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re: Torpedo Grass - Any hope, or should I concrete the lawn?

Posted on 2/26/24 at 10:07 pm to
Posted by Old Skule
Louisiana
Member since Jan 2008
40 posts
Posted on 2/26/24 at 10:07 pm to
Centipede, with some St. Aug creeping in from the neighbor's lawn
Posted by Antib551
Houma, LA
Member since Dec 2018
948 posts
Posted on 2/26/24 at 10:18 pm to
I'll defer to Ronk and Craw for the definitive answer. But I'd say your screwed. Quinclorac is the only effective thing I know of, but isn't labeled for centipede and definitely not St aug.

Accept it or nuke the lawn before it gets out of control and stsrt fresh with zoysia or Bermuda. Easiest solution is to just move, not kidding. You'll ALWAYS have to spray to control it creeping in if it's in your neighbors yard.
This post was edited on 2/26/24 at 10:21 pm
Posted by Tifway419
Member since Sep 2022
873 posts
Posted on 2/27/24 at 10:50 am to
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Centipede, with some St. Aug creeping in from the neighbor's lawn

Others have stated your options to go nuclear or live with it. If your neighbor doesn’t want to spend the money to go nuclear then you’ll have to live with it. Consider this:

If you are going to live with it, try to keep it on that side of your driveway. Always cut the clean / non-torpedo side first, and always blow clippings into the torpedo side. It can go under your driveway and jump to the other side, but you’re more likely to bring it to the other side from your lawn mower or blowing the clippings. And yes, torpedo will find a way to grow from its clippings.

If it’s in your backyard, then glyphosate everything and convert to Bermuda. You’ll be able to suppress it with Quinclorac and you shouldn’t have much of a problem.
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