LD1
Epic Contributor
Whated to start an herbicide discussion. My lawn is anything but nice. And don't really desire a golf course lawn either. But have ALOT of weeds.
Dandilion, broadleaf plantain, buckhorn plantain, some viney yellowing flower things (creeping buttercup I think), and lots of clover.
Sprayed basic amine 24d in the spring at 1qt mixed with 30 gallons water per acre. Obviously fall is the best time, but a gallon of 24d is cheap, and I was spraying the yard anyway with insecticide.
So been reading about herbicides until I'm cross-eyed. Lots of big words. The weeds aren't really that big of a deal, but stemmy weeds like the plantains, red clover, that yellow flower crap...cuts like crap.
So...what do you guys spray? Seems there are several different things that they mix with 24d to have two active ingredients, as well as some have 3. Of 20 different products I have looked at with 24d, it seems none have the same combination of ingredients.
And the more I read, it kinda has me re-thinking wanting to kill the clover. As it is claimed to add alot of nitrogen (which the grass needs). And that if I kill EVERYTHING but the grass, I will have a high maintenance lawn that requires fertilizer. That's not what I want.
So is it possible to kill EVERYTHING but the grass AND clover. The spring spraying of 24d seemed to do nothing. Things wilted for about a week, then turned green and healthy again.
Dandilion, broadleaf plantain, buckhorn plantain, some viney yellowing flower things (creeping buttercup I think), and lots of clover.
Sprayed basic amine 24d in the spring at 1qt mixed with 30 gallons water per acre. Obviously fall is the best time, but a gallon of 24d is cheap, and I was spraying the yard anyway with insecticide.
So been reading about herbicides until I'm cross-eyed. Lots of big words. The weeds aren't really that big of a deal, but stemmy weeds like the plantains, red clover, that yellow flower crap...cuts like crap.
So...what do you guys spray? