you do? I’m in South Carolina, have Bermuda grass. I was over run with poa annum. I was thinking later in September then again in December and once more in the spring. Maybe Feb/March timeframe for crab grass.

[@progression_decibel]

Smoove, what's your timing with those three? I'm in GA with Bermuda.

[@theresasykes1862]

Yes, I want to know if a split treatment as described in the Warm Season is in order for the Fall? So the granular from Anderson's and then the liquid that you recommend.

[@davetrayford]

good verbal clarification about POA ANNUA (not 'poe anna') germination /emergence and timing. However, a good ole' fashioned (paper or even electronically-displayed) CALENDAR would provide VISUAL clarity to support the verbal info.

[@azo313]

In one of your older videos you mentioned that with a newly seeded lawn you can apply pre-emergant in the middle of Winter (January). I'm in Michigan and just did my full KBG renovation a couple weeks ago. Things are starting to fill in. I'm worried about weeds and especially POA and annual ryegrass which might inadvertantly be mixed into my seed. Should I do my pre-emergant in January? It's very cold and my sprinkler will be winterized so I won't be able to water it in. Are you recommending granular or liquid?

[@brucepchase9710]

Doc, enjoy your working vacation

[@SangKtan]

How do I get rid of creeping charie?? That thing keeps coming back stronger every year. The only thing I applying was Hi-Yield Triclopyr Ester. It does dry off some of the creeping charlie but keeps coming backs. Do you have any tips I can use ? Thanks Doc!

[@jimmymiller4732]

Doc, remember that rain forecast that looked so promising in this video? That forecast like all others we have had this season was pretty much pure hogwash! If and when we do get rain at my house in Commerce I might and I say its a BIG might get 0.20" if I am lucky. The ground is so hard I had to get someone from UGA Extension service to come to the house and use an augur to pull the soil samples.

[@IZFixLLC]

Hey Doc, question why do you do granular and liquid? Just wondering if there’s a reason to use both or if the split treatment still works if you just apply liquid twice? (Buying one product vs two products.)

[@shawnwagoner7049]

Doc, Any advice on how to ERADICATE centipede from a bermuda lawn? I had a soil sample evaluated in June and they said the phosphorus is low but and the Ph is 6.2. They also said to add 0-46-0 fertilizer but not until growing season starts next year. This stuff has gone from about a 4 foot circle to about 12 feet this year so I'd like to do something before then but I don't know what to do. Any help would be appreciated! - Thanks

[@sagmeister2234]

475k! Let’s goooooo

[@ronaldnayman4841]

Doc, how do I get rid of bentgrass? Appreciate your help.

[@johnguevin7523]

So I’m a little confused with your thing with the hands. Is your head winter? I think you’re saying put p/e down late fall/early winter and then early spring. I live in upstate SC, almost into western NC.

[@bruce12393]

Gonna be exciting to see what happens with all your plants! In the meantime, let’s go fishing!!

[@MP99.]

For those of us in south Florida the whole calendar is on its head. I wish someone would do a similar calendar for this climate. Also Seeding is a headache as the weeds outperform the Bermuda seed. Been fighting it for 2 yrs now. Kill the weeds and need to wait for whatever time before seed. Water seed and new weeds grow. Can't put down PE while seeding. Can't win!

[@KamiKomplex504]

Water your weeds, try to get them to germinate and then let the land lay bear for a few weeks. You can send Bermuda into August even September in Florida, hit it with fertilizer and water heavily and it will come in before natural dormancy unless you are dealing with shade. So April, till and level, water. May glypho out all the weeds, light till to disturb up those seeds. Water, June treat weeds and then pre-emergents if you want extra security, leave it 2 weeks and seed Bermuda and end of July and August that hit it with that water and fertilizer and it will explode up. Most people don't want to deal with a dead yard for a month watering weeds 😅 but it really works.

[@christineortino4463]

Doc- thank you for all your videos. I have learned so much from your videos. As a single woman I do a As much as I can on my own. When I need help with something I always check out my friend Doc first. Thanks again for your help. Can you do a video about St Augustine and Bahia grass ? I live in central Florida and I have 2 different grass . Thank you ❤

[@catc1238]

Thanks Doc!

[@Oklahoman-in6ph]

With that beautiful Buffet you have growing Doc, I'll bet you have some huge great Buck's around there.

