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I live in the fingerlakes region in New York State. Im sorry to say I do not know what type of grass I have. Its brown now and just starting to turn green after the snow melt. What type of fertilizer should I use? Weed control products? I have used a scotts brand winterizer with weed control just before winter. I have a broadcast type john deere spreader for granual type products. any info will be a huge help.

My goal is to get rid of any nuisince type broad leaf weeds and to make my lawn greener and healthier.

firemansteve6921 said:

I live in the fingerlakes region in New York State. Im sorry to say I do not know what type of grass I have. Its brown now and just starting to turn green after the snow melt. What type of fertilizer should I use? Weed control products? I have used a scotts brand winterizer with weed control just before winter. I have a broadcast type john deere spreader for granual type products. any info will be a huge help.

My goal is to get rid of any nuisince type broad leaf weeds and to make my lawn greener and healthier.

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What you want to use now is a weed and feed that has a pre-emergent it will help you not to get broad leaf weeds. Now it will slow down your grass that is now trying to green up but it is only temporary.
Now if you already have weeds you want to use a post-emergent.

Does your grass grow along the ground like a vine?
Is it thin or thick blade?

If your Getting broad leaf weeds we know it is not zoysia

If it is thin blade and puts out sprigs ( vine like runners ) then could be Bermuda.

If I lived in New York I would have BENT grass loves the cold and stays green year round.

(( racing is the only sport that you need two balls ))

Thanks for the advice CARS, that is helpful. My grass is mostly fescue, and here in north Georgia there are these purple weeds popping up everywhere this year. Not just on my lawn, but everywhere! Strange. I don't remember this last year.

Bomba said:

Thanks for the advice CARS, that is helpful. My grass is mostly fescue, and here in north Georgia there are these purple weeds popping up everywhere this year. Not just on my lawn, but everywhere! Strange. I don't remember this last year.

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I was just saying that to my wife yesterday. We are in chickamauga today and them dang purple weeds are in every yard. If was not for them I would just have to take a few pics.

(( racing is the only sport that you need two balls ))

Bomba said:

Thanks for the advice CARS, that is helpful. My grass is mostly fescue, and here in north Georgia there are these purple weeds popping up everywhere this year. Not just on my lawn, but everywhere! Strange. I don't remember this last year.

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There are a lot of purple weeds here, too!

If I could I would just burn every weed in my lawn. Hate them. :smiley_aafz:

X-man said:

If I could I would just burn every weed in my lawn. Hate them. :smiley_aafz:

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Ha ha don't burn then they will come back twice as strong

(( racing is the only sport that you need two balls ))

Purple weeds are allover the place here too

Carscw said:

Ha ha don't burn then they will come back twice as strong

(( racing is the only sport that you need two balls ))

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Alright. What if I poured gasoline on them? :laughing:

The purple weeds did not grow like this last season, did they?

Hey bomba I think you're referring to henbit and I don't know what state you're in but did yall have a rainy February and early/mid March? If you did then that's why theyre so widespread. Those purple weeds I was talkin about are henbit and they're everywhere here too bit that's because it rained a lot during the early stages of late winter and early spring and that's what causes them to thrive like they are

lawnguy1 said:

Hey bomba I think you're referring to henbit and I don't know what state you're in but did yall have a rainy February and early/mid March? If you did then that's why theyre so widespread. Those purple weeds I was talkin about are henbit and they're everywhere here too bit that's because it rained a lot during the early stages of late winter and early spring and that's what causes them to thrive like they are

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Aha! Ok I wondered why they are so widespread this year. I'm in north Georgia and yes we have had a lot more rain than you would normally have over the winter. What is the best way to get rid of it?

Well outside of spraying, which I would forget that idea, the best way is to to cut the yard really short to swipe off the majority of the weed's body. This will keep it from coming back so rapidly. If you just skim it its not gonna help. Clients might not want it so short but if you explain they might

Bomba said:

Aha! Ok I wondered why they are so widespread this year. I'm in north Georgia and yes we have had a lot more rain than you would normally have over the winter. What is the best way to get rid of it?

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They will be gone next month

(( racing is the only sport that you need two balls ))

I don't know if these are the same purple weeds you have, but this is what I have. Now that I took at them they aren't really THAT purple, and it's only the stems....the flowers are white.

lawn mower fanatic said:

I don't know if these are the same purple weeds you have, but this is what I have. Now that I took at them they aren't really THAT purple, and it's only the stems....the flowers are white.
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lmf,
Nope, I don't think that's henbits(we've gottem here in Middle TN too, but I don't have any pics). If I'm correct, the henbit looks like a small "leafy" grape hyacinth that's not quite as "blue"....more "purple". Maybe someone can post a pic.

djdicetn said:

lmf,
Nope, I don't think that's henbits(we've gottem here in Middle TN too, but I don't have any pics). If I'm correct, the henbit looks like a small "leafy" grape hyacinth that's not quite as "blue"....more "purple". Maybe someone can post a pic.

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Is this it?

(http://westexturfsolutions.com/yahoo_site_admin/assets/images/henbit.29214152_std.jpg)

Bomba said:

Thanks for the advice CARS, that is helpful. My grass is mostly fescue, and here in north Georgia there are these purple weeds popping up everywhere this year. Not just on my lawn, but everywhere! Strange. I don't remember this last year.

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Carscw said:

I was just saying that to my wife yesterday. We are in chickamauga today and them dang purple weeds are in every yard. If was not for them I would just have to take a few pics.

(( racing is the only sport that you need two balls ))

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This is what I have in my yard that I believe you are saying you also have being as we are in the same region. It is called Wild Violets, purple flowers with a heart shaped leaf.

lawn mower fanatic said:

Is this it?
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lmf,
Yep, I think you nailed that henbit weed that time!!!! That's what I've got and I think others will confirm. We too have had an unusually wet winter & early spring which makes these things take over(but like mentioned...they don't seem to last long I think because for a weed, they aren't heat tolerant).

midnite rider,
We have those wild violets here in Middle TN too, but they're not the prolific agravation that the henbit is.

Yeah it look like henbit, from what I've seen online.