If your grass is being taken over by common lawn weeds such as dandelions, one of the easiest ways to prevent them growing and spreading is to let your lawn mower do the hard work for you. Apply to lawns any time between April and September when weeds are actively growing – don't apply more than twice in a year and leave a three-month interval in between,’ she advises. 'Lawn weed killers are often combined with feed and can be sprinkled or sprayed over your lawn. 'The best way to deal with them organically is to improve the health of your lawn and encourage vigorous grass growth – try feeding, aerating with a garden fork, and scarifying with a rake. 'The main offenders on lawns are daisies, buttercups, clover, and moss,' adds Tamsin Hope Thomson, an expert at Amateur Gardening. 'You may also want to consider fertilizing your lawn and overseeding bare areas to help promote healthy grass growth (reducing weed growth).’ ‘A healthy lawn is less likely to have weed problems,’ explains David Angelov of PlantParenthood. There is more to a good, healthy lawn than simply planting grass seed getting your lawn care regime right can help your grass fend off unwanted weed growth. The grass will quickly grow to fill any space left by the weed.’ If needed, use a garden fork or garden weeder, at Amazon to get underneath the weed and lever it out of the lawn. 'Scour the lawn for weeds, take hold of each one firmly, and pull the whole plant out. ‘When you are dealing with perennial weeds, such as dandelions and plantain, that are common lawn weeds, failure to remove the roots will result in it growing back again quickly,' says Drew. 'This allows you to focus on each weed one by one and make sure you remove the full weed and its root to prevent it from coming back. 'To get weeds out of grass without damaging the turf, one of the simplest and most effective options is to remove them by hand,' says Drew Swainston, a former professional gardener and Content Editor for Homes & Gardens. You may, then, be unsurprised to hear that one of the best ways of removing weeds from grass without damaging it is to do it manually. If you take pride in your lawn, then you will likely be used to tasks such as aerating a lawn and scarifying a lawn. He specializes in formal and informal gardens maximizing clients' connection to nature. Its worth playing w for me this next year.David is an active gardener growing his appreciation for plants every day. I tried some a month later w/o as good a results. We had good moisture and not too hot when applied. I used some Pastora on a waterway w KR Bluestem this spring at about 1.25 oz rate and it done an exellent job to my surprise. Posted 06:46 (#4812526 - in reply to #4809691) Subject: RE: Anybody want to venture a chemical that would kill bluestem grass without killing bermuda? Sounds like it would be tough on the Bermuda Don't know, but just something to look into. I've read about Panoramic followed by MSMA for similar situation here. Posted 07:59 (#4810740 - in reply to #4809691) Subject: RE: Anybody want to venture a chemical that would kill bluestem grass without killing bermuda? Sorry, didn't pay attention that you'd already tried roundup. Posted 22:53 (#4810452 - in reply to #4809691) Subject: RE: Anybody want to venture a chemical that would kill bluestem grass without killing bermuda? The bluestem is taller, set it to run above the bermuda. Posted 22:42 (#4810438 - in reply to #4809691) Subject: RE: Anybody want to venture a chemical that would kill bluestem grass without killing bermuda? It's not a true "bluestem" not even related to little or big blue - some idiot (our govt ) put it in CRP mixes for a short while here - it's nasty - best thing to do is kill it and kill it again and replant the desired grass - you can't over graze or over hay it Posted 21:13 (#4810293 - in reply to #4809691) Subject: RE: Anybody want to venture a chemical that would kill bluestem grass without killing bermuda? What's the timing and rate on the roundup?īest way I've seen to grow bluestem, is to not fertilize your coastal enough and overgraze it. 5 oz, 1 oz or so, don't think it's very expensive. Not sure if it just comes back or if it lasts. Been told it knocks out the bluestem on the overlap areas. Some people locally have taken up using Cimarron + 2,4d as an alternative to Grazeon. Posted 15:00 (#4809746 - in reply to #4809691) Subject: RE: Anybody want to venture a chemical that would kill bluestem grass without killing bermuda? Not sure about that bluestem variety but here heavy grazing will kill bluestem very easily. Posted 14:52 (#4809737 - in reply to #4809691) Subject: RE: Anybody want to venture a chemical that would kill bluestem grass without killing bermuda? (Bothriochloa_ischaemum_01.jpg) Attachments - Bothriochloa_ischaemum_01.jpg (139KB - 95 downloads)
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