[@BLUE6_6]

Great Video Doc!!!! Im giving you a thumbs 👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿 up!!!!!

[@ripmaster896]

Hey doc lawnmaster here. Why do you talk about roots in the ground when Bermuda grass helps with roots in the ground? And it also is great ground cover? So doc I think you're shooting yourself in the foot. So my advice to you is keep the common Bermuda grass and put out the deer food. From lawnmaster. At lawnmasters paradise 🏆

[@douglasbarnhart3324]

Thanks for the video Doc.

[@jtthom2]

Thank you for all your videos. They are fun and informing. You must have a huge budget for seeds. Have fun at the beach house.

[@KamiKomplex504]

I've been planting blue grama and buffalo grass and holy cow seed is expensive. Glad I have one of these small city outskirts yards, only 2500 sqft. Otherwise would be broke. I think Bermuda is pretty cheap comparatively. Also buffalo on paper is ok but in reality expect even doing everything really well to only have 10% take and you can't give it the time it needs to fill in, that happens in another season and will be weeded out and dried out if other grass isn't mixed in, hence the blue grama.

[@bookemdano1317]

I'm a landscaper in Southern Rhode Island where we have cool season grasses, URI #2 mostly, which is a mix of some fescues and KGB. I do mostly mowing, but for the last few years I've been expanding into fertilizing. This season I tried a prodiamine product, and for many of my lawns I was somewhat late, early to mid april, where for prodiamine I was told to get it down as early as late march. Just for context, in my area it is recommended that dimension products get put down in mid april. My plan for trying prodiamine was to get it down, then do a second round in the recommended 18 weeks, which would've put most of my lawns at around early to late July, but by my own 30 year experience, I've seen crabgrass come up in dimension treated lawns as early as late June. But, I decided to wait the recommended time. Well, it ended up a disaster with the crabgrass and weeds. Early on, the 1st shot of prodiamine did its job, even on the lawns I put it down a little late for. I haven't bothered with the 2nd hit of prodiamine. I'll be spraying post-emergent. Next season I'll try putting down the second shot of prodiamine in mid-june, and will make certain that 1st shot goes down on the last week of march. I'm very disappointed, and wondered if you had any thoughts to add on this?

[@WhittyPics]

Would waiting until almost Christmas be best for Pre E in the Charlotte area?

[@aussie2uGA]

Spartanburg says November, then March 1

[@pwrmacbob]

@@aussie2uGA Where are you getting that info from? I’d like to look up my area.

[@dsteck5888]

My lawn is so hard. I want to scalp and aerate this fall before overseeding. When should I aerate?

[@SmooveBee1]

Aerate frequently, many times a year if you have hard ground. Same issue here; so you should own an aerator if your soil is compacted; aerating once a year does very little.

[@cynthiarafferty7662]

I'm in GA...clay soil.... I've got hard soil..... I've had my lawn aerated twice this year and my grass looks better and the Bermuda grass is sending out roots and filling in. I'm the 3rd owner of the house. Previous owners didn't care about southern weeds so this year I've been getting the weeds, crabgrass and nutsedge, eliminated. It's a process but 2025 will be the year of beefing up the Bermuda grass to fill-in areas more. The lawn is green and looking much better this year. Even my neighbors have noticed the difference. They probably appreciate not having a weed patch right next door. LOL!

[@GardenAquaticsReMix]

keep us updated on the seeding. Thanks Doc!

[@davidcrowson4745]

❤ keep us updated on the seeding. Press on in the good work sir 💪💪

[@imdmusic2012]

yea, finally a change, been dry here. We got a good rain that lasted for 3 or so hours or so, but was light to medium, mostly light, so the rain didn't run off allowing the ground to absorb better. That's crazy what you are doing. Only thing I don't like is sometimes that corn can create volunteer corn the next season if you don't get most of it out. I love shucking corn.

[@chiefkeefatl8236]

I got a question going into my second year with Bermuda grass. Was told by Trugreen my yard needs core aerating because soil compacted. After I get my lawn aerated this fall what's next??

[@HowTowithDoc]

Not sure I would do it in the fall... Do it during the strong growing season.

[@Michele-rc4qf]

Can’t wait to see some fishing!!

