Hi,
We have just realised that we have potentially dug a big hole for ourselves due to lack of gardening knowledge. We're from the UK so were totally unaware of some of the things that should be done in Texas in terms of seasonal weed control. What started out as what looked like a little bit of clover growth in the dead lawn got to the point where we started to do some research. It appears that we have a big problem with Henbit in the lawn. Now we really don't know how best to approach this problem as we can't really afford to bring in a professional and to remove it all by hand would take us a month of Sundays.
It seems that there are some suitable chemical solutions (Trimec perhaps?)but I'm concerned because we've found a number of things saying that these shouldn't be used until a lawn has started re growing.
We also considered just getting a power strimmer to it to cut it back and just waiting for it to die out and then hitting it properly in the fall to kill it off for next year. Our worry there is that because it's a dense infestation the lawn will struggle and may not be able to regrow properly.
So, what's the best way to handle this problem (if there is a way) on a lawn that has not started to regrow?
Thanks in advance
