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Weed seedlings in new grass seed area.

Hi everyone,Question for you all, I was asked to look at an area of a garden (prospective new client) and they have seeded a large area of lawn, but it looks like the top soil they have used was full of seedlings as they are growing in amongst the grass seed, its only been down around 2 weeks apparently and they have now been refunded by the company they purchased the topsoil from, but they have asked me if there is any form of weed killer that can be put down on a freshly seeded area to kill the weeds and not the grass and grass seed still to come through? As I have only recently got my sprayers tickets I have never used a chemical to deal with such a thing, I have always just hand weeded out the areas, but thought I'd ask as I know there are lawn experts on LJN..Also sorry but my iPhone won't let me post a pic but will see if I can do it from the PC when I get home,Many thanks in advance,Harry

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  • PRO

    I would mow it when the grass is tall enough and any annual weeds won't tolerate it.

    Perennial weeds should be ok to treat with selective after a minimum of 6 months but preferably 12 (best to check the label)

  • PRO

    Selective herbicide Interfix / Greenor can be applied 2 months after sowing. Also, holster / crossbar too I think.

    So let the grass grow, and weeds. Mow after approx 1 month high, then regualrly, and apply the weed control after 2 months.

  • PRO
    A couple of good options there, thank you for your swift replies, much appreciated.
  • Agree with what has said previously, over the years, we have seeded many, many thou sq m and there is always a panic when weed seedlings germinate faster than the grass.  These are 90% annual weeds and will disappear after a few cuts.

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