Weed control
 

I've been told that the two weeds that seem to be invading my lawn are
Orchard Grass and Dallisgrass. Apparently, these two aren't easy to
control and there isn't a selective herbicide that will kill them
without affecting the surrounding lawn (in my case, fescue). I'm near
Raleigh, NC.

Any ideas on how to deal with this problem? I do plan to overseed in
late September or early October...

Thanks,

-jav

Weed control
 

Javier said:

I've been told that the two weeds that seem to be invading my lawn are
Orchard Grass and Dallisgrass. Apparently, these two aren't easy to
control and there isn't a selective herbicide that will kill them
without affecting the surrounding lawn (in my case, fescue). I'm near
Raleigh, NC.

Any ideas on how to deal with this problem? I do plan to overseed in
late September or early October...


Dallisgrass, I dunno. Orchard Grass in Fescue is a bummer. About all you
can probably do is use a broad spectrum herbicide (such as glyphosate),
spot spray, and be careful. A dye would help tremendously. Don't hurry and
it can be done easily.

When you overseed, make sure you buy good quality seed. Orchard Grass is
quite often included in a mix because of its usefulness in pastures. Look
for lawn seed that says it has NO "other crop seed", listed. Even one-half
of 1 percent orchard grass in a tall fescue mix can result in a dozen or
more orchard grass seeds per square foot.

HTH
--
Eggs

Before they invented drawing boards, what did they go back to?

Weed control
 

"Crabgrass, Nutgrass & Dallis Grass Killer"
made by Ferti-lome, works like a charm, altho I don't know about
'orchard grass'. My bottle is several years old, don't know if they're
still in business.

Active ingredient is: monosodium acid metharsenate

I mix a small amount in a trigger spray bottle and spot-spray, rather
than treating entire lawn. Reduces risk of burning fescues.

Ortho has a weed killer that contains a grassy weed killer, I believe.
Look up grassy weeds on their site (ortho.com)



On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 10:39:03 -0400, Javier
wrote:

I've been told that the two weeds that seem to be invading my lawn are
Orchard Grass and Dallisgrass.