Weeds

BedfordTX – posted 11 August 2005 04:50

Hi guys,I’m new to the forum. I’ve just moved into a newly built house. The builder provided Bermuda grass that mostly died when they did not water it. That’s ok, because I wanted to plant St. Augustine anyway. So that’s what I did when I moved in 3 months ago. Keep in mind I’m the only house on my street so I have nothing but fields with weeds on either side of me and it looks like it’ll be that way for awhile, at least through the winter months. My St. Augustine is doing wonderfully. I sprigged it as soon as I moved in. It’s spreading like wildfire. However, here is the problem. Although I’m hoping by the end of next summer it’ll be fully grown in, what do I do in the mean time??? The weeds growing up between the sprigs are out of control. I pull them daily but my back is killing me. Is there some kind of weed control that will kill the weeds and not harm my St. Augustine??? I have a tiny bit of the Bermuda that survived but other than that I have dead Bermuda, beautiful St. Augustine and very aggressive weeds. Before the St. Augustine really started to take off I just used Roundup for the in between spots but now I’m really stuck becaue of the St. Augustine vines. I don’t want to kill them!!! Please someone help me!!!! And then what do I use when my St. Augustine grows in all the way??? All the weed killers say “do not use on St. Augustine.” I’m in McKinney, TX

Thanks in advance,Jennifer

Buck – posted 11 August 2005 08:27

First you have to identify the weed(s) and then find an acceptable treatment – kills the weed not not the turf.

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