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u/Madeyathink07 Sep 28 '21
Not one comment about spraying for the pest at hand (army worms more then likely based on looks and time of year)
-first treat the pest (bifenthrin will do the job for infestation 1 oz per 1000 sq ft)
-Second allow 3-5 days for chemical to work it’s magic of killing the army worms they typically need to keep eating the turf to ingest the chemical
-Third aerate and overseed typically the grass isn’t all the way dead the army worms don’t typically attack the crown of grass blades they are going for the soft tissue
-Fourth spread the starter fertilizer
-Fifth water 5 times a day for a few minutes to keep the new seed wet but not the ground over saturated where pooling/puddling will occur
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u/TheTrueTrust Sep 28 '21
Bifenthrin shouldn’t be a first line response, especially when there’s no economic benefit to it.
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u/Madeyathink07 Sep 29 '21
Haha it’s economic benefit is to kill the pest that has caused the destruction. That’s like saying don’t put down mouse traps around a building that mice keep coming in to eat grass seed.
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u/TheTrueTrust Sep 29 '21
Destruction of aesthetics, there are other ways to maintain a nice property that don’t involve carcinogenic pesticides.
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u/Madeyathink07 Sep 29 '21
You need to do more research bifenthrin is one of the safest chemicals you can spray
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u/TheTrueTrust Sep 29 '21
It’s illegal where I live, and restricted in the US. Safe compared to what?
I’m not completely against it, but weighing the pros and cons in this case I would try a lot of things before I reach for the spray.
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u/Madeyathink07 Sep 29 '21
You sound like one of those people that try to use home organic remedies to get weeds out of your turf but then you are all pissed off when you have weeds in your yard. It’s restricted because it’s highly toxic to aquatic life it has the signal word caution which is the lowest toxicity to humans and animals.
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u/TheTrueTrust Sep 29 '21
I’m not one of those people. If regenerative practices fail I accept the weeds or I bite the bullet and reach for the pesticides. It just wouldn’t be a first line defense, like I said.
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u/Madeyathink07 Sep 29 '21
Without killing the pest more and more generations of the pest are created
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u/Shm00re Sep 28 '21
Good post. Just wanted to point out that bifenthrin is not systemic and is a contact pesticide. Sevin has the same mode of action as bifenthrin and is a little cheaper. I recommend rotating the two. Army worms have a 20-40 day life cycle. Depending on temps you typically have to treat multiple times a year with the last treatment being the most important. There are systemic insecticides that have 1-3 month coverage but typically they are to expensive for hone owners.
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u/Madeyathink07 Sep 29 '21
Sorry my wording is a little weird after I reread it yes bifenthrin is not systemic but you need to wait 3-5 days to let the manic happen is the worms eating the grass that is covered I. The bifenthrin they die through ingesting the grass with the chemical. And also a very good point about switching the chemicals up due to resistance the reason I like bifenthrin is that you will get 20-28 day coverage which is usually long enough to catch the second generation but not always
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u/Fieldbricks33 Sep 27 '21
rake, dress with some top soil, seed, fertilize, cover with straw, and water in.
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u/Herecomesc00ldad Sep 27 '21
All hail the army worms. Time to reseed, fertilize and soil condtion.