top dressing w/ pre-emergent

[mhunt]

A customer of mine needs his front lawn top dressed. There are a few tire tracks where a heavy vehicle rode on his front lawn and he wants it leveled out. I am planning on rolling the lawn to get it as level as possible and then top dress with a some top soil/sand mixture. I also plan to add the proper amount of st. augustine seed in to speed up the recovery process.....my question is: would it be worth the time to add some pre-emergent to the mix?

[jrservices]

A customer of mine needs his front lawn top dressed. There are a few tire tracks where a heavy vehicle rode on his front lawn and he wants it leveled out. I am planning on rolling the lawn to get it as level as possible and then top dress with a some top soil/sand mixture. I also plan to add the proper amount of st. augustine seed in to speed up the recovery process.....my question is: would it be worth the time to add some pre-emergent to the mix?

If you add pre-m to it, chances are very good your seed will not germinate.

[1Chavez]

JR's got it right. Pre m and seed don't mix.
-Rich

[Ric]

A customer of mine needs his front lawn top dressed. There are a few tire tracks where a heavy vehicle rode on his front lawn and he wants it leveled out. I am planning on rolling the lawn to get it as level as possible and then top dress with a some top soil/sand mixture. I also plan to add the proper amount of st. augustine seed in to speed up the recovery process.....my question is: would it be worth the time to add some pre-emergent to the mix?

Mhunt

If you find St Augustine seed that actually germinates please let me and the rest of the world know about it. It would be a first.

I am not going to ask you if you have license to apply pesticides. From you knowledge base I can tell you either don't or bought it from the local drug store. I would seriously suggest you pass on this job and let a real professional handle it.

[GeeVee]

Actually, Ric, there is some St A seed, but it has a very very low percentage of pure live seed.

You and I both know why it isn't available......

[pow]

You really should know what the chemicals that you are experimenting with is used for!!
Don't ya think??

[work it]

Like RIC said, it's quite obvious you don't have your chemical applicators license. Leave this one alone. You have no business applying chemicals to somebody elses yard.