Battling Oxalis Weeds

I just sprayed my front and backyards last week. I had oxalis everywhere. I used Weed Free Zone and Atrazine. Within 2 days most of it was shriveled and dead. I also did a second application about 3-4 days later since it appeared that I must have missed some areas because they were still green. I used a 1 gallon pump sprayer and mixed about 4.5 ounces of Atrazine and a little less that 2 ounces of Weed Free Zone. I'm also on the south shore.

Atrazine weed killer. But even that will take several applications and maybe over several years to get rid of it once those things take root.

Hate oxalis.

I finally got it out of my lawn.

It moved to the flower beds

Got it out of the flower beds

Moves to actually growing into the bushes.

It's the damn devil.

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Never knew the name for this vine I fricking hate so bad. Gives me fits in my backyard's landscaping.

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That stuff is insane the way it grows. The least little bit on the ground can take root and start growing a new vine.

I made the mistake of using a weed eater to cut some of that stuff off a chain link fence about 30 years ago when the fence was totally overgrown with it.

The juice from that vine had me itching so bad I had to stop and go take a shower.

I'm not allergic to poison ivy and was surprised how fast that stuff had me in misery. Good thing was, once the plant juices were washed off it didn't itch for much longer.

Bump - Dan Gill wrote a helpful column that addresses solutions for killing this vile and intrusive weed.

Dan Gill Garden Advice