You should hire a professional to do what need's to be done before you kill your shrubs and trees with herbicides.

One bag of this stuff is going to kill my shrubs and trees? I hope not! :)

Its your soil. Get some organic fertilizer down to get those microbes going. I would spot treat the weeds with a pump up sprayer ( bonide weed beater ultra ). Good luck

Thanks! I used organic fertilizer multiple times last year. I will keep doing that. 85% of the lawn is currently one form of weed or another, as our bermuda is still dormant.

Plan on a fall application of pre-emergent to keep the current cold-season weeds from returning next year. You'll still have to pull or spot treat any already established perennials, like Dallis or Johnson grasses.

A well timed corn gluten meal application can suppress weed germination, but we've not found it potent enough to rehab an well infested lawn. We make fall and late winter applications of CGM or resort to a dithiopyr (Dimension) product as needed when weeds start to proliferate beyond what the CGM with occasional pulling can control.

I put down CGM last fall, but maybe not enough. However, our back yard got super wet, and it mildewed. I think it might have helped with the dandelion population this spring. We don't have many of those. Last year, we pulled a lot of Dallis grass and also roadside aster. It just seems worse this year than last, and I hate having to worry about it.

We were HOA free for many years, I stress about it more than I should. I figure if we keep it mowed, and the weeds out of the beds, we should be fine. But I would like to get the dirt in better condition so that the bermuda can choke out the weeds. I'll spot treat as I can, and fertilize. Maybe I'll see more worms this year than last.

And yes! I would love to live HOA free, but it's hard to find a community without one in this location.