My lawns have become infested with a weed and I cannot identify it. I
have looked at various web pages and the nearest I can get to it is
'Pearlwort' ?
There are large areas covered with a green moss type of weed from
which is growing a mass of very small yellow flowers.They are small as
they avoid my mower.
What is this infestation ? Is it 'pearlwort' If so will a normal lawn
'feed and weed' spray get rid of it ? or shioul I use another chemical
?
Peter.


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On Thu, 19 Jun 2003 23:56:12 +0100, "Peter Coddington"
wrote:

~My lawns have become infested with a weed and I cannot identify it. I
~have looked at various web pages and the nearest I can get to it is
~'Pearlwort' ?
~There are large areas covered with a green moss type of weed from
~which is growing a mass of very small yellow flowers.They are small as
~they avoid my mower.
~What is this infestation ? Is it 'pearlwort' If so will a normal lawn
~'feed and weed' spray get rid of it ? or shioul I use another chemical
~?
~Peter.

Can you take a close-up digital pic and post it on a website
somewhere, or borrow a digicam from someone if you don't have one?

I wonder if you have a thing my Dad calls yellow clover (among other
things!) and which I believe is black medick. If you look closely does
it look like a tiny scaled-down clover?
I think some of the verdone weedkillers will get rid of it if it's
black medick.

--
jane

Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone,
you may still exist but you have ceased to live.
Mark Twain

Please remove onmaps from replies, thanks!