control crabgrass? that's in the same league as Naval Intelligence....
maybe mulch heavily w good compost and if soil calcium is low prolly a
liming prior to the compost asddition is warranted. How bigs your lawn,
wallet, and back?tell us more bout whtcha wanna do,cant sellectively
contreol it cept by weeding...or mulch /cover crop it out of
oblivion(spuring on our underground heroes into great feats of
decomposition on these despised rhizomes)
diego bill
Larry Newton wrote:
It hasn't rained much in my area (SW of Chicago) for some time now. The
only thing growing in my grass is crab grass. It seems to be proliferating
while the lawn is dormant. Any suggestions on how to control it?
Also, I am interested in planting a relatively short shade tree (<20 ft.
tall) on the side of my house. Any suggestions on how to select a tree?
Thanks in advance.
Larry
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It hasn't rained much in my area (SW of Chicago) for some time now. The
only thing growing in my grass is crab grass. It seems to be proliferating
while the lawn is dormant. Any suggestions on how to control it?
Also, I am interested in planting a relatively short shade tree (<20 ft.
tall) on the side of my house. Any suggestions on how to select a tree?
Thanks in advance.
Larry
Larry,
I'm not much for lawn chemicals but had so much crab grass last year that I
knew I had to do something. I used a product that is corn gluten and is
marketed by Gardens Alive under the name Wow. It worked great and I will do a
second application this fall. It's not cheap, but is safe and effective. The
only drawback I can see besides the cost is that my quite tubby beagle found
the corn gluten yummy and would lick the grass every time she went outside
until it rained and it soaked into the ground. Here's the address if you're
interested.
http://www.gardens-alive.com/index.html
Larry Newton wrote:
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> It hasn't rained much in my area (SW of Chicago) for some time now. The
> only thing growing in my grass is crab grass. It seems to be proliferating
> while the lawn is dormant. Any suggestions on how to control it?
Yep. Mow your grass high from now on, and by next summer you will gain
better control. (High = 3 and a half inches or more)
Weed it out (by hand, there are fewer plants than it seems) about the middle
of August, and overseed your lawn with good quality grass seed. Topdress in
mid-October with weed free compost, up to 1/2 inch.
Next year keep your grass high, and you will notice less crabgrass. Studies
have shown that mowing at 3 and a half inches is equal to chemical control
of crabgrass.
Crabgrass is a warm season annual; it is a C4 grass and out grows dormant
cool season grasses, especially in hot dry summers, when there are
germination sites on the lawn, caused by spotty turf and especially by low
mowing, which is an open invitation to crabgrass.
Frank--gets crabby with crabgrass, but with high mowing it won't be there
next year---but for now be gladdened by its light green growing, another
color in nature's living rainbow kaleidoscope
Giggle,
I can see it now. I live on a road that dead ends to a wooded path and all the
neighbors with dogs walk them by my house. (Usually they make it to the woods)
This could cause quite a stir.
Esther
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Larry,
I'm not much for lawn chemicals but had so much crab grass last year that I
knew I had to do something. I used a product that is corn gluten and is
marketed by Gardens Alive under the name Wow. It worked great and I will do a
second application this fall. It's not cheap, but is safe and effective. The
only drawback I can see besides the cost is that my quite tubby beagle found
the corn gluten yummy and would lick the grass every time she went outside
until it rained and it soaked into the ground. Here's the address if you're
interested.
http://www.gardens-alive.com/index.html
Larry Newton wrote:
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> It hasn't rained much in my area (SW of Chicago) for some time now. The
> only thing growing in my grass is crab grass. It seems to be
proliferating
> while the lawn is dormant. Any suggestions on how to control it?
Liberty Hyde Bailey, a pioner horticulturist said about crab grass, " Die
and leave it" . Mostly keep it cut and pull it so it doesn't produce seeds,
This stuff seems to be really bad this year, my yard and garden beds and at
daughters in NW Indiana are infested and its a constant battle with it.
> Also, I am interested in planting a relatively short shade tree (<20 ft.
> tall) on the side of my house. Any suggestions on how to select a tree?
Just a shade tree or something with spring blossoms and winter interest?
There are numerous trees for this area that meet that criteria.
