Hey all,
Western Pennsylvania, still pretty cool here but just getting to appropriate soil temps now.
I bought my house in the fall of 2023. Unfortunately the previous owner was renting the place out and not taking care of the yard at all, and the neighbors are the same situation. The neighbors were also letting their dogs shit in this house's yard without ever picking it up, not even once, but that's a story for another day... (Hence the fence now)
I mowed it regularly last year, but didn't do much else. This year I want to get it in a good place. It doesn't need to be perfect but I want it to be nice. A very high percentage of the grass is gone now and there are tons of weeds. The neighbors lawns are much worse even, and their weeds constantly bleed into my yard.
My original plan was to use a bottle of Spectracide for lawns to kill all the weeds, them use a hoe/rake to churn up the soil anywhere that doesn't have grass, wait a month, then plant seed over the whole lawn and rake it in. Then some Scott's 3 in 1 after that. That will probably work, but it's also going to be a ton of manual labor even for my tiny yard.
Another thought was just getting some Scott's 3 in 1 (the version for after seeding) and just overseeding then spreading the 3 in 1, but I'm afraid that might not be enough. It's hard for me to imagine the seed really catching on at all doing just that, but IDK I'm a new homeowner, I don't know anything haha.
I'd love to hear anyone's advice on what they think I should do based on my pictures above.
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Would Normal Scott's 3 in 1 Prevent My Grass Seed From Germinating?
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Thank you! Yes, you're definitely right, and learning more is always beneficial. In the long term I definitely want to get this all down to a science and really understand everything I'm doing.
For now I'm just trying to get a quick jump start so I think what I'm going to do is plant/overseed then use the "Scott's for seeding".
Then over the course of the summer and especially going into the fall I want to start breaking things down and getting exactly the right products for my problems instead of going for these "X in 1" "miracle" solutions.