November 9, 2024 Update

Posted on November 9, 2024 • 2 min read • 254 words

This weekend is transition-from-Halloween-to-Christmas weekend. Since I would be removing some things from the yard, I thought I’d take the opportunity to remove everything from yard and do a Fall herbicide treatment.

With everything removed, I mowed then applied some Image  . I’m going to let that sit until tomorrow morning. Then I will apply some Prodiamine  65WDG. Hopefully, the Image will take care of the weeds I have now and the prodiamine will stop any new weeds from germinating over the winter… giving the lawn a good start in the Spring.

About 20% of my front lawn is still bare dirt, with a few weeds. What grass I have is really doing well. I manually pulled much of the spurge a month ago. I still have some Bermuda grass, but only near the edges where the St. Augustine is thinner. When the Bermuda starts encroaching in the bare dirt, I hit it with Roundup.

As for the back yard, I haven’t been doing anything special here beyond mowing, watering and, like in the front yard, spraying Roundup on weeds as they pop up in the bare dirt to keep them under control and the area clean for the St. Augustine to move in. Comparing this to April, it’s pretty amazing how much it’s healed itself.

This will likely be the last lawn update until Spring. With daylight hours much shorter, and temps starting to cool a bit, I expect the St. Augustine to go semi-dormant soon. I don’t expect much else to change.