Lawn care



 Occasionally, I have to do some property management other than mowing and trimming with a string trimmer, e.g., a "weedeater."

Now, I need to eliminate crabgrass. For this, I have ordered chemicals from Amazon Prime.

Torocity and Southern AG non-ionic surfactant. Combibed with water in a 1-2-3 ratio, can be sprayed on a lawn as an effective post- or pre- emergent crabgrass control. 

1 tsp - Torocity

2 gallons - water

3 tsp - Southern AG NIS surfactant

This will treat 1000 square feet.







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