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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Having a nice lawn doesn't mean you have to dump tons of chemicals on your lawn. I have one of the nicer/nicest lawn on the street and I don't dump a ton of chemicals on it. As the horticulturalist said, I spot spray weeds (rather than blanket spray). I know most don't know this but some herbicide's actually have very low toxicity. Tenacity is one of them.

Another thing you can do to help your lawn if you likely have tall fescue is let it grow TALL. Cut it at 4"+ in summer. The majority of people have their lawns scalped by some cheap "landscapers" and then wonder why they have weeds.

For the anti-chemical folks good luck if you get bentgrass or stiltgrass. I had some last year and it'll take over your yard if you don't get it under control (kind of like ivy will in wooded areas). Some things are invasive.[/quote]

This sounds like our philosophy. We are constantly asking the landscapers to cut higher and this is a good reminder to ask them again for this season. We have an invasion of chickweed this year and have hand pulled a lot of it, but can't get it all so have resorted to some chemicals.[/quote]

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