This stuff is rampant in my yard right now. I’d like to throw down a granular if there is such a thing? Anyone know? I do have a liquid that I can broadcast with a backpack sprayer but I don’t find it super effective unless I spot spray each patch. Too big of a yard to catch every patch like a broadcast would. Any ideas?

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Posted by Jaspermac

Texas

Member since Aug 2018

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Posted on 8/28/25 at 5:41 am to BengalBlood81

Hose end atrazine on a cooler day

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Posted by Spankum

Miss-sippi

Member since Jan 2007

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Posted on 8/28/25 at 8:56 am to BengalBlood81

I have the same thing this year. I think I will wait to treat mine, because I don’t want there to be large patches of bare ground through the winter.

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Posted by jmon

Loisiana

Member since Oct 2010

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Posted on 8/28/25 at 10:05 am to BengalBlood81

I had it really bad in the early spring. I used the Cleggs Cocktail mixture and procedure that is recommended on this forum. My centipede has managed to start taking over the dead spots where the lespedeza once thrived. But, the cooler soil temps were key to it working according to the instructions.

I have seen some small spots where it is starting to grow and will spot attack this weekend, weather permitting

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Posted by CrawDude

Baton Rouge

Member since Apr 2019

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Posted on 8/28/25 at 12:32 pm to BengalBlood81

If you must go granular, then atrazine would be your most readily available option, though I wouldn’t apply it with temperatures still exceeding 90 F, as you may damage the centipede.

Lespedeza - LSU AgCenter

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Posted by AlxTgr

Kyre Banorg

Member since Oct 2003

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Posted on 8/28/25 at 3:06 pm to Jaspermac

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Hose end atrazine on a cooler day

I did this before greenup in the spring and can't find any of that crap. I'll be doing it every year now as this have been my most stubborn weed at this house.

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Posted by T-Jon