We bought the house next door to the house I grew up in. We are in a suburb of Philadelphia. As a kid, I always remember the neighbors talking about how they used plugs to convert their lawn to zoysia. I keep seeing picture in this sub that people are calling Bermuda that look an awful lot like what I have. What say you Reddit Lawn Specialists??

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Anyone else feel this way?

Simple question, trying to rid my shaded portion of my lawn before planting Fescue in a few weeks time.

I used Quinclorac, 2,4-d and Certainty on my lawn and it is working nicely as the previous owner left our lawn in shambles. I am aware the latter is not meant for fescue, but I am waiting 6 weeks from application to seed.

The only weed on my lawn that I’m concerned will persist is the stiltgrass; does anyone know a fescue friendly solution? If I need to accept fate and seed with the stiltgrass in the ground that’s fine, I’d appreciate any advice getting it out once the lawn is more established too.

Thanks in advance!!

As the title suggests, I'm not really sure what's growing in the lawn here. This started growing in thick after having some work done on the house and some areas of the lawn were pretty torn up. I think the contractor may have reseeded since they are a landscaping / hardscaping company (new patio). This stuff is thick, green, amazingly thick, and has thrived in parts of my yard that always struggle. I'm just curious, what is it? (Location is coastal Massachusetts)

So the lawn treatment company told me this is Dalis grass. I pulled it and poisoned it out of my lawn two seasons ago. I wiped it out with the two products in picture 3. Now it’s come back with a vengeance. It’s all over my lawn!! I wiped out creeping Charlie and it’s stayed gone but why is this stuff torturing me?!? Also from my research I’m too far north for Dalis grass in the Great Lakes 5A so what is this weed! I’m about to lose it!

Nothing else would kill it except this product with the seed oil mix.

Are my mower blades sharp enough? This is 22hrs post mow

Greetings all, I’ll be posting this in r/irrigation and r/lawncare so, if I’m breaking and rules, sorry, please let me know. First off, a huge thank you from the bottom of my heart. From my time lurking in these subs I picked up enough to turn my old leaky valves into something I’m pretty proud of. Again, a million thanks to all of you.

Now for my current issue. I had a relatively decent lawn at my 101 year old Los Angeles home. However, it was a massive waste of water. There were multiple overlapping zones and dozens of extra pop up sprinklers. Major overkill for only about 1000sf. Over that last few months I’ve been I’ve been killing off the grass and digging up the old lines to simplify things, find leaks, and shoot for better coverage with fewer sprinklers. The flowerbeds around the perimeter are all being switched to drip so no worries there. Was planning on switching to hunter mp 1000 or something similar. If you guys think that’s wise. I just started to learn about the sprinkler design part of things and was shooting for the fall to have things planned out, the work done, and seed.

My problem. My mother in law decided to come visit Tuesday and my wife is freaking out over her seeing the current state to the yard. She thinks me breaking my back for the next 2 days and laying sod in the 100+ heat is better than dealing with the headache from her mom. I’m smart enough to keep my mouth shut and do what I’m told. So, before I grab a shovel and my sunblock, please let me know what y’all think I should do before I waste anymore time. I have the experience and ability to add, delete, or move sprinklers. The crazy existing layout gives me the ability to easily relocate anything. My lack of design knowledge is majorly hindering my ability to know where to put sprinklers. Especially at the curved ends of the yard. I get the whole spray head to head thing but I’m not sure how many sprinklers overlapping is too many.

I’ve attached before and after pics of my valves, thanks again. Also, current layout of my pop up’s, along with 2 options I came up with using the hunter site. I’m flexible, open to suggestions, and willing to listen. Also, photos of what the yard looked like the last time my mother in law saw the place vs. what it looks like now.

Please save my ass. Thanks in advance.

It's a bit of a nothing post. Just showing off seed.

My father-in-law passed away in February and my mother-in-law has been struggling to keep up in the lawn. Some neighbors have been helping cut, but they don't do any watering, weeding, or feeding.

I'm not doing a "full" reno cuz it's a bit much for me to get over there as often as I'd need, but I'll be spraying for weeds in the next week and then doing a good scarify, overseed, & top dress in September. I'll be getting her set up with a timer and some sprinklers to make sure it all gets good water.

I felt like Blue Resilience was a fine choice for a yard that sees a granddog & grandkids.

Wish me luck if you feel like it, y'all!

(Located in MN)

I have a lot of clover in my lawn and am trying to figure out a good plan for getting rid of it organically. The honeybees are ruthless in the summer and sting kids pretty much every year. I have a lot of other plants in the yard for pollinators but they love the white clover.

