I have tons of junk in the "lawn" that needs to go before I am ready to prep permanent landscape and flower beds.
What is the best product on the market you've tried?
Best Weed Killer
Lawn as in grass or lawn as in yard? What kind of grass do you have? Weeds? Do you want to kill broadleaf weeds or grassy weeds? It makes a difference on the weed killer to get? Are you looking for a broad spectrum herbicide , such as Round-Up, to clear everything and start from scratch?
No don't want to kill what little grass is there. Lawn as in grass with lots of weeds. I have a few mushrooms, onion weed, some leafy weeds.....
I use Scott's brand Weed & Feed in the spring. I still have some weeds, but this lawn was in horrible shape when we bought the house and it's slowly improving. My biggest battle is with dollar weed and nut grass, but I'm working on it. If you do use a weed killer and fertilizer mix, make sure you don't overdo around shrubs and plants you want to keep. If you apply heavily, it can wipe out things like oleander, hibiscus, etc. Don't put it in your flower beds at all.
Not a prob here crow. We have no "real" plants lol.
What type of grass do you have. Some broadleafed weed killers will kill St. Augustine. If you do have St. Augustine, there is a special Weed and Feed for St. Augustine. AgriLife doesn't recommend using Weed and Feed, though, because weeding and feeding schedules don't coincide. A weeding schedule starts first because weeds emerge before the ideal time to fertilize.
If you don't plan on planting until spring, you could try the lasagna method. It requires no chemicals to kill existing grass or weeds or whatever's growing in the spot.
Augustine.
I do like the lasagna method for composting in exsisting beds. But in this case I don't care to bother with organic methods. I've tried those. Now I need something that works and isn't to labor intensive. Even if it means postponing the actual beds.
Restoring the St. Augustine to a healthy lush condition may crowd out many weeds, but if you want to accomplish the task faster and with more success, you will have to use multiple methods. These links will explain these methods and recommend when to use them:
http://hgic.clemson.edu/factsheets/hgic2310.htm
http://plantanswers.tamu.edu/turf/publications/staug.html
http://www.walterreeves.com/lawns/article.phtml?cat=31&id=415
http://www.bayeradvanced.com/article/controlling-spring-lawn-weeds.html
http://plantanswers.tamu.edu/turf/turfweed.html
Wow, thank you for all those great links! I look forward to greener pastures...or at least my tiny corner of the world lol. :)