Fertilized, then aerated?

[LeeAnne]

I am going to ask your forgiveness up front if I seem insane for my
question and/or what I've done. Growing up in Brooklyn, NY didn't
afford me much time to become familiar with lawncare. I have recently
purchased a home in East TN. That home came with a beautiful lawn.
Somehow I have managed in the span of 11 months to change all that
(May - Mar). The lawn suffers from cutting too low, not fertilizing,
and not controlling weeds. I have many weeds (clovers to be exact)
throughout the lawn. I recently got advice to use Scotts Fertilizer w2
weed control. I followed all the directions and applied the product.
Unfortunately I didn't check the weather report. About 16 hours after
the application it rained. It has been 9 days since the application
and I haven't noticed any change in the lawn. I read on the Scotts.com
site that it is a good idea to core aerate your lawn, so yesterday I
happened to see a neighborhood youth on a aeration campaign to raise
$$. Therefore, I allowed him to aerate my entire lawn. Now I am
concerned that aerating so soon after applying the fertilizer w/ weed
control may not have been a good idea. Should I re-apply the
fertilizer product sparingly to accomodate for the rain and aeration?
Is there anything else that I can do to see results sooner? I am
considering using a liquid spray weed kill product to deal with the
weeds more immediately. What do you think?

Any input on any of the above questions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

JG

[James Nipper]

You should be thankful that you got rain 16 hours after fertilizing ! No
problem with that, unless you got a huge downpour of 5-10 inches overnight
which "can" leach the nutrients out of the soil. One of two inches of rain
is a blessing just after fertilizing.

Just because you don't see a change after 9 days is not a worry either. Give
it at least several more weeks.

Aeration should not be a problem either.

You DO need to :


1. Be more patient

2. Not worry quite as much



hope this helps !!

--James--

[James Nipper]

You should be thankful that you got rain 16 hours after fertilizing ! No
problem with that, unless you got a huge downpour of 5-10 inches overnight
which "can" leach the nutrients out of the soil. One of two inches of rain
is a blessing just after fertilizing.

Just because you don't see a change after 9 days is not a worry either. Give
it at least several more weeks.

Aeration should not be a problem either.

You DO need to :


1. Be more patient

2. Not worry quite as much



hope this helps !!

--James--

[James Nipper]

You should be thankful that you got rain 16 hours after fertilizing ! No
problem with that, unless you got a huge downpour of 5-10 inches overnight
which "can" leach the nutrients out of the soil. One of two inches of rain
is a blessing just after fertilizing.

Just because you don't see a change after 9 days is not a worry either. Give
it at least several more weeks.

Aeration should not be a problem either.

You DO need to :


1. Be more patient

2. Not worry quite as much



hope this helps !!

--James--

[James Nipper]

You should be thankful that you got rain 16 hours after fertilizing ! No
problem with that, unless you got a huge downpour of 5-10 inches overnight
which "can" leach the nutrients out of the soil. One of two inches of rain
is a blessing just after fertilizing.

Just because you don't see a change after 9 days is not a worry either. Give
it at least several more weeks.

Aeration should not be a problem either.

You DO need to :


1. Be more patient

2. Not worry quite as much



hope this helps !!

--James--

[JimMorrison]

you need you let your lawn recouperate, for the amount of time that the
lawn was neglected.

LeeAnne wrote:

> I am going to ask your forgiveness up front if I seem insane for my
> question and/or what I've done. Growing up in Brooklyn, NY didn't
> afford me much time to become familiar with lawncare. I have recently
> purchased a home in East TN. That home came with a beautiful lawn.
> Somehow I have managed in the span of 11 months to change all that
> (May - Mar). The lawn suffers from cutting too low, not fertilizing,
> and not controlling weeds. I have many weeds (clovers to be exact)
> throughout the lawn. I recently got advice to use Scotts Fertilizer w2
> weed control. I followed all the directions and applied the product.
> Unfortunately I didn't check the weather report. About 16 hours after
> the application it rained. It has been 9 days since the application
> and I haven't noticed any change in the lawn. I read on the Scotts.com
> site that it is a good idea to core aerate your lawn, so yesterday I
> happened to see a neighborhood youth on a aeration campaign to raise
> $$. Therefore, I allowed him to aerate my entire lawn. Now I am
> concerned that aerating so soon after applying the fertilizer w/ weed
> control may not have been a good idea. Should I re-apply the
> fertilizer product sparingly to accomodate for the rain and aeration?
> Is there anything else that I can do to see results sooner? I am
> considering using a liquid spray weed kill product to deal with the
> weeds more immediately. What do you think?
>
> Any input on any of the above questions would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> JG

[JimMorrison]

you need you let your lawn recouperate, for the amount of time that the
lawn was neglected.

LeeAnne wrote:

> I am going to ask your forgiveness up front if I seem insane for my
> question and/or what I've done. Growing up in Brooklyn, NY didn't
> afford me much time to become familiar with lawncare. I have recently
> purchased a home in East TN. That home came with a beautiful lawn.
> Somehow I have managed in the span of 11 months to change all that
> (May - Mar). The lawn suffers from cutting too low, not fertilizing,
> and not controlling weeds. I have many weeds (clovers to be exact)
> throughout the lawn. I recently got advice to use Scotts Fertilizer w2
> weed control. I followed all the directions and applied the product.
> Unfortunately I didn't check the weather report. About 16 hours after
> the application it rained. It has been 9 days since the application
> and I haven't noticed any change in the lawn. I read on the Scotts.com
> site that it is a good idea to core aerate your lawn, so yesterday I
> happened to see a neighborhood youth on a aeration campaign to raise
> $$. Therefore, I allowed him to aerate my entire lawn. Now I am
> concerned that aerating so soon after applying the fertilizer w/ weed
> control may not have been a good idea. Should I re-apply the
> fertilizer product sparingly to accomodate for the rain and aeration?
> Is there anything else that I can do to see results sooner? I am
> considering using a liquid spray weed kill product to deal with the
> weeds more immediately. What do you think?
>
> Any input on any of the above questions would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> JG

[JimMorrison]

you need you let your lawn recouperate, for the amount of time that the
lawn was neglected.

LeeAnne wrote:

> I am going to ask your forgiveness up front if I seem insane for my
> question and/or what I've done. Growing up in Brooklyn, NY didn't
> afford me much time to become familiar with lawncare. I have recently
> purchased a home in East TN. That home came with a beautiful lawn.
> Somehow I have managed in the span of 11 months to change all that
> (May - Mar). The lawn suffers from cutting too low, not fertilizing,
> and not controlling weeds. I have many weeds (clovers to be exact)
> throughout the lawn. I recently got advice to use Scotts Fertilizer w2
> weed control. I followed all the directions and applied the product.
> Unfortunately I didn't check the weather report. About 16 hours after
> the application it rained. It has been 9 days since the application
> and I haven't noticed any change in the lawn. I read on the Scotts.com
> site that it is a good idea to core aerate your lawn, so yesterday I
> happened to see a neighborhood youth on a aeration campaign to raise
> $$. Therefore, I allowed him to aerate my entire lawn. Now I am
> concerned that aerating so soon after applying the fertilizer w/ weed
> control may not have been a good idea. Should I re-apply the
> fertilizer product sparingly to accomodate for the rain and aeration?
> Is there anything else that I can do to see results sooner? I am
> considering using a liquid spray weed kill product to deal with the
> weeds more immediately. What do you think?
>
> Any input on any of the above questions would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> JG