i've read numerous reports here that the herbicide Ornamec is quite
effective against japanese stilt grass. i have quite a lot of the nasty
stuff in quite a nasty spot...interspersed along a creek bank with various
shady natives and wildflowers. i hate to spray everything, despite
Ornamec's claim to not hurt broadleaves.

can anyone speak to Ornamec and fern? and moss? and Blue Star? Virginia
Bluebell? Trillium? Wild ginger? i'm assuming that the broadleaves will
be unaffected, but the moss and fern concern me a bit. and at $32/qt i
don't think i want to test it in a small area and have it not work as
advertised.

anyone have hands-on news? i find a little mention in google indicating
it's ok with moss, but that's all i know.

dookie

On 2004-08-23, nc.rr.com wrote:
i've read numerous reports here that the herbicide Ornamec is quite
effective against japanese stilt grass. i have quite a lot of the nasty
stuff in quite a nasty spot...interspersed along a creek bank with various
shady natives and wildflowers. i hate to spray everything, despite
Ornamec's claim to not hurt broadleaves.

can anyone speak to Ornamec and fern? and moss? and Blue Star? Virginia
Bluebell? Trillium? Wild ginger? i'm assuming that the broadleaves will
be unaffected, but the moss and fern concern me a bit. and at $32/qt i
don't think i want to test it in a small area and have it not work as
advertised.

anyone have hands-on news? i find a little mention in google indicating
it's ok with moss, but that's all i know.

dookie


You will have to peruse the label closely and perhaps try some small
spots. I had no trouble with it, but I wanted the stilt grass gone. I
seem to have less this year. It is getting time to spray though.

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Wes Dukes (wdukes.pobox@com) Swap the . and the @ to email me please.

is a garbage address.

can anyone speak to Ornamec and fern? and moss? and Blue Star? Virginia
Bluebell? Trillium? Wild ginger?

I've made a few applications in previous years. No real issues with Christmas
fern, trillium or wild ginger. I don't have Virginia Bluebell or Blue Star in
the areas I sprayed. There was no noticeable effect on azaleas.

Don't know if it was the Ornamec or not but I sprayed Ornamec around the base
of a 10-foot Chindo viburnum earlier this summer and now the Chindo has lost
all its leaves. Other Chindo in my yard are doing fine but I didn't spray
Ornamec under them.

Marcy