Marshall Dudley said:

We have a steep hill which cannot be mowed. It is planted with creeping
junipers, and until they fill out, clover ground cover. Lately
crabgrass has taken over. Since it cannot be mowed, it has the
potential to overgrow the junipers and kill them by shading, besides
making the whole yard look horrible.

We purchased some crabgrass killer, that Ortho said would not harm
clover. Fortunately we did a test with it, and it kills clover despite
what Ortho said. Does anyone know of a herbicide which will kill grass,
but not kill clover?


You didn't say where you were located (and I'm too lazy right now to do a
trace), but crabgrasses are annuals. By the time you get enough treatments
down to be effective, it'll probably be dying anyway. If you want it gone
now, yank it out. Next year, put down a pre-emergent, at the proper time,
and don't disturb the soil in that area all season, or you'll break that
barrier. There are millions of crabgrass seeds that will try and germinate.
Most will be stopped by the barrier, but as each one pokes a tiny hole in
it, eventually some will get through. But, if you keep applying the
pre-emergent, each year, you'll gradually eliminate it.

HTH,
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