Don't buy weed and feed products.

If you need a fertilizer, get a fertilizer.

If you need a weed killer, get a weed killer.

Weed & Feed products are a marketing scam, in my opinion.

I don't know if I would call them a scam, but they just aren't that useful.

As far a the lawn burning, are you sure you followed the directions? How hot was it? Did you water? How much did you apply to how big of an area?

Correction-You killed your fescue lawn by misapplying Scott's Weed & Feed. Believe it or not, they sell a few bags of this stuff each year, and if it killed fescue when used correctly, you can be there would be a thousand threads here and everywhere else just like yours. What type of spreader did you use, did you calibrate it before using? Was the weather correct (not too hot). You can't just say you put it down and it died, there has to be a reason and we can pretty quickly "weed" out that it isn't the Scott's.

Temps were in the low-mid 70s during day and low 50s at night when applied, only applied it in test areas, followed directions that stated to water down lawn before applying, lightly applied only in test areas (e.g., 2' x 2'), did not water for a couple of days after that (if I recall correctly it stated don't water after that so the granules stay stuck to the weeds).

Believe me, I followed the directions. The only clue I had on the packaging about what may have happened is the fescue isn't established enough, although at least some of it should be considering it was planted from seed and thriving the summer of 2006, just some overseeding to fill in spring 2007. I think the packaging says don't apply until you've mowed new grass at least a few times but my lawn had been mowed many times more than that.

I've been told by lawn care professionals that "weed 'n feed" products are not to be used when the soil is hot (late summer). They kill everything. These are early summer products that follow the "pre-emergence" treatments of springtime.

I think that Scotts weed and feed in particular is junk.

Thank you for the warning. Weed and feed products do not normally produce the results you are looking for, but they don't normally kill the turf.

I bought about $130. worth of Weed 'n Feed a few years ago- used as directed with very poor results. Contacted Scott's and they sent a check for full refund after I gave them the SKU numbers on the bags.

Suzi