Alexandra grass (form of crab grass)

aleicgrant – posted 08 May 2012 11:15

well the warm weather is here and I have a LOT of Alexandra grass popping up. Its a form of crab grass. Anyone deal with this and come up with a solution to kill it without killing the lawn!!!!!!!!!

jugheadfla – posted 08 May 2012 13:26

quote:Originally posted by aleicgrant:well the warm weather is here and I have a LOT of Alexandra grass popping up. Its a form of crab grass. Anyone deal with this and come up with a solution to kill it without killing the lawn!!!!!!!!!

I am having the same problem in one particular area of my Jamur. I haven’t tried anything other than hand picking that stuff out. Unfortunately, crabgrass tends to grow in the same way thatZoysia does (creeping) except that it grows much faster. I also have some spurge in the same area, but luckily that stuff is easy to get out. The crabgrass on the other hand is vicious and holds on for dear life. If anyone has a solution for this I would love to hear it.

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DrewP – posted 09 May 2012 15:50

I use atrazine with great success on Empire Zoysia in S. Florida. A Week after spraying, you can pull the yellowing crag grass out with the root.This site has some great info on Crabgrass near the bottom of the page:http://lawncaresimplified.typepad.com/lawn_care_simplified_safe/blog_index.html

aleicgrant – posted 09 May 2012 18:52

something like this?

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003N2KK34/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_1?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B000VRT2U6&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0WM34BE5X2 23JYKZT0WY

how much do you apply and how. Mixed with anything?

DrewP – posted 11 May 2012 10:45

Yes, that’s it – they sell it at home depot & Lowes by me.