Frank McElrath wrote:
I have a bad clover problem here in the DC area. As much as I hate to use
chemicals, I may have to. We are planning to take a 3 week vacation
starting at the beginning of August.

Would I do damage to my grass if I sprayed a weedkiller on right before we
left, so as to minimize our exposure to it?




Fertilize lightly with a high-nitrogen fertilizer with no
phosphorus. Keep the grass mowed, and don't water it too much.
(clover likes moist, low-nitrogen soil with lots of phosphorus.) The
grass should overtake the clover in the hot summer months.

If you just have to spray something, try something containing
dicamba or triclopyr.

I like clover and a few violets in the lawn. Creeping Charlie is
the lawn weed that I hate. (fluffing it up with a steel rake, kind
of like dethatching, right before mowing does a number on it and
almost keeps it under control)

Bob