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Old 28-08-2011, 04:50 AM posted to alt.home.lawn.garden
Willshak Willshak is offline
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Default Weed identification

Red wrote the following:
On Aug 27, 11:22 am, Frank wrote:
On 8/27/2011 9:19 AM, bennever wrote:

Hello, can anyone help toidentify this weed please and offer any
thoughts on how to eradicate it? I have tried the usual lawn weed&
feed in both granules& liquid but they don't seem to have any effect.
Many thanks for your help
Barry
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Looks like ground ivy:

http://www.turf.msu.edu/ground-ivy-c...for-home-lawns

I have it and try to control by pulling and Weed-B-Gone but it is
persistent. Thanks to your post, I think I need the more effective
herbicides.


Yep, ground ivy.

"Found throughout the US, pacific northwest, Alaska, Canada, Europe,
and Asia".

That range of locations and environments explains why the stuff is so
hard to kill.



3rd vote for ground ivy. I have it in my lawn. The usual weed killer
does kill it.

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