Should I kill my lawn and start over? I don't like the lawn I have, do i have to kill my grass? I get these questions a lot. There are many instances where it's easier to start over then fight an up hill battle of weeds and other perennial grasses.


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Today we talk about my reasons and how I'm going to kill my lawn. This is part 1 of 2023's "this is my lawn, I'm starting over" playlist.

Step one is to scalp mow the lawn down to 1.5" or lower. I prefer 1". It makes step two much easier.

Step two is to dethatch the lawn and remove all the dead debris. I prefer to use a dethatcher like the sun joe dethatcher and scarifier. I do this to remove all the dead debris off the surface of the soil so the selective pre emergents are able to get there. It also helps to increase seed to soil contact once we get to that step.

Step three is to apply a selective pre emergent, tenacity, and non selective herbicide, eraser max, to the live grass. The non selective pre emergent is a weed killing herbicide that kills everything it touches. The active ingredient glyphosate, eraser max, travels fast through the grass and provides full results in two weeks. I have found its best to do a minimum of two applications of the non selective herbicide, eraser max, spaced one week apart from each other. The selective pre emergent, tenacity, has to be spaced out two weeks apart. Here is my spray schedule
Day 1. I combine eraser max and tenacity
Day 7. Eraser max only
Day 14. Tenacity only and drop the seed.



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