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Would celsius knock this weed down?
Posted on 8/17/18 at 11:52 am
Posted on 8/17/18 at 11:52 am
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Posted on 8/17/18 at 11:59 am to nerd guy
Crabgrass in bermuda?
Posted on 8/17/18 at 12:04 pm to s14suspense
I've never been 100% sure it was crabgrass. Is that what it looks like? It is a bermuda lawn.
Posted on 8/17/18 at 12:10 pm to nerd guy
I'm by no means a pro, but that looks like torpedo to me.
Posted on 8/17/18 at 12:11 pm to nerd guy
Looks like crabgrass to me. Fertilome Weed Out Plus Q is what I sprayed earlier this week. With all this rain we're having I'm not sure it did anything but it's supposed to.
Posted on 8/17/18 at 12:30 pm to s14suspense
Yes that’s crabgrass. Celsius can be effective on young crabgrass but is better for broadleaf weeds. Plus there are much cheaper options for crabgrass. Msma at 2oz per gallon for spot spraying is my go to for crabgrass. Hit it twice 3-5 days apart.
Posted on 8/17/18 at 12:40 pm to nerd guy
For just a couple little patches like that, just pull them out, and spray anything containing Quinclorac on any new shoots when they are still small.
Bayer for Lawns in the blue bottle is one such product. (but not on st. augustine)
Bayer for Lawns in the blue bottle is one such product. (but not on st. augustine)
This post was edited on 8/17/18 at 12:43 pm
Posted on 8/17/18 at 12:44 pm to nerd guy
A couple weekends ago I experimented with Sodium Bcarbonate (Baking Soda). Turned the crabgrass black within 2 hours and next day it was dead.
Spray a little luke warm water mixed with dishwashing soap on the weed. Sprinkle the Sodium Bicarbonate on the leaves.
Went to Walmart and got a Laundry squirt bottle and put warm water with some Dawn soap in it for a $1. Decent sized Bag of Baking Soda $3. Did the backyard. This weekend will be the front yard. It's cheap and supposed to be safer for pets than weed sprays.
Now have a missing patch of grass but the centipede is filling in a bit already.
Spray a little luke warm water mixed with dishwashing soap on the weed. Sprinkle the Sodium Bicarbonate on the leaves.
Went to Walmart and got a Laundry squirt bottle and put warm water with some Dawn soap in it for a $1. Decent sized Bag of Baking Soda $3. Did the backyard. This weekend will be the front yard. It's cheap and supposed to be safer for pets than weed sprays.
Now have a missing patch of grass but the centipede is filling in a bit already.
This post was edited on 8/17/18 at 12:46 pm
Posted on 8/17/18 at 1:21 pm to ELLSSUU
You got any potions for dallis grass?
Posted on 8/17/18 at 1:28 pm to Easternrio
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Msma at 2oz per gallon for spot spraying is my go to for crabgrass. Hit it twice 3-5 days apart.
Thanks. I'll try this. I tried weed b gone crabbrass last year on this stuff and it never did anything. To me it just never looked like crabgrass. I'd pull it but it's damn near 10% of my yard now. Especially after the heavy rains.
Posted on 8/17/18 at 1:35 pm to deeprig9
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Bayer for Lawns in the blue bottle is one such product. (but not on st. augustine)
this is about the best product available at the big box stores. i have been fighting crab grass since day one at my new house and this product seems to help. don't wast your money on the ortho in the green bottle.
Posted on 8/22/18 at 1:48 pm to bayou choupique
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this is about the best product available at the big box stores. i have been fighting crab grass since day one at my new house and this product seems to help. don't wast your money on the ortho in the green bottle.
The #1 problem with it, it works slowly. So while you wait for the crabgrass (and other weeds) to die, they spread their seeds. And Bayer does nothing about new growth. By the time the sprayed weeds die, their offspring are sprouting and it doesn't seem the product has done anything. It needs to be used with a pre-emergent for full effectiveness, to prevent this.
Additionally, I have noticed it doesn't stick to crabgrass or woodsorrel very will without adding a healthy dose of Dawn dish soap. Without the soap, the droplets just roll off the leaves.
Posted on 8/22/18 at 2:02 pm to nerd guy
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I tried weed b gone crabbrass last year on this stuff and it never did anything
Sometimes I think weed b gone actually fertilizes weeds.
I had some patchy crabgrass and some goosegrass in my bermuda...and I went and got a weasel....good exercise as well as damn near fool proof removal...replace back with a mix of bermuda seed and topsoil. Haven't had problems with that area again. This year it's the damn nutsedge I'm having problems with...I pulled that stuff from our garden in SWLA growing up..I hate that crap.
Posted on 8/22/18 at 2:08 pm to deeprig9
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The #1 problem with it, it works slowly. So while you wait for the crabgrass (and other weeds) to die, they spread their seeds. And Bayer does nothing about new growth. By the time the sprayed weeds die, their offspring are sprouting and it doesn't seem the product has done anything. It needs to be used with a pre-emergent for full effectiveness, to prevent this.
I plan on doing pre-emergent this year for the first time. Doing Halts and Gallery in a week or two. Then Halts or Dimension in the spring and summer. Does that seem right?
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Posted on 8/22/18 at 4:54 pm to nerd guy
Im about to put down halts too... time will tell, I haven’t used it yet either.
Posted on 9/6/18 at 1:22 pm to deeprig9
Update- PSA...
Apparently the Bayer for Lawns doesn't keep in a sprayer very well.
I went through and sprayed all the crabgrass and oxalis and vb, and within days I saw yellowing.
After a week and a half, I went back over the spots I could tell I missed, with the same batch I had still sitting in the tank. A week later, zip, nada, zero affect.
The only thing I can chalk it up to is that once the product is mixed, it has some kind of half-live that is really fast. I'm not a scientist, I'm not a pro, but I know of no other explanation.
Apparently the Bayer for Lawns doesn't keep in a sprayer very well.
I went through and sprayed all the crabgrass and oxalis and vb, and within days I saw yellowing.
After a week and a half, I went back over the spots I could tell I missed, with the same batch I had still sitting in the tank. A week later, zip, nada, zero affect.
The only thing I can chalk it up to is that once the product is mixed, it has some kind of half-live that is really fast. I'm not a scientist, I'm not a pro, but I know of no other explanation.
Posted on 9/6/18 at 1:23 pm to deeprig9
I’ve read that you should only mix what you’re gonna use.
Posted on 9/6/18 at 1:34 pm to nerd guy
Crabs or not, if its green, its grass. I've better things to worry about.
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