Believe me, Esther, it was quite a site! And an embarrassment! Imagine people
coming to visit and seeing a very tubby beagle making her way around the yard
licking the grass.
Jackie
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I would like to see a answer to this one also==I have more crab grass than anything//One of the big trouble with controling it is like mom always says if just 1 of the root gets left that is all it needs to get going againshe also points out to look for the white color root what looks like hairs comming off it =each hair will grow and fast;-(((
CUL Ann,Manton,Mi
----- Original Message -----
From: bernabrat2001
To: seedmessenger@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2006 2:19 AM
Subject: [seedmessenger] Crab Grass
Any not chemical ways to get rid of crab grass? I don't like using
chemicals because I have children and a nursing infant. If anyone has
any home remedies for this please let me know. Thanks.
Would white vinagar kill dandelions also I have alot and also baby pansy
a patch of 20 ft and growing i think i will have to call somebody in my
grass is a mess and get worse by the year Lorna
-----Original Message-----
From: seedmessenger@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:seedmessenger@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Laura DePreta
Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2006 9:54 AM
To: seedmessenger@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [seedmessenger] Re: Crab Grass
Good for you! Just say NO to chemical pesticides and herbicides!
White vinegar works, but kills it all, grass and the stuff you like.
I got one of those weed torches with the small propane tank. My
teenage son used to love channeling his pyromania into lawn care. My
big lawn problem is the wild strawberry. That stuff really takes
over. We've torched big sections of it and then over seeded. Kinda
works.
--- In seedmessenger@yahoogroups.com, bernabrat2001
ba_alvarado@... wrote:
Any not chemical ways to get rid of crab grass? I don't like using
chemicals because I have children and a nursing infant. If anyone
has
any home remedies for this please let me know. Thanks.
Oh, I hate crab grass! I would love to know any solution to it as well. I
know that while vinegar works on everything else I've tried, crabgrass just
laughs at it.
Kim
-----Original Message-----
From: seedmessenger@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:seedmessenger@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Ann Bigger
Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2006 5:36 AM
To: seedmessenger@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [seedmessenger] Crab Grass
I would like to see a answer to this one also==I have more crab grass than
anything//One of the big trouble with controling it is like mom always says
if just 1 of the root gets left that is all it needs to get going
againshe also points out to look for the white color root what looks like
hairs comming off it =each hair will grow and fast;-(((
CUL Ann,Manton,Mi
----- Original Message -----
From: bernabrat2001
To: seedmessenger@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2006 2:19 AM
Subject: [seedmessenger] Crab Grass
Any not chemical ways to get rid of crab grass? I don't like using
chemicals because I have children and a nursing infant. If anyone has
any home remedies for this please let me know. Thanks.
UGH! Well hopefully I won't be seeing in the garden for much longer, as I
have been digging out every root I find everytime I prep a new section. So
just have to keep it from crossing into it.
Kim
-----Original Message-----
From: seedmessenger@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:seedmessenger@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Ann Bigger
Sent: Monday, May 29, 2006 9:40 AM
To: seedmessenger@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [seedmessenger] Crab Grass
You double dig them up, shake the dirt out and spreed them out to dry when
dry, when dry you burn them and after that be careful where you spreed the
ashes==repeat as needed==grandpa was saying this over 90 years ago and I
just got the instructions from my mother;-))))))
CUL Ann,Manton,Mi
----- Original Message -----
From: Kyrsyan2
To: seedmessenger@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, May 29, 2006 9:01 AM
Subject: RE: [seedmessenger] Crab Grass
Oh, I hate crab grass! I would love to know any solution to it as well.
I
know that while vinegar works on everything else I've tried, crabgrass
just
laughs at it.
Kim
-----Original Message-----
From: seedmessenger@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:seedmessenger@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Ann Bigger
Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2006 5:36 AM
To: seedmessenger@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [seedmessenger] Crab Grass
I would like to see a answer to this one also==I have more crab grass
than
anything//One of the big trouble with controling it is like mom always
says
if just 1 of the root gets left that is all it needs to get going
againshe also points out to look for the white color root what looks
like
hairs comming off it =each hair will grow and fast;-(((
CUL Ann,Manton,Mi
----- Original Message -----
From: bernabrat2001
To: seedmessenger@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2006 2:19 AM
Subject: [seedmessenger] Crab Grass
Any not chemical ways to get rid of crab grass? I don't like using
chemicals because I have children and a nursing infant. If anyone
has
any home remedies for this please let me know. Thanks.
