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Posted by Eggs Zachtly on March 26, 2007, 11:06 pm
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>>> > i live in rhode island and last year crabgrass took over about a 1/3
>>> > of my lawn. i have seen so many different times to put down
>>> > crabgrass preventer my head is spinning. what is the best time?
>>>
>>> > thanks
>>>
>>> While the forsythia is in bloom.
>>
>> That's my advice too but along my asphalt drive, which gets quite
>> warm, crabgrass seed will sprout earlier so you might treat such areas
>> a little sooner.
>>
>> Frank
>>
If you don't trust the Forsythia being early enough, try Witch-hazel [1].
It blooms earlier than Forsythia. [2] ;)
> Hi Frank
>
> True, he could do it tomorrow for that matter. Does he have a soil
> thermometer handy? :) The forsythia in n ohio is barely leafing out as of
> today.
>
> It's one of those rule of thumbs that follows the soil temperature. If the
> OP uses dimension it probably isn't even worth talking about.
[1] (Hamamelis) If you don't know what it looks like, pop it in your
favorite search engine. It's a cool effin' bloom, and smells awsome. It's
very short-lived, though. But, you should have room in your yard for it.
Depending on where you live, it can be a better indicator than Forsythia
(which I go by), as to when to apply pre-emergent.
[2] Has been blooming profusely now, for about 10 days (that I've seen), in
and around StL.
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Eggs
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