It took me almost a month to recover from back pain earlier this year. When my husband was at home looking after kids, I weeded with a newly bought weed hound in cold windy weather, and in the dim evening light. I worked hard for two weeks. I filled 64-gallon trash can with dandelines and Buckhorn plantain. Then a month later, they all came back. I will try Weed-b-gon after hurricane Irene passes. And how long can pre-emergent last? Is it better to spray pre-emergent in Feb just after all the snow melts, or spray in March when temp is in the 40s or 50s high. Thank you all.

Keep cut low, overseed in September. A good application of pre-emergence in the spring and early summer.

Wow lots of interesting stuff here! I think there are multiple issues here, and, since the health of the plants isn't great, I would deal with all possible problems rather than hunt down one specific one. If it were me I would do the following, since doing them would fix any of the most likely problems that you may be having. I would change the mix to a free draining one. I would check the roots, and pot into a container that is only a little larger than the rootball. I would put them in a partially sunny position after the repot until they get used to their new mix and pot. I would then move to a sunny location once things started to settle. I would make sure the room had plenty of humidity with gravel trays or a humidity. I would make sure the room was warm, and provide bottom heat to the pots if possible. I would inspect for bugs. Mites and scale seem the most prolific - possibly mites in your case. Webbing is a telltale sign, and sometimes hard to spot, but not always present. I would treat with Toni's spray regardless (she can tell you the ingredients, or you can search previous posts.) If you do spot bugs, use Toni's spray or a suitable one for fruiting plants from a garden centre. I would water these (after the repot) only when the new medium was closer to dry than damp. In a new medium you won't have to worry so much over watering - if it is the right medium it is unlikely you will overwater unless you go nuts with it. Fertilize only very lightly until the tree is back to health, then feed with a high nitrogen feed every couple of weeks. Citrus bounce back, but they take time. These are not by any means the be all and end all of things you should do, they are merely what I personally would do :) Danny

Possibly Chickweed, a plant that grows best in a soil that lawns really like, a rich, near neutral soil. Chickweed is a cool weather annual and so it will die off as temperatures rise. Your Ohio State University Cooperative Extension Service can be of help as could this from Penn Sate. http://extension.psu.edu/pests/weeds/weed-id/common-chickweed kimmq is kimmsr