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Tammie Joined: 3/08/2006 Location: Ontario, Canada ... Zone 2a - 3b Posts: 325	Posted: Jun/21/2006 1:49 PM PST We moved to this house a little over 2 years ago and the yard was in horrible shape.... 98% weeds, only 2 badly neglected flowerbeds and almost no grass at all! Starting with our very first summer here in '04, we've been working hard at getting rid of the weeds and getting the grass to take over. It's working..... except for areas of the front lawn. It has two types of crabgrass (I believe) and they are really spreading. One is the type that grows individual wide blades and it's spotty throughout the yard. The other kind is low-growing and crinkly, like it's been constantly trampled. It's brown like that in spring and green like that in summer... it never gets tall. It's really spreading tho'. Can anyone tell me how to get rid of this ugly stuff?? My husband is planning to go over it with a dethatching blade next spring but is there anything else we can do, if that doesn't work? Any help greatly appreciated. Quote \| Reply \| Report

Whitmore1 Joined: 4/02/2002 Location: Manistee County, MI, USA Posts: 496	Posted: Jun/24/2006 1:14 PM PST The best way to control crabgrass is to apply a combo lawn fertilizer and crabgrass preventer in the spring. Keep in mind this is a "crabgrass preventer" not a killer. The preventer will not allow the crabgrass seed to germinate. Crabgrass is an annual grass and spreads via seeding every fall. You can get a crabgrass killer and apply it now, but if the seeds are formed, and they probably haven't yet, you can use the killer. You will have to till the affected area in late August to mid-September, rake, and then plant grass seed for the amount of sunlight the yard receives. You'll have to apply the fertilizer/preventer next spring.......and every spring thereafter.......sometime in April, before you see the first dandilions blooming. Do this just before a rain or water the lawn area afterwards. Your other option is to dig out/pull the individual crabgrass clumps and discard them. DON'T put them in a compost heap. The seeds will survive unless the heap is really cookin'. Quote \| Reply \| Report

Tammie Joined: 3/08/2006 Location: Ontario, Canada ... Zone 2a - 3b Posts: 325	Posted: Jun/24/2006 4:57 PM PST Thanks very much for you advice. We'll try everything you've suggested. Quote \| Reply \| Report

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