Thanks for the reply. I know the best defense against weeds is a healthy, dense turf, but the more I read the more I realize that apparently there are all types of weeds trying to grow at any given time. Some in spring, some in fall, some in summer or winter. Every 90 days would be 4 applications per year, so I don't think it would be too bad. Thanks again for the help. I just wasn't sure if there would be any negative effects to doing that as it seems most people only apply a pre-emergent in the early spring and fall.

>>I didn't put any fertilizer down, is that something that I should be doing?? Not yet. The seed contains all the resources the plant will require for its first month of life or so. If you go organic, feeding at seeding time is correct (it takes about a month to begin to release nitrogen and there's an extremely wide window of release). Synthetically, feeding about a month post-sprout is correct. At that point, the baby roots have grown enough to be able to gather nitrogen from the soil.What about so called "starter fertilizer"? Does it help at seeding time? I've been going milo so far this year but was thinking about dropping the Scott's starter with Mesotrione to buy me 6 weeks or so until I can put down Barricade or Dimesnsion. Figured its 2 birds with one stone...

As a general rule, microfibers (100 % polyester), Chenilles, and wovens tend to be the most durable fabric types. If you really want to get into it, there are two types of tests that fabrics undergo - most mills will use on of these two tests: Martindale method or the Wyzenbeek Test. Its simply a mechanical rubbing of the fabric and seeing how many 'rubs' can be made before there is noticeable wear. A lightweight fabric might have only 6,000 rubs, a middleweight about 15,000 and a heavyweight 40,000. You'll see these numbers on some swatches, though the vase majority of people don't know to look for them. That's the way to really tell durability. Duane Collie

Hi Michael and welcome! I've done OneStroke with both Dewberry and other flat brushes but then I've been painting for a long time. If you are new to OneStroke I recommend you start by using Dewberry's brushes. Even though you can use any other good, flat, TAKLON brush to do OneStroke, the Dewberry brushes are made a lot thicker than most flats to hold more paint which is necessary to do OneStroke. OneStroke uses a LOT of paint. And just a note....I always found that using an ANGLE brush made doing OneStroke much easier and Dewberry now has those in her brush line.