I read the label and knew I didn't find anything I was looking for. The only active ingredient is Fenoxaprop-p-ethyl. I really wanted to buy something at ACE and not have to mix tenacity for such a small section of crab grass that popped up so I figured I'd give it a shot. I found multiple posts on this sub recommending it and amazon reviews were mostly positive with a few claiming it killed too much of their grass (I have to assume this was an old formula). Well it's been 4 weeks of once a week application and the bottle is now empty just for this small section. if anything, I'd say the crab grass is thriving. This stuff was $25, smelled so bad the neighbors asked what I was spraying, burns the skin, and gives you a nasty headache. Avoid at all costs.
Highly disappointed, I have used other bioadvanced products in the past with decent results. They lost a customer. I'll never trust their products again.
by amdale3
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Not the best option for crabgrass. If at the store, I would have recco’d Ortho Weed-B-Gon for Crabgrass…..that has Quinclorac as part of the mix, and will usually kill most crab in 1-2 applications.
Next option is Round-Up Crabgrass Destroyer, which can kill even very mature crabgrass, as well as other weeds.
Neither will harm good grasses when used properly..
Just buy some generic Quinclorac and get a $10 spray can and mix it yourself, nothing in the store has near enough concentration to kill crabgrass
You have to apply it correctly 😂.
I’ve used it and it works. Read the application instructions very carefully, time of day matters can’t be middle of the day or the sun evaporates it before the plant can eat it. make sure you’re spraying the blades, can’t be rainy.
You shouldn’t be getting ANY of the pesticides or herbicides that you spray on your skin. If you’re getting it on your skin you are fucking up with PPE.
Make sure it is indeed crabgrass and not dallisgrass or johnson grass…
I had the complete opposite experience. This stuff insta-killed all the crab grass in my lawn.
Round up’s crabgrass killer is decent for a box store product
It’s likely not working because it’s not crabgrass. I see many posts here with pictures and people saying it’s crabgrass, but rarely is the picture definitive enough to identify crabgrass. In particular these pictures don’t show the crab like appearance that gives it it’s name as it spreads out.
I applied this product about a week ago on my lawn. Here’s a picture showing crabgrass turning purple and dying.
https://preview.redd.it/h40pyla6enff1.jpeg?width=2560&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=05ed6faea52446f12d81e766a8484a122639f011
I can only post one picture, but I have a picture of another weed in my lawn that looks like early stage crabgrass that I sprayed at the same time. This herbicide had no affect on it because it’s not crabgrass. That weed looks a lot like what’s in your picture.
And that’s the only active ingredient because it’s all it takes to kill it. It’s Acclaim.
Dude you have to spray it on your lawn. Not just lay the bottle on it.
I just used this over the weekend. Mine had quinclorac as an active ingredient. Few days later it appears to be working