I have been looking around for suggestions on pesticides and a new lawn. My DH does not know, he says that since we just put our lawn in this past week we do not need to put chemicals on it. I say we need to put something on it, because along with our new lawn we have new "friends", aka ants and a roach :girl_hug:.

Does anyone know if we can spray the lawn with bug killer and not kill our new lawn?

Is it sod, hydrospray, plugs...?

If it's sod, when we built our house they put sod down and the landscaper told us nothing chemical, not even fertilizer or bugstuff, until the grass had been cut twice. He said it would take the length of time that two cuttings takes before the roots start to establish enough to tolerate chemicals.

It is sod. Guess I will have to stomp on them darn bugs then. Stupid bugs.

The real question is - out of aan entire lawn, how did you manage to find one roach? :girl_hug:

It found me. Stupid little thing. It either came from the new lawn or the new neighbors, and I am hoping it was the lawn. I killed it right off and have not found another one.

It is funny, to see all that "grass" and only one "roach" .:hippie:

(The kids are using new names for those kinds of things these days though.)

Does anyone know if we can spray the lawn with bug killer and not kill our new lawn?

I asked my DH (aka Mr. Better Homes and Gardens) and he agrees with Wheetsin - do not apply fertilizer or bug killers until the roots have had a chance to establish themselves.

I don't think regular bug killer for lawns kills roaches anyway, does it? You need an exterminator for that. They will spray a barrier around your house so they don't come inside.

There is a company here in Florida called "Nozzle Nolan" that does non-chemical lawn care.

I do not know if theyt are in your state.