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Weed & Feed for Southern Lawns

Scotts Turf Builder Bonus S Southern Weed & Feed₂ (29-0-10) Review

★★★★☆ 4/5

our editor rating how we score

4.5/5 from 6,518 shoppers at Amazon — their number, not ours.

$30–$38

Typical price · 5,000 sq ft per 17.24 lb bag

Affiliate links — see our disclosure. Commissions never influence verdicts.

The one weed-and-feed that is safe on St. Augustine — and the only sensible choice on a Floratam lawn, where the standard bag is prohibited outright.

Our Verdict

The mirror image of the standard bag, and the right one for Gulf Coast lawns. Atrazine replaces the 2,4-D group, which is why this is labelled for St. Augustine, centipede, zoysia and carpetgrass — and why it is NOT for Bermuda, fescue, bluegrass or ryegrass. Note the application is also reversed: apply to a dry lawn and water it in immediately, because atrazine works substantially through the roots. Atrazine is a groundwater concern, so respect the setbacks near water and check that it is even sold in your state.

✅ Pros

  • Labelled for Floratam St. Augustine, which the standard 2,4-D bag prohibits
  • Atrazine controls a long broadleaf list including dollarweed, clover and oxalis
  • Phosphorus-free — clears county P restrictions
  • Root-active, so it survives the watering-in that fertilizer needs

⚠️ Cons

  • Will injure Bermuda, bahiagrass, fescue, bluegrass and ryegrass — the grass list is exclusive, not a suggestion
  • Atrazine is a groundwater contaminant with setbacks near water bodies, and is not sold in every state
  • Application is the reverse of the standard bag — dry lawn, watered in immediately — so habits do not transfer
  • Still forces one date for two jobs on different calendars
  • Not the tool for crabgrass, goosegrass or nutsedge
  • Label and Extension disagree on Floratam: the EPA label names Floratam as a permitted use, but Texas A&M AgriLife states Floratam is not tolerant to atrazine and will be injured. Treat the label as permission, not as agronomic advice, and keep it off Floratam in heat

Product type

Weed & Feed for Southern Lawns

Active ingredient

29-0-10 fertilizer combined with atrazine 1.293%; phosphorus-free

Price range

$30–$38

Coverage

5,000 sq ft per 17.24 lb bag

Best for

St. Augustine, centipede, zoysia and carpetgrass lawns with broadleaf weeds throughout

our editor rating

4 out of 5

Where our facts come from

Label read on EPA's label database

EPA Reg. No. 538-18

Read the label yourself →

We opened this product's accepted label on EPA's own Pesticide Product Label System — the strongest source available for what a product is registered to do.

What we found when we read it

Full label read 2026-08-04 on EPA PPLS (accepted 24 March 2025). EPA Reg. 538-18, atrazine 1.293% plus related compounds 0.027% — matches what this record already stated. CORRECTION, and it went the other way from most of ours: the permitted grass list reads 'Bermudagrass, St. Augustinegrass, including Floratam, centipedegrass, zoysiagrass, and carpetgrass lawns ONLY', so bermudagrass is a LABELLED use. Our Georgia and Texas state notes told readers to keep it off bermuda, and when-to-weed-and-feed-lawn.mdx said the same in three places. All corrected 2026-08-04. The nuance that produced the error: this is a MASTER label with bracketed optional text, and a note to the product manager reads 'Bermudagrass may be restricted in the DFU when being sold in Florida. It will be removed from grass use list and included in restrictions.' So a Florida-printed bag prohibits bermuda and a bag printed elsewhere permits it — the grass list is not identical in every state. Injury list on all versions: bahiagrass, bluegrass, fine fescue, bentgrass, ryegrass, tall fescue, dichondra. Other label constraints: maximum two applications per year at 2 lb active ingredient per acre; must be WATERED IN IMMEDIATELY; do not apply during winter dormancy, wait until after the third mowing of the season; do not use under trees, shrubs or bedding plants; not for use in Hawaii, Alaska or the US territories. GROUNDWATER ADVISORY, verbatim: 'Users are advised not to apply Atrazine on sand and loamy soils where the water table (groundwater) is close to the surface and where these soils are very permeable, i.e., well drained.' That is an advisory about groundwater rather than a restriction about waterways, and our Florida note had it as the latter.

Where this page and the container disagree, the container wins — the label is the legal authority on rates and restrictions. How to read one yourself.

Where This Product Matters

Matched against each state's actual disease, weed and pest pressure.

