Getting Rid of Crabgrass

yes it sounds like crab grass. the only way to get rid of grab grass is to apply a pre emergences on your yard in early spring (called grab grass preventer), it stops the grab grass from germinating. it must be applied every spring. if not, the grab grass will take over your whole yard.

Crabgrass creeps along the ground- what you describe sounds like goosegrass. You can use Roundup on it but that will also kill your grass. There is a spray you can try by Fertilome called Summer Crabgrass Spray; it will also work on the goosegrass.

Dave

October 14, 20050 found this helpful

You can tell if it is a crabgrass if it has a purple tinge in the fall. Try a Crab Grass preventer in the spring.

My yard looks terrible with crab grass some thick vine grass that is soft but over my grass. If I were to resod my yard can I go over the grass or do I have to rip out the yard down to dirt?

Is this crabgrass?

Help! I put down dandilion killer by scotts a week ago, but I have alot of crabgrass. Can I now put down step one of scotts lawn care called turf builder with crabgrass control.

Vincent King

April 30, 20050 found this helpful

1 gallon white vinegar . Add 8 drops of liquid dish washing detergent (helps plant material absorb the liquid)

Clara Steendahl

May 4, 20050 found this helpful

Alright, then what do you do? Spray it on the plant? water the plant ? And how often? If that works I'm going to do it. Does it work on all weeds or just crabgrass? thanks a bunch

We live in North Florida and have about 40% of our St Augustime lawn covered with Crabgrass. I would be interested in finding a way to kill the crabgrass without destroying or damaging the St Augustine grass.

For St. Augustine grass you can use organic crabgrass killers. Just do a google search and you'll find the products.

Tom:

Boiling water! It will take a couple days to shrivel up, but it certainly works and leaves nothing to prevent future planting.

Boiling water will kill off grass too if your crabgrass is in the lawn.

Gina L.

June 24, 20150 found this helpful

My crabgrass is in a big flowerbox that I'm wanting to get rid of. I'm seeing posts for crabgrass killer for lawns. Would it be the same for my flowerbox?

Question:

Hardiness Zone: 5b

Vanet from Saugerties, NY

Answer:

I cannot think of any easy solutions to controlling crabgrass, and I'm not sure a person can hope to ever get rid of it completely. Even when using pre-emergent herbicides, it seems to come back eventually. The first thing that I would suggest is to raise the height of your lawn mower blades to 3 inches. This will support the healthy growth of turf grass and leaves less room for crabgrass seeds to take hold.

For long-term control, I would recommend applying corn meal gluten. This is an all natural by-product of milling corn that acts are a pre-emergent for controlling crabgrass, barnyard grass, foxtail, dandelion, lambs quarters, pigweed, purslane, smartweed and others. If applied once in mid spring (around the time the lilacs bloom) and again in mid August, you should catch two different flushes of crabgrass. A third flush will probably be ready to germinate just in time to be killed off by frost. Corn meal gluten should not be used if you're trying to establish a lawn, because it prevents regular grass seed from sprouting too. If you apply this at a rate of approximately 20 lbs per 1000 sq. ft. the first year, you should see at least a 40-50% reduction in crabgrass. Control will continue to improve each year with successive use.

Ellen

Sharon

August 27, 20060 found this helpful

Vanet I had read this you might give it a try
Good Luck
A great organic "weed and feed" product is corn gluten. It will suppress crabgrass germination, while fertilizing your lawn.

Laura Justice

August 28, 20060 found this helpful

I think the men mowing also "seeded" my yard-- however I made it worse by agreeing to "scalping" in preparation for summer growth. Will never do that again. The grass didn't have the strength to fight off the weed seeds. The other thing I did was insist the height of my grass to be at least 3 inches before mowing-- we'll find out if mine is OK next spring.

kathleen williams
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September 16, 20090 found this helpful

Cover it with plastic for a few weeks. This will work for any kind of grass you don't like. Also search for your question, good luck.

Question:

Hardiness Zone: 6a

Vanet from Saugerties, NY

Answer:

Are you talking about Canada Green Grass? http://www.seenontvproducts.net/...canada%20grass&OVMTC=standard

If so, I would advise you to check out what others are saying on this forum before spending your money: http://turfgrass.com/ubb/Forum5/HTML/000002-2.html

It sounds to me like this particular mix is quite the wonder grass. I'm sure this mix could work under the right conditions, but whether or not your site has the right conditions is something you'll have to research. Try to find out if someone on this forum has grown it successfully where you live.

A good mixture of grass seed for lawns in your zone will probably contain roughly 50% Kentucky bluegrass, 30-40% red fescue, and 10 to 20% perennial ryegrass. A diverse mixture is important. Most turf diseases go after one type of grass so a mixture helps to ensure that at least some of your lawn will remain protected should the worst happen. Look for high-quality mixes. They may cost a bit more, but you're likely to get what you pay for. Less expensive mixes have a lower rate of germination and are more likely to contain unwanted types of seeds (weeds).

Good luck!
Ellen

Don't know if this is the grass you're referring to, or if it would work in your zone, but down here (Texas) we have something called "centipede grass" that crowds out the weeds and makes a pretty lawn. Hope this helps!