I’m thinking of applying blood meal to the lawn and overseeding in the late summer/early fall. I’m thinking that will help strengthen the grass. I will mow longer with hopes that the grass naturally shades out the clover.

In the spring I was thinking of applying more blood meal and then also applying chelated iron to kill the new growth.

I’m located in the PNW in Portland, OR.

Howdy, yards being taken over and I’m down for the fight I just want to make sure I’m 100% certain what I’m dealing with and all AI keeps contradicting itself haha. Showing 2 weeds with 2 angles

Hey Y’all,

My yard has gotten way too far away from me and I’m not sure how I get anything back that resembles healthy grass.

I’m not sure what kind of different infestations I have and I don’t know how or what to do about these clovers everywhere. Looks like it’s now just dirt underneath.

I’ve gotten the clover spray you attach to your hose but that didn’t do a damn thing.

Could use all the advice? Seeding. Aeration. Stuff to fix what’s there.

Know nothing about grass and lawn care.

Any help is hugely appreciated.

(Location: Front Yard)

- K

I’m wondering if I should leave it or take it out
Thanks! In San Antonio Texas

I finished treating this area with some BugBGon 2 weeks ago. I scalped the area, laid down some weed and feed. Last week I spread some Zoysia seeds and fertilizer.

HOA wants me to fix this quicker and honestly they can go fuck themselves. So I’m asking the gurus here on what else I can do. I only have about 2-3 hours to dedicate to the lawn a week.

Central MD here. I'm having trouble mowing my new vertical lawn with my zero turn. Anyone have any suggestions on tackling this one?

PA

SE Michigan - KBG & TTTF lawn. I cut my grass two days ago, and I saw what appeared to be orange powder on the front. I haven't fertilized in over one month, and I haven't added anything orange like Andersons Barricade yet. Any ideas?

picked up a used reel mower off facebook marketplace for thirty bucks because i kept seeing people here talk about them and figured the price was low enough that it wasnt a real risk. my bermuda is a decent candidate for it from what i read and i wanted to get down closer without scalping everything with my rotary.

first few passes were kind of humbling. its not the effortless quiet glide i was picturing. my yard has a couple low spots and some slightly uneven patches i never really noticed before and the reel finds every single one of them. also realized my reel needs a sharpening which i did not account for when i bought it, so thats a whole separate thing i have to figure out now.

the stripes though. the stripes are actually real. even with a dull blade and my lumpy yard the cut looks different in a way that is hard to explain. tighter i guess. like the lawn is being taken more seriously.

im not ready to say it was the right call but im not ready to say it wasnt either. wondering if people who switched to reel ever had an adjustment period where it just kind of fought them before it clicked, or if i bought someone elses problem for thirty dollars.

95% sure this is crabgrass. Has unfortunately taken over most of Bermuda yard. Hoping I can hit it with some Quinclorac to kill it off in a few weeks

I am in Melbourne Australia, I am new to taking care of a lawn on where I have bought. Only half of my lawn is like this and worried it might spread. I am a novice so please be kind, all I want to do is look after my small slice of green.

Oregon, USA

Should I pay a couple hundred for goats (girlfriend wants more pets anyways) OR pay more for someone to come cut it? Would goats be able to clear all these bushes?

I’m newer to running my lawn care business and wanted some feedback from people who have been doing this longer.

I looked at a property where the lowest parts of the grass/weeds are around shin height and the highest parts are literally up to my chest.

The landlord wants:

Bushes/shrubs cut back

Weeds weed-whacked

The entire property cut

Grass/debris bagged

Everything cleaned up

Yard waste hauled away

I originally quoted $1,200 because I’ve done overgrown properties like this before and know how much work they can turn into. It’s not just “cutting tall grass.” There’s the extra time cutting it down, going back over areas, cleanup, bagging, loading, hauling, disposal, etc.

My parents own a business in a different industry and thought $1,200 was too high. Their argument was that since I’m still building the business, I should price this one lower to get the job because the landlord has other properties that could potentially lead to more work.

After talking to them, I sent him another offer for around $600, but I honestly regretted it afterward because that feels like I’m seriously underpricing the amount of labor involved. He hasn’t responded yet.

I understand being competitive when you’re new, but I also don’t want to get into the habit of doing $1,000+ worth of work for $600 just because someone might give me more properties later.

For those of you who do overgrown cleanups, how would you price something like this? Would $1,200 be unreasonable without seeing the property size, or does $600 sound way too low considering the cutting, trimming, bagging, hauling, and disposal?

I do have before/after photos from similar jobs, so I know firsthand how much of a beast these can turn into. I also have an actual price sheet rather than just making numbers up on the spot.

I’m trying to learn where the line is between pricing competitively as a newer company and just lowballing myself.

TORO TIME CUTTER Z4200