This is why you don't pull Nutsedge

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Morgan said:
So what do you do instead?

Spray and pray.

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Morgan said:
So what do you do instead?

Sledgehammer spray worked good for me.

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Casey said:

Morgan said:
So what do you do instead?

Sledgehammer spray worked good for me.

Sedgehammer worked great for me, just followed the directions perfectly and had to do two sprays. It takes like 2 months to kill it but I saw it dying after a couple weeks.

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Casey said:

Morgan said:
So what do you do instead?

Sledgehammer spray worked good for me.

It works, but man if you are used to Quinclorac or Glyphosate it seems like it takes forever to work. After 1 week, it only looks like I’ve discolored it and made it mad.

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@Terry
Even glyphosate takes a couple rounds and a couple weeks. But yeah, it’s a slow process but well worth the wait.

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Casey said:

Morgan said:
So what do you do instead?

Sledgehammer spray worked good for me.

I too enjoy blasting a boom box of Peter Gabriel aimlessly into the grass.

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@Noor
Lol. I actually thought that and edited to add spray. Although the song might work too. Good vibrations. Or maybe the Beach Boys.

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Morgan said:
So what do you do instead?

Halosulfuron…

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Morgan said:
So what do you do instead?

Halosulfuron or sulfrentrazone.

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Morgan said:
So what do you do instead?

Move.

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@Haru
Ram your fist, grab it by the nuts, and yank!

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Here’s my theory: a plant that can’t get any light can’t get any food. If you pull and pull and pull and pull the second you see sprouts, it should eventually back off as it wastes all its energy that’s stored in the roots.

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Working at a golf course you get really good at getting the whole plant out by hand, same with dandelions.

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Cory said:
Working at a golf course you get really good at getting the whole plant out by hand, same with dandelions.

In all fairness, the average soil on a golf course is much less compacted and easier to pull entire weeds than the average soil on a residential lawn.

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@Thorne
I can’t remember the last time 300 people played on my lawn at home for 350 days a year.

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@Thorne
The traffic from golf carts and frequent mowing actually do tend to compact the soil on most of a golf course pretty significantly. Greens and tee boxes are (hopefully) exceptions to this due to aerification and topdressing. But pulling weeds down to the root can be difficult in golf turf.

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Don’t bust a nutlet.

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Just not in November.

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I have a bunch of this in a rose/ flower bed. How should I control it without harming the ornamentals?