Weed in Ditch removal

Have you tried weedeating it down to the ground to get as much green cut off? Then let it dry out a bit, rake it up and burn it then come back and hit it with herbicide so the stuff gets directly on the cut stems of the grass and directly into the roots much quicker than just spraying the blades of grass.

Just a thought---------------

RM 43 at Tractor Supply

Why not keep it mowed like the rest of your yard? Too wet at times maybe?

Bud that’s not a real steep ditch, why not just cut it unless it stays wet?

Spray a growth regulator to slow it down instead of round up. Going bare ground will cause unwanted erosion.

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Chaparral herbicide

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Dang hope it’s better than RM43 for the price.

Just be careful and don’t go all out and kill everything. The roots are holding the soil together. If you kill everything and expose the unstabilized dirt, the ditch will erode overtime and cause more problems. I see people make this mistake all the time in an effort not to mow the ditch.

I can't see the pick on my work PC, but 2-4-D knocked out some broad leaf in my ditch. You don't want to kill the grass, or your ditch will start eroding.