"MANIC_D" wrote in message
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Don`t panic, the solution is simple. Round-up kills everything, it`s
not what you want because it will kill your good grass. Use 24-D,
commercially known as weed-B-gone. I`ts expensive as hell if you buy it
retail. I recommend a company called Agri-Supply, it`s a third of the
cost and you can hose down the entire lawn as it does`nt harm grass. It
is a contact herbicide so the onion has to be up for it to be
effective. Remember to thatch and re-seed when the onion dies.
Eric Kent wrote:
Sorry if this has been covered before. I have a problem with wild
onions in my yard. My grass is a mix of centipede and St. Augustine.
I live in the South if that is important.
I've tried some granules with mixed success. I've also used round up
but it looks bad to have large dead spots in the yard. However, if
round up is the only solution, I'll be willing to sterilize the entire
yard to get rid of the things. I dislike them that much.


Any suggestions?

ERic


No, no, no, that's a bad idea -- 2, 4-D should not be used on St. Augustine
grass -- it'll kill it. St. Augustine is biologically much closer to a weed
or crabgrass than it is to a conventional turf grass and herbicides that can
be used on northern cool-weather turf shouldn't be used on St. Augustine..

If you're going to use a herbicide over your entire lawn -- something I'd
suggest against, in any case -- read the label - all of it - in detail.
You're likely to find that buried somewhere in the verbiage is a list of
plants on which the chemical should NOT be used, and the list for many lawn
chemicals (including those with 2,4 D) will include St. Augustine grass.
It's hard to find a pesticide that effectively will kill weeds in your St.
Augustine lawn. You're probably better off to spot treat where needed.

Incidentally, 2,4-D was 50% of the contents of Agent Orange, although the
well-known problems with AO probably came from other dioxins in the mix --

Regards --