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Old 31-05-2010, 04:13 PM posted to alt.home.lawn.garden
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Kate said:

Does anyone know what to use to kill Johnson Grass (a noxious weed)
in my lawn?


There's nothing I know of that you can purchase (as a homeowner), that you can
spray on Johnson Grass (Sorghum halepense) in established turf, that will kill
it and not harm the turfgrass.

Are you *sure* you've positively identified it as S. halepense? What color is
the midvein in the blade?

S. halepense spreads by rhizomes (making pulling the established plants next to
impossible), as well as seed (not letting it set seed will eliminate thst
possibility). It also prefers very wet areas. If this is the case, your best
recourse may be to remove all of the turf in that area (making sure to get all
of the rhizomes out), and re-grading the low area (or providing some other form
of drainage, such as a French drain). Don't just till the area, you'll end up
with possibly thousands of more plants (from segmenting the rhizomes). *REMOVE*
the infected area, completely.

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