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Lawn Burweed in grass
Posted on 3/27/19 at 8:43 am
Posted on 3/27/19 at 8:43 am
My yard is about an acre+ on the Amite river. Any time the river comes up it deposits any and all weed seeds. Within the last few years it deposited stickers/lawn burweed. These stickers have completely taken over the yard. I researched and found out picking them one by one out of yard is the only way to get rid of them. This is unrealistic for me. My question is, I am about to reseed my lawn with Carpet Grass seed. If I double up and get the carpet grass seed real thick will this drown out the stickers? Should I use a different type of grass to do this? Any suggestions is appreciated.
This post was edited on 3/27/19 at 8:47 am
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Posted on 3/27/19 at 9:45 am to tigerweb
I feel for you. My brother-in-law owns a couple acre property with a nice house, built in pool and large, well manicured lawn and he has that crap.
He's been dealing with it for about 4 years now and still doesn't have it under control. Most of his yard is St. Augustine grass, which is a pretty thick variety, but it still pops through.
He's tried weed & feed, digging and pulling (which is a lesson in futility) and even spot treating with weed killer, but it's still there.
Wish I had better news to offer.
He's been dealing with it for about 4 years now and still doesn't have it under control. Most of his yard is St. Augustine grass, which is a pretty thick variety, but it still pops through.
He's tried weed & feed, digging and pulling (which is a lesson in futility) and even spot treating with weed killer, but it's still there.
Wish I had better news to offer.
This post was edited on 3/27/19 at 11:55 am
Posted on 3/27/19 at 10:04 am to tigerweb
I just hit mine with WeedFreeZone this week. I'm going to hit it with Weed and Feed in a couple of weeks. I've had mixed results. I hate that crap.
I've heard, it's best is to lay down pre-emergent for it. It's damn near impossible to kill once its up.
I've heard, it's best is to lay down pre-emergent for it. It's damn near impossible to kill once its up.
Posted on 4/23/19 at 2:27 pm to tigerweb
I am on the Diversion Canal and this is in my yard also. I have mainly bermudagrass, anyone know if msma will kill this stuff?
Posted on 4/23/19 at 8:00 pm to tigerweb
The only thing has worked for me is to fertilize the shite out of everything and let the turf grass choke it out. Of course, this requires a good bit of cooperation from the rain, etc.
Posted on 4/24/19 at 9:03 am to tigerweb
LSU Ag Center
It isnt on the label but I used msmturf (Metsulfuron Methyl) this year on burweed in my carpetgrass and it absolutely smoked it. It was slow to show results but after about 2 weeks it was completely brown and dead. I applied the last week of March and think I got most of it before it formed the seeds (stickers).
The good thing with msmturf is that a little bit goes a long way and its cheap. I think I applied at .75oz/acre for the burweed and it cleaned up most of the other broadleaf weeds as well.
It isnt on the label but I used msmturf (Metsulfuron Methyl) this year on burweed in my carpetgrass and it absolutely smoked it. It was slow to show results but after about 2 weeks it was completely brown and dead. I applied the last week of March and think I got most of it before it formed the seeds (stickers).
The good thing with msmturf is that a little bit goes a long way and its cheap. I think I applied at .75oz/acre for the burweed and it cleaned up most of the other broadleaf weeds as well.
This post was edited on 4/24/19 at 9:05 am
Posted on 4/24/19 at 2:19 pm to tigerweb
One issue with burweed is that even after it is dead, the spines are still in the turf and take a while to break down. Good luck!
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