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[lizard]

Most of the grass here is dormant from now (the equivalent of your late April) until our spring. I still have some mowing to do -- the weeds seem to grow 365 days a year.

Spray the weeds with a herbicide.........you need a selective herbicide, need to know what weed types you have.......then you can have nice turf...........Hate Weeds with a vengance!

 

[Two-Stroke]

Spray the weeds with a herbicide.........you need a selective herbicide, need to know what weed types you have.......then you can have nice turf...........Hate Weeds with a vengance!

I'm sure that you're right about the best way to get rid of weeds.

However, I don't really hate them. If I cut the lawn a little on the high side, the weeds don't look bad -- unless you look closely.

Bottom line: for my purposes, it's not worth the time and expense to make the lawn perfect, as opposed to pretty good (pretty good by my standards -- which is different from West Australian standards:biggrin.

 

[lizard]

When you cut a lawn frequently so the weeds do not go to seed, is the best way to control weeds naturally, as a healthy lawn will stop weeds in their tracks.
Weeds thrive with less water.........so try to water your lawn.:confused2:

 

[Two-Stroke]

When you cut a lawn frequently so the weeds do not go to seed, is the best way to control weeds naturally, as a healthy lawn will stop weeds in their tracks.
Weeds thrive with less water.........so try to water your lawn.:confused2:

I do cut the grass frequently... because it's fun and great exercise to mow.:smile:

It's hard to explain but a lot of the grass that I have is beyond the reach of hoses -- those areas have to fend for themselves.

 

[lizard]

I do cut the grass frequently... because it's fun and great exercise to mow.:smile:

It's hard to explain but a lot of the grass that I have is beyond the reach of hoses -- those areas have to fend for themselves.

In Australia.....in Western Australia.....in Perth.........90% of home owners have reticulation...even on some larger areas up to 10 acres.......but they are on 'Bore'........as the water bill would be a few hundred dollars a week.
Water costs around 90 cents per 1,000 litres in Perth........so it is not to bad for domestic customers.:wink:

 

[KennyV]

I'm sure that you're right about the best way to get rid of weeds.

However, I don't really hate them. If I cut the lawn a little on the high side, the weeds don't look bad -- unless you look closely.

Hey if it were not for weeds in some of the places I mow ... it would be bare earth...
If it's green and mowed my pasture even looks GREAT and I know there are weeds in it... :smile:KennyV

 

[lizard]

Hey if it were not for weeds in some of the places I mow ... it would be bare earth...
If it's green and mowed my pasture even looks GREAT and I know there are weeds in it... :smile:KennyV

What type of weeds are they?
Some weeds you have a legal responsiblity to make sure that government authorities know about them.
Severe fines can result in you walking off your Farm.........if you hide a declared weed!

 

[KennyV]

...if you hide a declared weed!

Don't hide any ... I mow everything ... except trees, but I get some of the smaller ones of them. :smile:KennyV

 

[lizard]

Don't hide any ... I mow everything ... except trees, but I get some of the smaller ones of them. :smile:KennyV

A farmer was harvesting his Wheat crop and it was infested with 'skeleton weed'......he may have been cutting the straw down really low perhaps a few inches.....to hide things.
He was dobbed in by a employee.......the result was not good .......whole of 'Farm' quarantined for 5 years.Farmer went broke and had to pay huge compensation.
So the moral of the story is you must declare your weeds if they are on the hit list!:confused2::frown:

 

[Two-Stroke]

A farmer was harvesting his Wheat crop and it was infested with 'skeleton weed'......he may have been cutting the straw down really low perhaps a few inches.....to hide things.
He was dobbed in by a employee.......the result was not good .......whole of 'Farm' quarantined for 5 years.Farmer went broke and had to pay huge compensation.
So the moral of the story is you must declare your weeds if they are on the hit list!:confused2::frown:

As far as I know there aren't "declared" weeds in the US.

I'm also a little unclear about what you're saying. Are you saying that: (a) the weeds are a protected species and you aren't allowed to destroy them; OR (b) the weeds are very undesirable for some reason (non-native, invasive, destructive) and it's illegal to have them on your land, lest they spread.