What is this growing in my yard?
 

Is this some weed? How do i get rid of this? I live in SoutheastTexas
and i have St. Augustine grass. It is growing in patches sparsely
throughout my front and back yard. Thanks.

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What is this growing in my yard?
 

Looks like some variation of clover.

Walter
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Is this some weed? How do i get rid of this? I live in SoutheastTexas
and i have St. Augustine grass. It is growing in patches sparsely
throughout my front and back yard. Thanks.

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What is this growing in my yard?
 

On Feb 10, 6:25 pm, "Walter Cohen" wrote:
Looks like some variation of clover.

I agree.

If you really don't want it you can use a broadleaf weed killer on it.

What is this growing in my yard?
 

What is this growing in my yard?
 

On Feb 11, 5:48*pm, Bert Hyman wrote:
(WDS) wrote :

On Feb 10, 6:25 pm, "Walter Cohen" wrote:
Looks like some variation of clover.

I agree.

If you really don't want it you can use a broadleaf weed killer on
it.

Ortho makes a variety of "Weed B Gon for Southern Lawns" for St.
Augustine grass that's supposed to work on clover.

Beware that Ortho's "Weed B Gon Max" and clover-specific variety of
"Weed B Gon" (labeled "Chickweed, Clover & Oxalis Killer") can't be
used on St. Augustine grass.

The only stuff I remember working well on clover was Silvex (2,4,5-TP)
which was banned in the US in 1985.

--
Bert Hyman | St. Paul, MN |

Try to avoid more damn chemicals that get into our water supplies and
food chains!
It looks like some sort of clover?
If it is; why try to get rid of it?
It is green; it puts nitrogen 'back' into the soil, it doesn't usually
get too long, so needs little if any cutting, it not only resists
cinch bug but resists the dry conditions that sometimes encourage
cinch bugs (they dislike damp) so that you get fewer brown patches.
Clover is less work than grass.
Any 'bad' patches in our front and back we usually seed with some good
quality short white clover. Bees like that btw and bees are good for
all kinds of reasons; provided we don't poison them out of existence!
Also noticed that areas with clover seem to have fewer dandelions.
Some horticulturists recommend seeding lawns with clover not grass and
a friend who has done a house rebuild has seeded their new front and
rear lawns with clover.

What is this growing in my yard?
 

What is this growing in my yard?
 

On Feb 12, 11:15*pm, Bert Hyman wrote:
(terry) wrote :





On Feb 11, 5:48ÿpm, Bert Hyman wrote:
(WDS) wrote
innews:8e2fc909-5d33-445c-8f11-d4205cf44943@e2
5g2000prg.googlegroups.com:

On Feb 10, 6:25 pm, "Walter Cohen" wrote:
Looks like some variation of clover.

I agree.

If you really don't want it you can use a broadleaf weed killer
on it.

Ortho makes a variety of "Weed B Gon for Southern Lawns" for St.
Augustine grass that's supposed to work on clover.

Try to avoid more damn chemicals that get into our water supplies
and food chains!
It looks like some sort of clover?
If it is; why try to get rid of it?

Fair enough.

The OP only asked what it was; I just assumed he wanted to get rid of
it.

--
Bert Hyman | St. Paul, MN | - Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Yes Bert: Valid comment. Made the same assumption here!
So often that people see something they think shouldn't be there and
reach for the chemical bottle!
Should have just said "Clover; is good".
BTW: In 1970 we were using well water etc. on our half acre lot, Now
on municipal supply. But various neighbours have since used so many
herbicides/insecticides that some won't even allow their pets (one
also wonders what it does to children/people?) to romp in their
gardens!
So we don't and wouldn't, use our well water, unless we had a series
of chemical analysis tests, probaly costing several hundred dollars
each time as clear eveidence of not only bacteriological but also
chemical safety.
The other thing we have done since 1970 is plant trees; even in this
rather severe N.Eastern Canadian climate of long winters, short
summers and thinnish poor acid soil, we now have at least 50 trees
that act as windbreak and produce oxygen. And we have pointedly not
used any chemicals to get them to grow or survive.
Sermon ends! Cheers.

What is this growing in my yard?
 

On Feb 14, 2:30*pm, terry wrote:
On Feb 12, 11:15*pm, Bert Hyman wrote:





(terry) wrote :

On Feb 11, 5:48ÿpm, Bert Hyman wrote:
(WDS) wrote
innews:8e2fc909-5d33-445c-8f11-d4205cf44943@e2
5g2000prg.googlegroups.com:

On Feb 10, 6:25 pm, "Walter Cohen" wrote:
Looks like some variation of clover.

I agree.

If you really don't want it you can use a broadleaf weed killer
on it.

Ortho makes a variety of "Weed B Gon for Southern Lawns" for St.
Augustine grass that's supposed to work on clover.

Try to avoid more damn chemicals that get into our water supplies
and food chains!
It looks like some sort of clover?
If it is; why try to get rid of it?

Fair enough.

The OP only asked what it was; I just assumed he wanted to get rid of
it.

--
Bert Hyman | St. Paul, MN | - Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Yes Bert: Valid comment. Made the same assumption here!
So often that people see something they think shouldn't be there and
reach for the chemical bottle!
Should have just said "Clover; is good".
BTW: In 1970 we were using well water etc. on our half acre lot, Now
on municipal supply. But *various neighbours have since used so many
herbicides/insecticides that some won't even allow their pets (one
also wonders what it does to children/people?) to romp in their
gardens!
So we don't and wouldn't, use our well water, unless we had a series
of chemical analysis tests, probaly costing several hundred dollars
each time as clear eveidence of not only bacteriological but also
chemical safety.
The other thing we have done since 1970 is plant trees; even in this
rather severe N.Eastern Canadian climate of long winters, short
summers and thinnish poor acid soil, we now have at least 50 trees
that act as windbreak and produce oxygen. And we have pointedly not
used any chemicals to get them to grow or survive.
Sermon ends! Cheers.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

BTW. Weeds defined as something growing where YOU don't want it!
Was in Malta recently and there big bushes of prickly pear cactus grow
wild and around walled gardens of familiar vegetables. While portions
of that plant can be consumed it was generally regarded, in that
situation, as a weed!

What is this growing in my yard?
 

On Feb 14, 4:30 am, terry wrote:
On Feb 12, 11:15 pm, Bert Hyman wrote:



(terry) wrote :

On Feb 11, 5:48ÿpm, Bert Hyman wrote:
(WDS) wrote
innews:8e2fc909-5d33-445c-8f11-d4205cf44943@e2
5g2000prg.googlegroups.com:

On Feb 10, 6:25 pm, "Walter Cohen" wrote:
Looks like some variation of clover.

I agree.

If you really don't want it you can use a broadleaf weed killer
on it.

Ortho makes a variety of "Weed B Gon for Southern Lawns" for St.
Augustine grass that's supposed to work on clover.

Try to avoid more damn chemicals that get into our water supplies
and food chains!
It looks like some sort of clover?
If it is; why try to get rid of it?

Fair enough.

The OP only asked what it was; I just assumed he wanted to get rid of
it.

--
Bert Hyman | St. Paul, MN | - Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Yes Bert: Valid comment. Made the same assumption here!
So often that people see something they think shouldn't be there and
reach for the chemical bottle!
Should have just said "Clover; is good".

Clover used to be good in lawns, until someone found a chemical that
would kill it without killing the grass
When I was a kid, I used to lay in the lawn looking for 4-leaf
clovers. I didn't know it was bad....
Now, I don't have the time, and the HOAs say clover's a weed.

What is this growing in my yard?