Weed Taking Over Centipede

nhouston – posted 31 August 2003 11:19

Please look at the weed at the following website and idenfity it. It’s getting to be a real problem in my centipede lawn.

http://home2.nikonnet.com/servlet/com.arcsoft.LoginNew?com=arcsoftBanner&awp=index3.html&DIRECT=&USERNAME=nhouston&PASSWORD=nikoneditor_-1393045992&WHO=memberguest

Dchall_San_Antonio – posted 01 September 2003 16:11

I get a blank page when I click on that link.

nhouston – posted 01 September 2003 19:49

I click on it and it carries me to the Nikon page with the pictures of the weed. Oh well is there another way to post the pictures of my weed?

Dchall_San_Antonio – posted 05 September 2003 00:59

I can see it now. Dont’ know what was going on there.

Can’t id the weed but I would spray it with vinegar and orange oil to kill it. That spray will kill the grass you get it on, so I try to mask the grass off with cardboard.

Jims’ Turf – posted 06 September 2003 14:15

Looks like dwarf beggarweed to me. I will try to find another example to confirm.

Jims’ Turf – posted 06 September 2003 14:44

Have you been treating your lawn with any chemicals for the weed before your post? The grass in the picture looks very weak. If so, what have you used so far and on what dates.

nhouston – posted 11 September 2003 19:26

My lawn is centipede so I usually don’t put anything chemicals on it. The grass in picture hasn’t seen rain in 2 weeks and temperatures in the mid 90s; so it is a little stressed. The weed in the pictures is coming up everywhere. Even in sidewalk cracks. I have put roundup on the sidewalk but this stuff always comes back in about a month. I’ll try pre-emergent this winter. Any Suggests?

I thought the little flower would help id it. The closest thing I could find was spurge but does spurge every bloom?

Thanks for the help

certified-in-florida – posted 28 September 2003 12:40

Looks to me like some kind of button weed. You can use herbicides in Centipede. I think pre emergent will be your best bet.