[@NikkosExperience]

I know you maybe busy and hope to get your feedback on this, I live in the gulf coast part of Florida I am not knowledgeable on the grass type that I have. I am dealing with some weeds of course and working always on this issue . I will put a link at the end of these questions of my work in progress. I have approximately in total front and back 2100 sq feet. I am not sure what grass seed I can use to overseed my lawn through the winter. It has been suggested by neighbor's to use 2 types of grass seeds Perennial Rye Grass seed or Annual Rye Grass seed both right now are equally fair priced to buy I get more seeds for the Annual price wise or if there another option it would be great to here your thought, also if you have an idea for pre emergent that will keep crab grass and weeds to a minimum to throw down with the overseeding any suggestion or thoughts are greatly appreciated please and thank you

[@charliehill3434]

Doc can u recommend a good solar cam system I'd like to add some on our trail driveway

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[@KamiKomplex504]

6:10 how are you having lower temps than me smh ... I live north north Colorado at the foothills getting upper 80s 0 rain. I like Colorado but if anyone asks me if I recommend loving a yard and moving up here ... No, plant a few hardy ass trees and a desert style garden with good amounts of deep hardscape and call it quits. Otherwise buffalo grass is the only seed to plant here, or go broke on kbg sod. Weeds though, weeds are explosive 😂 evolved to just invade in the shorter hotter warm season and crowd out the frost hardy plants. Absolute chaos zone.

[@johnhoyt5251]

Doc, can you put in a little bit of what an Arizona person might do? I know you talk a lot about people down in the south but here in the Phoenix area there’s 6 million people and a lot of us have beautiful Bermuda grass but the timing of your videos is off for us so either give us more clues or take a look at the calendar and just give us a heads up every now and then as to what we may do Timing wise

[@seant4884]

Yes, I’m curious myself. Although not as hot and dry as Phoenix where I’m at, we’re in climate zone 10 with a Mediterranean climate (Csa). Hot and dry summers with cool to cold winters.

[@kevinwake9439]

Just add a Winter application too. Do a Fall, Winter and Spring application. Mid September, Jan 1 and Mid March

[@stanczernik9458]

Hey Doc, how can I get rid of rabbits in my yard. They’re eating my grass down to the dirt. Thanks,

[@avguytx4361]

Hey Doc....great video as always and I for one had a helluva time with poa annua grass earlier this spring and it took a bottle of Negate to finally get rid of it. And that's with putting 4 bags of pre-emergent down both last fall then early spring. It was quite rainy to start the year out, too. So, this year I'm going to change a little. I do have common Bermuda grass on the top side of my property, where the field lines are, and have a hybrid Bermuda grass (was sod) on the bottom side (on other side of driveway). This is on a tad under an acre. But, I was wondering about something in your video as you walked by the side of your house with that white-ish container to the right of your outside air unit. What's in there? I thought at first it was a generator but then thought it might be a cover for propane tanks? Or just storage? I'm about to get rid of the 250 gallon propane tank and go to a pair of 40lb tanks with a regulator as all I use it for is our gas oven and the (rarely used) gas fireplace. Just curious... Thanks

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[@lisaawild]

Hi. Doc. We stopped using products on our yard in 2018 after we lost 3 dogs in a pretty short time period, to different types of cancer and we got very concerned about chemicals in the lawn. Now of course we have a lot of weeds. We are in Houston zone 9b with clay soil and St Augustine grass. You are very knowledgeable and I wondered if you know what we can use that will not harms our pets. Thanks!

[@legarockefeller]

Been using this stuff for 5-6 years and dogs have been fine

[@I3arbarian]

Did you water products in thoroughly?

[@mourbonaventure7475]

More likely your dog food? What dog food were they eating for most of their lives?

[@lisaawild]

@@I3arbarian yes.

[@lisaawild]

@@mourbonaventure7475 Purina pro plan.

[@eldjwr]

No more discount codes for Anderson products?

[@kmain0]

the guides are free because they're used to drive sales to andersons...at least be honest

[@Supreme.Shinobi]

You don’t have to buy it though….seems like you like to comment just be edgy.

[@Michele-rc4qf]

I love the Anderson products. Found them by watching Doc . I love that they are small particles.

[@kmain0]

@@Michele-rc4qf I agree but man that $$$. I am thinking of trying some PGR Complete but how could it be better than Lesco?