Spruge, herbicides containing 2,4-D, dicamba, MCPP, and/or fluroxypyr can be effective
sevargmas
Spurge.
supersaki
Others have already answered, but this is very satisfying to hand pull.
AtlantaEagle
Try the orange bottle of Spectracide. I used it regularly and it kills my spurge issues.
forbidenfrootloop
I have never seen it as prominent as this year. It’s insane but easy to pull
Loose_Kaleidoscope11
Its Spurge . easy pull. But there annoying
PresidentBirb
Better to pull than to use something like a weed torch on them. Their burnt smell is weird. Really nice to pull tho, with gloves so your hands don’t get sticky.
OKC_1919
Spurge. They grow faster than any weed I’ve ever seen. And they are born pregnant. I hate them in my gardens. Cheers on your weed pulling!
United-War4561
Heard you should not pull them as spread the seeds all over your yard. Find the right herbicide and eliminate them. They literally will sprout in my concrete patio. Brutal
aboveaveragewife
This mainly grows between the pavers around my pool and it’s an easy pull but damn do I get tired of doing it all the time!
ElectronicAd6675
Spurge gets a waxy coating in the summer that makes it hard for herbicides to penetrate. Use a spreader sticker for better results.
ggeihs03
So glad someone posted this, but these things been going crazy in my garden. They are fun to pull, but seems like they are hard to prevent. Do pre-emergents work on this? Only success I have is a large layer of mulch.
Terrible-Opinion-888
Spurge. Hand pull.
Horticultural vinegar pump sprayer on a sunny day fries it to a crisp.
Lespedeza releases so many seeds that I have to spray atrazine twice every year to keep it knocked down.
bfarrellc
Just spray it. We use commercial R Up.
some_kind_of_friend
You’re being advised to hand pull them. Just know, if you do, you’ll be dropping their seeds everywhere as you do it. Pull it and walk across the yard? You’ll be dropping seeds the whole way.
They’re satisfying to pull by hand but make sure you’ve got a bucket with you as you do it so you can contain the seeds as you work.
Im in 8b and fight this each year, but seems earlier this year than before. I just hit it with my combo Celsius and Sertay yesterday, I’ll share the results when I see any.
SnooStrawberries3391
Yep. Spurge. I just spent 3 hours pulling it out of my Floratam St Augustine grass. It’s growing like crazy this very hot Summer. We’ve been in the 90s here since May 6th. Only 2 rainy days that didn’t get to 90 or more here. One was 88° and the other 89°.
We hit 99° yesterday afternoon for a little over 2 hours. Today was almost a sweater day, only got to 95°. My thermometers are in radiation shelters 5 feet high. Over natural grass and away from buildings.
Rain has been extremely sporadic and this Summer heat causes the grass blades to thin out. We are only allowed water one day a week, so the grass can get pretty rough looking. Like Kermit, it’s not easy being greene here.
Spurge is growing everywhere. And I don’t know if anything will kill it without killing or adversely affecting the Floratam at these temperatures.
Pulling it out of the ground brings the roots along sometimes. Sometimes the roots break off. Been fighting it since Spring.
jcr62250
I was checking out the Forum in Rome and looked down and there it was about the size of a dinner plate, pulled it
h2o_girl
Spurge is my most hated weed. I let lots of stuff just be in my lawn, but I can’t abide the spurge. Quinclorac killed it for me. I’ve also poured boiling water on it when it’s coming up in the cracks in my walkway, and that works too.
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Spruge, herbicides containing 2,4-D, dicamba, MCPP, and/or fluroxypyr can be effective
Spurge.
Others have already answered, but this is very satisfying to hand pull.
Try the orange bottle of Spectracide. I used it regularly and it kills my spurge issues.
I have never seen it as prominent as this year. It’s insane but easy to pull
Its Spurge . easy pull. But there annoying
Better to pull than to use something like a weed torch on them. Their burnt smell is weird. Really nice to pull tho, with gloves so your hands don’t get sticky.
Spurge. They grow faster than any weed I’ve ever seen. And they are born pregnant. I hate them in my gardens. Cheers on your weed pulling!
Heard you should not pull them as spread the seeds all over your yard. Find the right herbicide and eliminate them. They literally will sprout in my concrete patio. Brutal
This mainly grows between the pavers around my pool and it’s an easy pull but damn do I get tired of doing it all the time!
Spurge gets a waxy coating in the summer that makes it hard for herbicides to penetrate. Use a spreader sticker for better results.
So glad someone posted this, but these things been going crazy in my garden. They are fun to pull, but seems like they are hard to prevent. Do pre-emergents work on this? Only success I have is a large layer of mulch.
Spurge. Hand pull.
Horticultural vinegar pump sprayer on a sunny day fries it to a crisp.
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Does msma take care of it?
Lespedeza releases so many seeds that I have to spray atrazine twice every year to keep it knocked down.
Just spray it. We use commercial R Up.
You’re being advised to hand pull them. Just know, if you do, you’ll be dropping their seeds everywhere as you do it. Pull it and walk across the yard? You’ll be dropping seeds the whole way.
They’re satisfying to pull by hand but make sure you’ve got a bucket with you as you do it so you can contain the seeds as you work.
Shit sucks. Sprouts dropping seeds. Fuck spurge lol
Im in 8b and fight this each year, but seems earlier this year than before. I just hit it with my combo Celsius and Sertay yesterday, I’ll share the results when I see any.
Yep. Spurge. I just spent 3 hours pulling it out of my Floratam St Augustine grass. It’s growing like crazy this very hot Summer. We’ve been in the 90s here since May 6th. Only 2 rainy days that didn’t get to 90 or more here. One was 88° and the other 89°.
We hit 99° yesterday afternoon for a little over 2 hours. Today was almost a sweater day, only got to 95°. My thermometers are in radiation shelters 5 feet high. Over natural grass and away from buildings.
Rain has been extremely sporadic and this Summer heat causes the grass blades to thin out. We are only allowed water one day a week, so the grass can get pretty rough looking. Like Kermit, it’s not easy being greene here.
Spurge is growing everywhere. And I don’t know if anything will kill it without killing or adversely affecting the Floratam at these temperatures.
Pulling it out of the ground brings the roots along sometimes. Sometimes the roots break off. Been fighting it since Spring.
I was checking out the Forum in Rome and looked down and there it was about the size of a dinner plate, pulled it
Spurge is my most hated weed. I let lots of stuff just be in my lawn, but I can’t abide the spurge. Quinclorac killed it for me. I’ve also poured boiling water on it when it’s coming up in the cracks in my walkway, and that works too.