You double dig them up, shake the dirt out and spreed them out to dry when dry, when dry you burn them and after that be careful where you spreed the ashes==repeat as needed==grandpa was saying this over 90 years ago and I just got the instructions from my mother;-))))))
CUL Ann,Manton,Mi
----- Original Message -----
From: Kyrsyan2
To: seedmessenger@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, May 29, 2006 9:01 AM
Subject: RE: [seedmessenger] Crab Grass
Oh, I hate crab grass! I would love to know any solution to it as well. I
know that while vinegar works on everything else I've tried, crabgrass just
laughs at it.
Kim
-----Original Message-----
From: seedmessenger@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:seedmessenger@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Ann Bigger
Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2006 5:36 AM
To: seedmessenger@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [seedmessenger] Crab Grass
I would like to see a answer to this one also==I have more crab grass than
anything//One of the big trouble with controling it is like mom always says
if just 1 of the root gets left that is all it needs to get going
againshe also points out to look for the white color root what looks like
hairs comming off it =each hair will grow and fast;-(((
CUL Ann,Manton,Mi
----- Original Message -----
From: bernabrat2001
To: seedmessenger@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2006 2:19 AM
Subject: [seedmessenger] Crab Grass
Any not chemical ways to get rid of crab grass? I don't like using
chemicals because I have children and a nursing infant. If anyone has
any home remedies for this please let me know. Thanks.
My two hands are all I have and a two foot wood mulch barrier around the
outside. I will pull it thoroughly every time I see it. Seems to be the
only way.
Kim
-----Original Message-----
From: seedmessenger@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:seedmessenger@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Ann Bigger
Sent: Monday, May 29, 2006 1:43 PM
To: seedmessenger@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [seedmessenger] Crab Grass
And just what are you going to use to keep it from crossing into it????It
can go though/around/under/over any size wall you or I could put in place
;;; LOL
CUL Ann,Manton,Mi
----- Original Message -----
From: Kyrsyan2
To: seedmessenger@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, May 29, 2006 9:36 AM
Subject: RE: [seedmessenger] Crab Grass
UGH! Well hopefully I won't be seeing in the garden for much longer, as
I
have been digging out every root I find everytime I prep a new section.
So
just have to keep it from crossing into it.
Kim
-----Original Message-----
From: seedmessenger@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:seedmessenger@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Ann Bigger
Sent: Monday, May 29, 2006 9:40 AM
To: seedmessenger@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [seedmessenger] Crab Grass
You double dig them up, shake the dirt out and spreed them out to dry
when
dry, when dry you burn them and after that be careful where you spreed
the
ashes==repeat as needed==grandpa was saying this over 90 years ago and I
just got the instructions from my mother;-))))))
CUL Ann,Manton,Mi
----- Original Message -----
From: Kyrsyan2
To: seedmessenger@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, May 29, 2006 9:01 AM
Subject: RE: [seedmessenger] Crab Grass
Oh, I hate crab grass! I would love to know any solution to it as
well.
I
know that while vinegar works on everything else I've tried,
crabgrass
just
laughs at it.
Kim
-----Original Message-----
From: seedmessenger@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:seedmessenger@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Ann Bigger
Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2006 5:36 AM
To: seedmessenger@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [seedmessenger] Crab Grass
I would like to see a answer to this one also==I have more crab
grass
than
anything//One of the big trouble with controling it is like mom
always
says
if just 1 of the root gets left that is all it needs to get going
againshe also points out to look for the white color root what
looks
like
hairs comming off it =each hair will grow and fast;-(((
CUL Ann,Manton,Mi
----- Original Message -----
From: bernabrat2001
To: seedmessenger@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2006 2:19 AM
Subject: [seedmessenger] Crab Grass
Any not chemical ways to get rid of crab grass? I don't like
using
chemicals because I have children and a nursing infant. If
anyone
has
any home remedies for this please let me know. Thanks.