Dollarweed (pennywort) on wet coastal ground
🌾 Centipede🌾 St. Augustine🌾 Zoysia

Application window: April–May and September, and check every label against centipede before it leaves the shelf

DandelionWhite clover

Application window: June through July, inside the same short window everything else happens in. There is no autumn second chance

🌾 Zoysia🌾 St. Augustine

Application window: March–May and during monsoon flushes; Celsius-type products handle 100°F+ windows

Henbit
🌾 Zoysia🌾 St. Augustine🌾 Centipede

Application window: Bounded by the label's temperature ceiling rather than the calendar — spring treatments finish before the June heat arrives, and nothing selective goes down again until September cools off

Oxalis (creeping woodsorrel)
🌾 St. Augustine🌾 Zoysia

Application window: March–May while weeds are young; avoid spraying drought-stressed turf in summer

DandelionWhite clover

Application window: May–June and September; high-altitude sun makes stressed turf easy to injure, so spot-treat rather than blanket-spray

DandelionWhite clover

Application window: Broadleaf sprays in May–June and again in September, when the weeds are moving sugars to the roots; skip July and August, when a stressed cool-season lawn takes the injury and the weed does not

White clover
🌾 Zoysia

Application window: April to late May, then September into October. Skip July and August entirely: this is the transition zone, and a stressed tall fescue lawn takes the injury the weed shrugs off

Dollarweed (pennywort)Florida pusley
🌾 St. Augustine🌾 Zoysia🌾 Centipede

Application window: March–May and October–November; avoid applications above 85°F

⚖️ The correct weed-and-feed for a Florida St. Augustine lawn, with two Florida-specific catches. A bag printed for Florida removes bermudagrass from the permitted grass list, so read the list on the bag rather than assuming. And the label advises against applying atrazine on sand and loamy soils where the water table is close to the surface and the soil is very permeable — which describes much of Florida. Many counties also ban nitrogen June 1 to September 30, narrowing the window further.

🌾 Zoysia🌾 Centipede🌾 St. Augustine

Application window: April to early June and September–October; avoid mid-summer sprays on stressed turf

⚖️ Right bag for St. Augustine, centipede and zoysia — and bermuda is on the permitted list too, which we previously said it was not. What rules it out is bahiagrass or any cool-season grass in the mix. On coastal sandy soils, note the label's groundwater advisory about permeable soil with a high water table.

Oxalis
🌾 Zoysia🌾 St. Augustine🌾 Centipede

Application window: Year-round where the turf is actively growing, which is most of the time; the constraint is heat and drought stress on the leeward side rather than a dormant season

DandelionWhite clover

Application window: Late April into June, then September into October; skip the July and early August heat, which is also when UI's own fertilizer schedule goes quiet

Dandelion
🌾 Zoysia

Application window: May–June and September; fall beats creeping charlie best

DandelionWhite clover
🌾 Zoysia

Application window: October is the most effective month for broadleaf weeds; never apply above 80°F or to drought-stressed turf

DandelionWhite clover

Application window: October, and October is most of it — but check the wind and the date against what is happening in the fields, because early-summer growth-regulator drift is a real seasonal risk here and your own spray carries the same way

Henbit and other winter annuals, which own an eastern Kansas lawn in MarchDandelion
🌾 Zoysia

Application window: April into May and again in September–October; avoid July and August, when a tall fescue lawn here is already at its limit

Henbit
🌾 Zoysia

Application window: April–May and September–October; autumn is the knockout window for the wild garlic that defines a Kentucky winter lawn

Dollarweed (pennywort)
🌾 St. Augustine🌾 Zoysia🌾 Carpetgrass

Application window: March–May and October–November; avoid applications above 85°F and never on drought-stressed St. Augustine

DandelionWhite clover

Application window: June, then a narrow late-August to mid-September window. Maine's usable autumn is the shortest in New England

White clover
🌾 Zoysia

Application window: April–May and September–October; autumn is the knockout window for the ground ivy and violet the Piedmont is full of

DandelionWhite clover

Application window: A narrow autumn is the real window here: late September into October, after the summer heat and before New England's early frost closes the season

DandelionWhite clover

Application window: May–June and September; autumn is the stronger window for perennial broadleaf weeds

Dandelion

Application window: Late May–June and September; autumn is the stronger window for perennial broadleaf weeds

Dollarweed (pennywort) wherever drainage is poor
🌾 Centipede🌾 St. Augustine🌾 Zoysia

Application window: April–May and September, avoiding the midsummer heat restrictions on most labels

HenbitDandelionWhite clover
🌾 Zoysia

Application window: April–May and September–October; skip summer sprays on drought-stressed fescue

