My lawn is green, but half of it is weeds. Help!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pull up the lawn. Invest native grasses and groundcovers (some are nice and have similar effect to lawns like carex pennsylvanica) and enjoy a chemical free space.

No. See how easy that is? No is a full sentence. So, what power do you have to negate my "no"?

This is total BS anyway. I love native plants and I don’t put any chemicals on my lawn, but there is absolutely no scenario where native sedges aren’t overrun with invasive weeds within a year or two unless you’re out there on your knees all the time pulling them.

Native plants are great and so is not spraying but there’s no way to have a monoculture “lawn” within those parameters.

[Anonymous]

I just mow the weeds and call it lawn. I never feed or weed anything and I never have to water! It works fine.

[Anonymous]

Setup a schedule with spring green

[Anonymous]

I hate our yard service neighbors spaying their toxic chemicals everywhere. Next you’ll be in the “why are cancer rates skyrocketing among young people?” threads in the health forums.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hate our yard service neighbors spaying their toxic chemicals everywhere. Next you’ll be in the “why are cancer rates skyrocketing among young people?” threads in the health forums.

Who said the chemicals, as applied, are toxic to humans? Look into the chemicals involved in growing our food supply. Chemicals in shampoo. Clothes started off as chemicals. Well your opinion of your neighbor doesn't matter to your neighbor so oh well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just mow the weeds and call it lawn. I never feed or weed anything and I never have to water! It works fine.

This is what I do, too (also overseed with grass seed that allegedly grows well in our region in the fall and spring). But most of the lawns on my block are similar to mine, and we don't have an HOA. I can understand OP's concern about having a lawn that's totally out of step with neighbors. If you mow regularly, though, you'll never really know what's a "weed" and what's not...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hate our yard service neighbors spaying their toxic chemicals everywhere. Next you’ll be in the “why are cancer rates skyrocketing among young people?” threads in the health forums.

Who said the chemicals, as applied, are toxic to humans? Look into the chemicals involved in growing our food supply. Chemicals in shampoo. Clothes started off as chemicals. Well your opinion of your neighbor doesn't matter to your neighbor so oh well.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3267855/

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470-2045(15)70134-8/abstract (Glyphosate/Roundup is the #1 most commonly used herbicide in the world)

From https://vet.purdue.edu/wcorc/documents/CanineUrinaryBladderCancer.pdf

"A significantly increased risk of TCC was found for dogs exposed to lawns or gardens treated with herbicides and insecticides or herbicides alone. In fact, dogs exposed to treated lawns were seven times more likely to develop TCC. "

It's only a matter of time before we find conclusively that spraying potential carcinogens on our lawns has adverse effects on our health.

[Anonymous]

you already missed the window to apply preemergent so you get get some soil conditioning done over the summer, that's the key,-good soil. In the fall start a program and stick to it, either do it yourself or hire someone.

Don't use products like Scott's etc it's half filler, go to a good garden center for quality products

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Rid yourself of the mindset that native plants are "weeds". I love my neighbor's lawn with native violets and dandelions - for some reason, I don't have as many. I do have clover that attracts bunnies at dusk: they have a standing dinner date in my front yard in late spring.

All you need to do is mow regularly. Your neighbors won't thank you for spraying carcinogens and hormone disruptors on your property.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hate our yard service neighbors spaying their toxic chemicals everywhere. Next you’ll be in the “why are cancer rates skyrocketing among young people?” threads in the health forums.

Who said the chemicals, as applied, are toxic to humans? Look into the chemicals involved in growing our food supply. Chemicals in shampoo. Clothes started off as chemicals. Well your opinion of your neighbor doesn't matter to your neighbor so oh well.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3267855/

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470-2045(15)70134-8/abstract (Glyphosate/Roundup is the #1 most commonly used herbicide in the world)

From https://vet.purdue.edu/wcorc/documents/CanineUrinaryBladderCancer.pdf

"A significantly increased risk of TCC was found for dogs exposed to lawns or gardens treated with herbicides and insecticides or herbicides alone. In fact, dogs exposed to treated lawns were seven times more likely to develop TCC. "

It's only a matter of time before we find conclusively that spraying potential carcinogens on our lawns has adverse effects on our health.

