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Winter Virginia Button Weed Strategy?
Posted on 1/3/26 at 9:32 am
Posted on 1/3/26 at 9:32 am
Now that the StA lawn has been hit with a couple of frosts the patches of dead/dying VBW are highly visible. They contain many small grey seed pods. I'm thinking I should rake up as many as I can. Are there any winter things I can do to try and knock VBW down?
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Posted on 1/3/26 at 3:18 pm to Tree_Fall
VBW seeds under ground, too
This post was edited on 1/3/26 at 3:19 pm
Posted on 1/3/26 at 9:30 pm to Tree_Fall
I was told by a friend who is a superintendent at a golf course to hold off until the spring when it’s starting to wake up…..but I will defer to the board experts for final answer
This post was edited on 1/3/26 at 9:31 pm
Posted on 1/4/26 at 10:29 am to Tree_Fall
Gray seeds pods - don’t think I’ve ever seen that, sure it’s VBW?
Assuming it is, I’d wait until spring when new growth emerges and go at with a vengeance with herbicides. VBW reproduces-spreads via underground rhizomes, above-ground stolons, and above-ground and below-ground seeds. It’s why it so difficult to control. It requires persistence and patience, multiple sprayings of post emergent herbicides, 3-6 week intervals the entire growing season, perhaps over a few years,
Too often, many wait until it matures (presence of white flowers) before they attempt control, which becomes very problematic to control it at that point. Note all the areas you presently see it now, and when new growth begins in April (you have look carefully for the new growth as it grows so close to the soil surface), begin your spraying program - Weed Free Zone, MSM Turf, Celsius - through spring-summer-early fall.
This article should help Virginia Buttonweed - LSU AgCenter
Assuming it is, I’d wait until spring when new growth emerges and go at with a vengeance with herbicides. VBW reproduces-spreads via underground rhizomes, above-ground stolons, and above-ground and below-ground seeds. It’s why it so difficult to control. It requires persistence and patience, multiple sprayings of post emergent herbicides, 3-6 week intervals the entire growing season, perhaps over a few years,
Too often, many wait until it matures (presence of white flowers) before they attempt control, which becomes very problematic to control it at that point. Note all the areas you presently see it now, and when new growth begins in April (you have look carefully for the new growth as it grows so close to the soil surface), begin your spraying program - Weed Free Zone, MSM Turf, Celsius - through spring-summer-early fall.
This article should help Virginia Buttonweed - LSU AgCenter
Posted on 1/5/26 at 7:01 am to CrawDude
I plan on cutting really low the first couple cuts of the spring so I can spray MSM and Celsius around the entire yard. That way it gets down to the surface growth. I had a massive explosion of VBW this past August-October so I’m determined to get it under control this coming year. Not that it does much to control VBW, but I also spread a lot of preemergent in early fall and I can definitely see the difference with winter weeds so far. It wasn’t cheap but it has proven to be worth it so far. Can’t wait to see how it works in the spring and summer.
Posted on 1/5/26 at 12:10 pm to geauxfortwo
I've spot sprayed some stickers & others recently and have gotten zero action on them. I agree have to wait for green up.
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