Hi , I have a large lawn which is infested with creeping buttercup. The
soil quality/drainage is poor and drainage enhancement would be a major
undertaking. Is there a selective weedkiller available which would kill or
control this weed?
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'Brian',

Any product containing MCPA will kill this weed with one application.

I note that Levington Complete, which is a weed and feed, contains this
ingredient and now is an ideal time to treat your lawn with it.

One bag will cost you about £25.00 (£20.99 last year) and will cover an
area of 400m².

Regards,
Emrys Davies.




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Hi , I have a large lawn which is infested with creeping buttercup.
The
soil quality/drainage is poor and drainage enhancement would be a
major
undertaking. Is there a selective weedkiller available which would
kill or
control this weed?
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Please do not reply to

On Tue, 22 Apr 2003 15:58:45 +0100, Emrys Davies wrote:

Any product containing MCPA will kill this weed with one application.

I've used MCPA alone on our dear friend Ranunculus repens, and
I'm sorry to say that it doesn't have a 100% kill rate, not at
all. I seem to get better results carefully hand-digging the
damned stuff out.

I suspect that this weed's seeds are very long-lived, so badly
infested ground may produce new seedlings for many years even if
you carefully removed it, by chemical or by hand.

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Rodger Whitlock
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

"Brian Walker" wrote in message
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Hi , I have a large lawn which is infested with creeping buttercup. The
soil quality/drainage is poor and drainage enhancement would be a major
undertaking. Is there a selective weedkiller available which would kill or
control this weed?
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You've just explained why you have creeping buttercup - it is an excellent
indicator of such conditions. If you get rid of the buttercups by spraying
or any other means, those conditions remain and precious little else will
grow there - certainly not much grass. Sorry, if you can't learn to love the
buttercups you have to do something about the conditions.

Rod