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BHM
Joined: 13 Apr 2003
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| Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2003 10:15 am Post subject: Dollar Weed in Bermuda Grass |
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| Dollar weed is taking over in my Bermuda lawn. How can I get this under control? |
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Dchall_San_Antonio
Joined: 18 Mar 2003
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Location: San Antonio,TEXAS
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| Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2003 11:22 pm Post subject: |
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| If you stop watering, the bermuda will likely survive and the dollar weed will not. Dollar weed is many different plants all with the same common name. My neighbor calls dichondra dollar weed. I call henbit dollar weed. Neither one is very drought hardy. I pull my henbit because it is extremely shallow rooted. Dichondra has runners but they pull out easily if you have not let it become a nest of runners under the grass. |
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amodekraft
Joined: 14 Jul 2003
Posts: 52
Location: Salado
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| Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2003 12:45 pm Post subject: |
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| Dollar weed is prettier than Bermuda! |
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Soils Alive
Joined: 25 Apr 2003
Posts: 42
Location: Dallas,TX
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| Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2003 11:44 am Post subject: Control |
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BHM is the Dollar weed growing in a shady part of your lawn? Typically we see Dollar weed growing in shady areas that bermuda does not do well. Bermuda needs about 6 hours of full sun to be thick and healthy, if it is recieving less than that you might consider going to St. Augustine grass or a ground cover.
Control of any spreading weed like dollar weed will require painting on finale herbicide. Finale is the best option if you step over and use a herbicide. If you do use it paint it on each leaf so that you do not harm the bermuda. This will likly take two to three treatments.
Hope this helps. |
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Gar
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Posts: 533
Location: Lavon,Texas
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| Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2003 7:10 pm Post subject: |
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This is my 2 cents worth on how I got rid of dollar weed:
In my lawn, at my vacation home on Galveston Island, I had over 50% dollar weed in the St Augustine grass. The dirt doctor and others may not agree with this but, ever since I have have been picking up the grass, rather then mulching it, I have noticed there is no longer any dollar weed.
Also the St Augustine grass is much thicker. It may because they get much more rain then we receive in the DFW Metroplex. Don't worry, the grass is brought back home and either put in the compost bins or spread on the garden. I will never throw away a free fertilizer, plus it is a valuable ingredient to the compost. I was down this weekend and cut my grass, between the rain storms. I did not see any dollar weed. I have never fertilized or watered this grass. |
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