Nutgrass is a fast-spreading sedge that competes aggressively for space, water, and nutrients. It quickly overtakes lawns and is hard to remove due to its deep tubers and rapid growth. Selective ...
Pay attention to what looks like a yellowish-green kind of grass that seems to be standing up higher and growing faster than "regular" grass in the lawn. It's likely the beginning of an invasion of ...
Q: Could you tell me how to kill the roots of Mexican petunias? They are so pretty, but they have taken over my yard. Joanne Geller, Richmond A: I agree Mexican petunias (Ruellia brittoniana/Ruellia ...
My garden, as well as many of my neighbors’, is overrun by nutgrass. I have tried the product recommended by a local garden store, with not good results. It is expensive, and I tried it two times, but ...
Q: I had a lawn in bad shape and recently had it completely replaced with new more shade-tolerant Bermuda. However after a few days it is becoming a field of nutgrass. Apparently they did not remove ...
Hugh Smith wrote to ask what to do about nutgrass, the wickedest weed in a Bakersfield yard. Nutgrass is a perennial weed that spreads by underground rhizomes as well as by "nuts" produced underground ...
Q. I’m in Hampton and have a horrible problem with nutgrass in my front flower beds, in the seams between my walkway to the driveway, and one area of the sidewalk to the driveway. I tried an Ortho ...
Question: Nutgrass!*#!* My new bed in northeast Austin wraps around a hot sunny southwest street corner. Grass wouldn't grow there. (I wouldn't water it.) I removed the turf (mostly stickers) to a ...
My garden, as well as many of my neighbors’, is overrun by nutgrass. I have tried the product recommended by a local garden store, with not good results. It is expensive, and I tried it two times, but ...