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re: Lawn being taken over by torpedo grass
Posted on 6/7/17 at 9:42 am to tight lines
Posted on 6/7/17 at 9:42 am to tight lines
St aug best for shade
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Posted on 6/7/17 at 11:13 am to Easternrio
Definitely what Boot and East said. If you have the patience, demo the area and spray any new torp growth you see. Sometimes it's best to leave those areas un sodded for weeks or months if you can stand it. The torpedo roots have ton of carb storage and can live underground without any leaf flush for a loooong time
Posted on 6/7/17 at 12:10 pm to tight lines
I always dug up the roots.
Posted on 6/7/17 at 8:55 pm to tigersownall
I just cut my yard today. My entire back yard is almost full of it and it was hell with the past month of raining and not being able to cut
I'd kill it and re-sod, but the entire reason I have it is bc my neighbors dirt or sod was full of it and it crept over to my yard....so re-sodding is pointless
I'd kill it and re-sod, but the entire reason I have it is bc my neighbors dirt or sod was full of it and it crept over to my yard....so re-sodding is pointless
Posted on 6/7/17 at 9:01 pm to Black
We have used the plastic barrier that is made to stop running bamboo and it works pretty well. Digging the trench and backfilling it without it folding over is a pain but is doable.
Posted on 7/27/17 at 12:28 pm to tight lines
I finished building 1 year ago and put in St Aug and just noticed that I have torpedoed grass taking over about 15% of my yard. I haven't noticed it before because my grass cutters keep the grass low. How did I get this crap? I'm assuming my builder used river sand when he leveled my yard prior to the grass being put down. Any chance my builder or the company that put down the grass should be responsible for this? 
Posted on 7/27/17 at 1:27 pm to TitleistProV1X
^ No you're basically screwed
Posted on 7/27/17 at 2:26 pm to Easternrio
Haha damnit and of course I paid extra for the St Aug!
Posted on 7/27/17 at 3:56 pm to tight lines
I'm not sure what torpedo grass is. Did a search e were several different types of grass that came up and some I knew were not torpedo. If someone could post a pic I'd appreciate it.
Posted on 7/27/17 at 4:48 pm to tight lines
About half my back yard is low lying and holds moisture. This shite has completely taken over. I have to cut on my highest setting. I am planning on doing option #1 this winter.
Posted on 7/27/17 at 5:19 pm to Yaboylaroy
Round that shite up now and get a head start.
Posted on 7/27/17 at 7:01 pm to Geauxtiga
I started a thread the other day about starting fresh in my back yard. Planning on killing, tilling, leveling and either sodding or plugging.
This post was edited on 7/27/17 at 7:08 pm
Posted on 7/27/17 at 7:05 pm to Geauxtiga
This is what I'm dealing with. I think that is torpedo.
Posted on 7/27/17 at 8:03 pm to Geauxtiga
The binomial name for Torpedograss is Panicum repens.
Here is some more info on the herpes of grasses!
It's incredibly difficult to control because of the amount of energy stored in the rhizomes. Even small infestations usually require several treatments due to re-sprouting.
Good luck!
Here is some more info on the herpes of grasses!
It's incredibly difficult to control because of the amount of energy stored in the rhizomes. Even small infestations usually require several treatments due to re-sprouting.
Good luck!
Posted on 7/27/17 at 8:08 pm to WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot
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Yaboylaroy
Posted on 7/29/17 at 11:13 am to tight lines
I did the round up followed by zoysia, it's still there or back. Mostly where I edge and near the garden bed. I didn't nuke the garden and neighbors have it so it blows into edgeline. I actually just spot sprayed areas with drive xlr but that won't work for st aug. My backyard I let be and it's a mix of all southern turf grasses and torpedo. Wish I would of totally redone back too. Using mulching mower in rear and then cutting torpedo free grass probably taints it.
Anyways, had a customer tell me he uses fusilade 2 and it knocks it back without damaging the st aug.
Has anyone tried this? He lives in Gabriel and that whole development for most part is over run with the stuff. Thats a game changer if it works.
Anyways, had a customer tell me he uses fusilade 2 and it knocks it back without damaging the st aug.
Has anyone tried this? He lives in Gabriel and that whole development for most part is over run with the stuff. Thats a game changer if it works.
Posted on 7/29/17 at 12:22 pm to Cmk07c
You want the aids of lawn care it's called Virginia button weed. You dang near can't kill it. I have hit it with round up and MSMA multiple times this year and it keeps coming back stronger.
Posted on 7/29/17 at 5:31 pm to Cmk07c
The torpedo doesn't spead by seed. Only from rhizome segments in soil/sand amendments or runners from established torpedograss
Posted on 7/29/17 at 9:35 pm to tight lines
You can spray it and kill most it it, but it will regrow from just a small piece of the root. Only way to get it out and keep it out is to get the roots out. Been fighting it for 25 years. Hard to completely eradicate when the nextdoor neighbors don't give a sheet and it comes back over and over from their adjacent lawn. Stuff spreads laterally by rhizomes about 12-18 inches underground.
Posted on 7/30/17 at 2:07 am to tight lines
I was told the only way to get rid of it was to MOVE!!
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