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Kate[_5_]

wrote:
Ron wrote:
On Mar 14, 3:27 pm, "bob callaway" wrote:
What is the process to use to kill the weeds in my st. Augustine
grass. I
know it's not a overnight process, but I have to start somewhere?

Scott's Weed and Feed if it's a nice healthy lawn. Unless you have
those weeds that have "spurs". I can't think of the name of them right
now, but there is only one product that will kill them. It's very
expensive and you have to get it from a specialty store. Home Depot or
Lowes doesn't carry it.

We have a nasty pest in Florida, one of many household plants that
become invasive...asparagus fern. Not a fern, but a nasty, spiky vine
with lots of tubers. They bear berries that birds carry off and really
mess up hedges, etc. Cut to the ground, wait for new growth to reach
about 3" and then paint with a brush and Roundup. Rather fussy, but
much easier than trying to dig them up. Did same with a few lawn weeds
that were tough. Would work nicely for the occasional dandelion.
This is what I have to do to get rid of a noxious weed in my lawn called
Johnson Grass. I got rid of most of it two years ago spraying Roundup
on 3/4 of my lawn. It looked awful all summer. Now, I just take a
paint brush and paint the leaves, and eventually the new stuff will die.
At least the yard does not look as bad as it used to. I was told this
is a five-year ordeal, and it is working. I am going on three years
now. Digging them up did not help as the tubers are way underground.

I was told the birds bring it in, plus I believe two of my neighbors
have it, and are not aware that it is a noxious weed.

I don't know, I may be wasting my time, because if the neighbors' have
it, the wind will blow it into my yard.

Oh the joys of home ownership.