Unknown Effectiveness
By Ron on 02/15/2017
I purchased the pre-emergence weed control to combat spotted spurge because of the water restrictions in the Palm Springs CA area. Warning-the bag has no directions on what setting to set the spreader and the help desk has no idea what setting. Their recommended setting covered less than 2500 ft instead of 5000 ft. Let the buyer beware.
Expert response:
Thank you for your feedback! We apologize for any confusion or inconvenience. Unfortunately, there are so many spreaders on the market that it is impossible for manufacturers to have a complete list of recommended settings. Also, keep in mind that different people walk at different paces. For these reasons, we highly recommend calibrating your spreader your needs. Otherwise, you should always start with the lowest setting on your spreader and adjust from there. You can view a helpful video about calibrating your spreader here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vXBjeVA3ao
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54 of 77 people found this review helpful
Hard to find but worth it
By Jb on 04/25/2013
Pre-emergent other than corn gluten is hard to find these days but it's worth it. We've used it for a few years now and it does a good job of keeping our neighbors' 10,000 dandilions out of our yard. Much better than weed-n-feed POST-emergent.
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45 of 48 people found this review helpful
Fertilome Preemergent
By Sara on 09/05/2016
I use this product at my home in VA on my fescue and at my Dad's in GA on his Bermuda/centipede. It has saved me more hous in weeding than I can say. I apply it in VA in Early winter, spring, and sometimes summer. I used to have seas of chickweed, lespedeza, blossom weed, spurge, corn speedwell, dandelions- you name it. Not now. Tip- apply two strips on edges. They get the wear and that's the weak link. I did Dad's house in GA for the first time this year. This product has is the only ingredient that the extension site says stops chamberbitter. We will see! I am also hoping it helps with Carolina Geranium too. I will update this later to say. Shipping from this site was great. Prompt and well packed.
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40 of 40 people found this review helpful
brpadleaf weed control
By Bruce on 09/27/2016
Verified Purchase
All Good
By Ted on 12/10/2012
Verified Purchase
Spreader Settings
By Michael on 08/23/2020
Verified Purchase
Chamberbitter DESTROYER
By Matt on 05/18/2019
Absolutely demolished the chamberbitter infestation I had. Applied in the fall and again in the spring and not a single chamberbitter came up. WORTH EVERY CENT! Will be laying down again in the fall just to make sure nothing gets through. I didn't treat my roses and of course I have a few ones pop up there but this stuff is amazing.
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8 of 9 people found this review helpful
Fast
By Bill on 04/27/2015
Verified Purchase
Ordered weed control
By Avatar on 07/03/2016
Good Pre-emergent
By Karen on 05/10/2020
I've been using this product for about 3 years as a pre-emergent herbicide in early spring. My primary problem here in Florida is the chamberbitter weed. I had thousands of chamberbitter seedlings every summer. Using the Fertilome with Gallery has really reduced the amount of chamberbitter seedlings that are sprouting each year. By hand-pulling the seedlings that do sprout I have almost brought the problem under complete control.
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5 of 5 people found this review helpful
good service
By Bruce on 11/15/2013
Verified Purchase
Can't say much about the product yet. First application was in spring (2013) so I haven't really given it a chance, but it does look promising. Will re-apply next spring so I will know more by mid summer (2014). Can say that the service at Do My Own Pest Control is quite fast. Had the product just a few days after ordering and now have enough on hand to last a couple years. Only gave three stars because I still don't know how well the product works. Service is 5 star.
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4 of 6 people found this review helpful
Gallery Weed Control
By Brad on 09/06/2017
Ferti-lome Broadleaf Weed Control
By Dottie on 09/22/2018
weed control
By Glenn on 08/20/2016
A recommended product for chamberbitter
By Eleanore on 04/27/2018
Late Fall Weed Control
By E. on 10/08/2021
I had some late fall broad leaf weeds come up, and I ran into an advertisement, and decided to give it a try.. it came in the mail a few days later. Used a Scott's spreader and did my whole lawn. So far, so good… It worked just as advertised.
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2 of 2 people found this review helpful
No reaction
By Ronald on 03/26/2021
Never thought i'd buy fertilizer through the mail .....
By Abby on 10/26/2018
so far pleased
By Jerry on 03/03/2024
Used for the first time last spring and again in the fall. I applied again first of March this year after checking soil temperature (59 degrees). I was still getting some weeds showing in late summer but about the same amount as when treated by a lawn care service in previous years. The plan is to give this product another season to see if I'm going to stick with it but I have seen about the same results as I did with the lawn care service so I have saved on the cost of keeping my lawn mostly weed free.
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2 of 2 people found this review helpful
Hoping it works for chamberbitter
By Jo on 03/11/2014
Weed control !
By Shel on 03/21/2017
Good source
By Avatar on 09/07/2017
Great service
By Joy on 10/12/2018
chickwee prevention
By Beanie on 10/01/2024
So far, so good
By Larry on 06/14/2024
Broadleaf Weed Control
By Jerry on 03/26/2021
I have been using DoMyOwn products for some time and have been very satisfied. However I was very disappointed with this product. I put it out as directed. But after several weeks the only broadleaf weeds it worked on was Dollar weed, and that wasn't really great. It didn't do anything to my dandelions or my large leaf clover etc, I resorted to Scotts Southern weed and feed which did hit the dandelions and clover about 80% effective.
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1 of 2 people found this review helpful
Keeping my fingers crossed!
By Bee on 09/04/2017
It's hard to review something like this when you've never tried it before and only time will tell if it works or not. But it was a great buy compared to just purchasing Gallery and it was easy to spread, so fingers crossed that it works like a charm! We'll see!
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1 of 5 people found this review helpful
Improvement!
By Leonard on 04/14/2020
Verified Purchase
I used this product about 3 weeks ago. I have noticed that my neighborhood is now infested with dandelions. My property has been spared this year and i owe it to ferti-lome. I have had to hand pick a few dandelionsions but i am still very satisfied with the product. I also used another crabgrass pre emerant. I bought fertilome specifically to curb dandelions.
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1 of 1 people found this review helpful
Good Customer Service
By David on 09/15/2018
Easy ordering and quick delivery
By Beth on 05/01/2020
I've just put this preemergent out so can't yet say if it works to prevent the chamberbitter (mimosa weed) I get in the summer. The broadcast spreader directions were not clear to me. I used a hand held spreader, and the product poured out at what I believe was too high of a rate when I set the spreader to what I thought the package indicated.