DandelionWhite clover

Application window: June, then late August into September. In a sub-100-day valley there is no third chance

DandelionHenbit and other winter annualsWhite clover
🌾 Zoysia

Application window: Late spring and again from late August through September, when perennial broadleaf weeds are moving reserves to the root

DandelionWhite clover

Application window: Late May into June, then late August through September. The autumn window closes earlier here than anywhere else in southern New England

DandelionWhite clover

Application window: May and September–October; autumn is the knockout window for perennial broadleaf weeds

🌾 Zoysia

Application window: Spring and early autumn; in the south skip the June heat entirely, and in the north the usable autumn window closes by early October

DandelionWhite clover

Application window: May and September–October; autumn is the knockout window for perennial broadleaf weeds

HenbitWhite clover
🌾 Zoysia🌾 Centipede

Application window: April–May and September–October; avoid spraying heat-stressed fescue in July–August

DandelionWhite clover

Application window: Early to mid-June, then late August into early September. There is no third opportunity

DandelionWhite clover

Application window: May–June and September; fall applications hit dandelion taproots hardest

Henbit
🌾 Zoysia

Application window: Judged by wind before season: sustained wind is Oklahoma's normal condition, so the usable spray days are calm mornings in April, May and September rather than whole months

Dandelion

Application window: March–May and September–October; the long mild shoulder seasons give more usable spray days than most states get

DandelionWhite clover

Application window: May and September — fall is the knockout window for perennial broadleaf weeds

DandelionWhite clover

Application window: Broadleaf work in May–June and again in September; the September pass is the one that holds, because the weed is moving reserves down

Dollarweed
🌾 Zoysia🌾 St. Augustine

Application window: April–May and September–October, and never above 90°F — centipedegrass is sensitive to 2,4-D both at spring green-up and in summer heat

DandelionWhite clover

Application window: Early to mid-June, then late August into September, which is the pass that actually holds on perennial broadleaf weeds

Henbit
🌾 Zoysia

Application window: April–May and September–October; skip sprays on drought-stressed summer fescue

Henbit
🌾 St. Augustine🌾 Zoysia

Application window: April–early June and September–October; avoid herbicides above 90°F

⚖️ Suits the St. Augustine lawns common on the Gulf Coast, and the label permits bermuda as well. What it will injure is bahiagrass and the cool-season grasses, so a mixed lawn is the case to check. Confirm local stock — the label excludes Hawaii, Alaska and the US territories, but not Texas.

Dandelion

Application window: May and September, avoiding the intense midsummer heat on the label

DandelionWhite clover

Application window: Late May through June, then a short late-August to mid-September window. Vermont's autumn window is the narrowest in New England

DandelionWhite clover
🌾 Zoysia

Application window: April–May and September–October; skip sprays on heat-stressed fescue in July and August

DandelionWhite clover

Application window: April–May and September–October; WSU caps applications at 80°F, stricter than the 85–90°F ceilings used elsewhere

White clover
🌾 Zoysia

Application window: April into May and again in September–October. Skip July and August: this is transition-zone country and a heat-stressed tall fescue lawn absorbs the injury the weed does not

DandelionWhite clover

Application window: Early to mid-fall is the favourable window for dandelion and other perennial broadleaf weeds

DandelionWhite clover

Application window: June, then late August into September. UW's own framing is useful: a slow-release application covers a 90 to 100 day growing season, which is roughly the entire Wyoming season

Common questions

Common Questions

How much does Scotts Turf Builder Bonus S Southern Weed & Feed₂ (29-0-10) cost?

Scotts Turf Builder Bonus S Southern Weed & Feed₂ (29-0-10) typically runs $30–$38, covering 5,000 sq ft per 17.24 lb bag.

What does Scotts Turf Builder Bonus S Southern Weed & Feed₂ (29-0-10) treat?

Scotts Turf Builder Bonus S Southern Weed & Feed₂ (29-0-10) targets Dollarweed (pennywort), White clover, Dandelion, Oxalis (creeping woodsorrel), Henbit, Florida pusley.

What is the active ingredient in Scotts Turf Builder Bonus S Southern Weed & Feed₂ (29-0-10)?

29-0-10 fertilizer combined with atrazine 1.293%; phosphorus-free, registered under EPA Reg. No. 538-18.

What is the biggest downside of Scotts Turf Builder Bonus S Southern Weed & Feed₂ (29-0-10)?

Will injure Bermuda, bahiagrass, fescue, bluegrass and ryegrass — the grass list is exclusive, not a suggestion

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