A "matter of time"--means eventuality what I want to be true will be because I have good vibes about it

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hate our yard service neighbors spaying their toxic chemicals everywhere. Next you’ll be in the “why are cancer rates skyrocketing among young people?” threads in the health forums.

Who said the chemicals, as applied, are toxic to humans? Look into the chemicals involved in growing our food supply. Chemicals in shampoo. Clothes started off as chemicals. Well your opinion of your neighbor doesn't matter to your neighbor so oh well.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3267855/

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470-2045(15)70134-8/abstract (Glyphosate/Roundup is the #1 most commonly used herbicide in the world)

From https://vet.purdue.edu/wcorc/documents/CanineUrinaryBladderCancer.pdf

"A significantly increased risk of TCC was found for dogs exposed to lawns or gardens treated with herbicides and insecticides or herbicides alone. In fact, dogs exposed to treated lawns were seven times more likely to develop TCC. "

It's only a matter of time before we find conclusively that spraying potential carcinogens on our lawns has adverse effects on our health.

A "matter of time"--means eventuality what I want to be true will be because I have good vibes about it

If you read the links, you'd see that there is significant correlation between the use of lawn chemicals, and cancer. Because cancer is multi-factorial, it's difficult to establish causation, which is why I said 'a matter of time'. With time, there will be more data linking the two, not less.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hate our yard service neighbors spaying their toxic chemicals everywhere. Next you’ll be in the “why are cancer rates skyrocketing among young people?” threads in the health forums.

Who said the chemicals, as applied, are toxic to humans? Look into the chemicals involved in growing our food supply. Chemicals in shampoo. Clothes started off as chemicals. Well your opinion of your neighbor doesn't matter to your neighbor so oh well.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3267855/

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470-2045(15)70134-8/abstract (Glyphosate/Roundup is the #1 most commonly used herbicide in the world)

From https://vet.purdue.edu/wcorc/documents/CanineUrinaryBladderCancer.pdf

"A significantly increased risk of TCC was found for dogs exposed to lawns or gardens treated with herbicides and insecticides or herbicides alone. In fact, dogs exposed to treated lawns were seven times more likely to develop TCC. "

It's only a matter of time before we find conclusively that spraying potential carcinogens on our lawns has adverse effects on our health.

A "matter of time"--means eventuality what I want to be true will be because I have good vibes about it

If you read the links, you'd see that there is significant correlation between the use of lawn chemicals, and cancer. Because cancer is multi-factorial, it's difficult to establish causation, which is why I said 'a matter of time'. With time, there will be more data linking the two, not less.

"correlation" doesn't mean "matter of time". There may or may not be causation found.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We badly neglected our lawn for about 5 years. I didn’t water it, I didn’t fertilize it, and mostly didn’t apply weed killer. Also I stopped using one of those lawn chemical spray services about the same time.

Our financial situation has improved now and I want to invest in our lawn (to be good neighbor in this community, and also just to have a nicer lawn to be on).

1. Start lawn service NOW (spraying etc.) in the spring? Or will this kill the weeds while not helping the actual grass grow more.

2. Start in the Fall with aeration and overseeding, then do the lawn services after that.

3. Roughly how many years before a visible improvement?

Please advise.

Very few people want to hear this, but step one of being an actual good neighbor is to not use chemical fertilizers or weed killers in the first place. If you want just grass you need to put some physical effort into it, or else it’s better to continue what you’re doing now and let the weeds keep the “lawn” green.

Seriously, we are destroying the environment and weed free green lawns all summer should absolutely go the way of the dodo.

[Anonymous]

My lawn too. It's green but mostly weeds. We keep it neat. The bees love it. I plant native plants for them and the butterflies. Seems healthier than chemicals.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My lawn too. It's green but mostly weeds. We keep it neat. The bees love it. I plant native plants for them and the butterflies. Seems healthier than chemicals.

I like that I have violets and big fat happy earthworms everywhere.