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A well-maintained, uniform lawn is something many homeowners desire, but the sight of nutsedge (Cyperus rotundus) can get in the way of this dream. Some may not like the way it looks, and even worse, ...
If you need to get rid of weeds, you don't want to take your lawn out with them. From mowing techniques to natural herbicides, here's how to get the job done.
Yellow nutsedge is a prolific weed in lawns and landscape beds. Once established, it can take a number of years to control. Because it is a sedge and not a true grass or broadleaf plant, it requires ...
A friend of mine told me she had some type of fast-growing grass in our flower beds that seemed to grow even more when she pulled it up. She was wondering what this grass was and how to control it.
Yellow nutsedge is a challenging lawn weed. It’s a yellow-green, grass-like weed with waxy blades that grows faster than turfgrass. Being a sedge, it’s shiny stems are triangular-shaped rather than ...
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Yellow nutsedge is a common weed found in turf areas and is challenging to control. You can identify it by the triangular shape of its stems, with light green to yellowish leaves. Each leaf will be ...
Dear Neil: I've tried everything to kill nutgrass/nutsedge in my garden. Pre-emergent granules didn't help. Pulling didn't help. I've had a fresh crop every morning all year. What can I do? A: ...
Weeds have a way of sneaking into your garden and taking over before you even notice. Some spread through their roots, others scatter seeds everywhere, and the worst ones seem impossible to stop. If ...
Methyl bromide has been widely used as a broad-spectrum fumigant for weed control in polyethylene-mulched bell pepper. However, because of environmental hazards, the phase-out of methyl bromide ...