Advice on Lawn Replacement

17 years ago

Hi all, newbie here with some questions regarding my lawn (weeds) and what I should do to get rid of the weeds. I am not sure whether to just replace it completely or what, but it was a mess when I moved into the house last year.....pretty much overgrown with weeds, and it appears that I have several different kinds of grasses growing as well. I have tried to take some pics of different areas of the yard. The yard is mostly full sun, with the exception of a couple of small trees in the back yard.

Back yard, full sun: Different types of grass, on the left is more course, possibly St. Augustine?

Back yard also, but showing some grass that is very fine and fluffy, not sure what it is though:

Front yard, full sun, with a monster weed that has been hit w/ some round-up recently:

Good example of what my front yard pretty much consists of (full sun):

Shot of some of the thicker grass growing in full sun off of my driveway:

Any suggestions? I thought maybe to try weed n feed as an easy alternative, but I'm not sure which type to get due to the fact that I seem to have several types of grass. The other alternative I figured was to just kill it all and start from scratch w/ some Bahia grass. If you have any suggestions, or need more info, let me know........I appreciate any feedback!

Thanks!

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reelfanatic
17 years ago
Wow, that's quite the hodge-podge you got going on there. Some of it actually looks like a hybrid dwarf-type Bermuda. Really fine and nice! I'm no cultivar expert though, so others would be able to help you there. Are you warm or cool season? I'm assuming warm. Since you mention full sun, I would get rid of everything and put in some Bermuda sod or imroved seeded variety.
tamparookie
Original Author
17 years ago
Definitely warm season here in Tampa. I was thinking maybe Bahia, but I'm not sure. If there is an alternative to scrapping the whole thing and starting over, I'd be interested......just want to have a decent looking lawn that isn't too high maintenance.

If the consensus is to start all over, what would be the best approach to take? Thanks again in advance!
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organicnoob
17 years ago
If there is an alternative to scrapping the whole thing and starting over, I'd be interested.

Bunch of people around me have very full lawns that are meticulously mowed, trimmed and edged.

And by full I mean full of weeds. Weeds that look like grass, weeds that look like salad greens, weeds that look like flowers. But it's all at the same height with perfect 90 degree edges. That's an option.

Looks like the lawn was really not maintained for a long time. For every weed you see there could be hundreds of weed seeds just waiting for the right conditions so I think you'd be better off laying sod.
tamparookie
Original Author
17 years ago
That's pretty much what I figured. What would be the best method of killing off the existing grass/weeds and prepping for laying sod?