Scotts Turf Builder Halts Crabgrass Preventer with Lawn Food, 15,000 sq. ft.

i've been using scott product for decades. applying crab grass preventer is a tricky deal. if you have a little warm spell and then put this down its most likely too late. crabgrass likes to start growing early. i always had crabgrass in one area of the yard due to previous owners and neighbors who don't treat their lawns so i fight crabgrass in this area. plus this area gets a lot of sun and crabgrass loves that. if i get this donw early enough it helps so much with the control of the crabgrass. once it gets a hold in the yard you must use killer. i use the ortho liquid in the dry days of summer and scotts product work very well when used correctly. as for lawn burning that some reviewers say that it burned/killed the grass, that is a application problem way too much. the directions for the settings are usually for scotts brand spreaders so if you have a non scotts spreader you can run into under or over applications. same for other brand fertilizers. they may give general settings on the bag but without know what the spreaders the spread rate is based on your taking a chance at too little of worst, too much fertilizer (burned lawn). getting the application rate is the key to not damaging your lawn and getting it to do its job. the earlier you put the preventer down the better the chance to prevent crabgrass. once there is a warm spell and you had crabgrass the last summer it most likely too late so be ready to use crabgrass killer as soon as you start seeing them. i find the hose end spray killers are best for this and make sure its not going to rain or use your sprinkler system for a couple days. turn it off and let the liquid do its job too.

Excellent product. Easy application, excellent directions posted on bag. Greens up in about a week, controls crabgrass.

Scott's turf builder has worked great for us in the Midwest. Our lawn was taken over by crabgrass. This not only has helped with managing the crabgrass, but it seems to have made our grass healthier overall. I appreciate that this has fertilizer in it! I didn't notice any issues with burning or killing of wanted grasses. It was pretty easy to spread.

I trust Scott’s products. This greened up my lawn quickly. Hopefully it keeps the crabgrass away as well. I’m

It does exactly as indicated in the package... it takes a few weeks and the weeds stop coming out after you apply this product as indicated and you take into account the temperature and avoid rain for a few days...

Easy to spread like a five dollar hooked, very effective at killing preeminent crab grass. Good value and it is easy to see where you put down the pellets as they appear yellow granules. Easy to use just don't eat them.

I am one of the few people in my neighborhood who uses fertilizer every year, and I am one of the few people in my neighborhood without a lawn full of weeds. Over time, this stuff works. Of the four or five different fertilizers, I think this one and the one for grubs (orange bag) are the most important.

Just for awareness, this product is just the crabgrass preventer and does not include fertilizer. I knew this but thought I would add this early in the season (late March early April Northeast) and then add the crabgrass preventer with fertilizer around Mother's Day. The crabgrass preventers never last the whole summer for me and I figured I was just adding too early. Either way, this still didn't work. I actually had crabgrass coming in earlier than usual. I'll try again, but I may resort to trying another product.