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28-07-2003, 08:02 PM
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lawn with violets
Or you can dig them up and sell them on eBay. ;^)
-Peg Joe Morris wrote: Larry, I research this question a while back for my father-in-law. He had a big violet problem in this lawn. He claims that the approach outlined below worked for him. Joe Morris ************************************* There is only one herbicide that works on violets. It is called tryclopyr. You can find it most commonly in ortho brush-b-gone, which is sold in most hardware stores. Other products contain tryclopyr, but brush-b-gone is the easiest to find. Even using tryclopyr, violets are extremely difficult to control. In order to do so, you need to do the following: 1. Violets can only be killed in the spring when they are growing actively. In the summer they are harder to kill and in the fall they are impossible to kill. 2. You need to use a combination of brush-b-gone and any other standard weed killer such as ortho weed b gone or equivalent. In a gallon of water, add the proper amount of weed b gone, and 8 ounces of brush-b gone. 3. Apply the solution when no rain will follow for at least 24 hours and preferably 48 hours. Apply it in the early evening after the sun has set to maximize the time that the foliage will stay wet. The chemical is absorbed by the violets when the foliage is wet. 4. Apply the chemical, and then reapply it to the same area 7 days later. You will see some dieback towards the end of the 7 days, but the violets will not be dead. It takes a second application to finish them off. If you don't follow ALL of these instructions, you will not succeed in killing the violets. As previous writers have said, they are extremely difficult to get rid of. "Larry" wrote in message m... I have violets taking over my lawn. Any thought on how to stop this would be appreciated. |
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