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 ...

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 ...

Q: I have used some herbicides on my big crop of nutgrass and it didn’t help. Now it seems to grow twice as fast as my Bermuda. How do I get rid of it? Roy P., Tulsa A: “Nutgrass” is a common name for ...

Weeds seem to be a part of everyday life with a lawn. There always seems to be some type of plant invading the carpet of grass. Like all things in life, some are easier to control than others. One of ...

Postemergence applications of imazaquin {2-[4,5-dihydro-4-methyl-4-(1-methylethyl)-5-oxo-1H-imidazol-2-yl]-3-quinolinecarboxylic acid} controlled higher levels of purple nutsedge (Cyperus rotundus L. ...

Submitted photo The weed nutsedge after it has been treated. It is very difficut to eliminate from lawns and flower beds. Heat and humidity, which are normally expected in July, have abruptly arrived.

Nutgrass is a common name for the troublesome nutsedge weeds. These weeds are sedges, not grasses nor are they broadleaved weeds. Therefore, the usual “weed killers” on the garden center shelves will ...

Question: How can I get rid of nutgrass in my yard? It is taking over my flower beds and even grows through the black plastic weed barrier we have around our daylilies. - Sarah C., Athens Answer: ...

Field studies were conducted from 1986 through 1988 to evaluate various herbicides for yellow nutsedge control and peanut yields. Three applications of pyridate provided control comparable to two ...

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.

Q. Our Texas mountain laurel plant bloomed wonderfully for years, but lately, including last year, it did not bloom at all.

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 ...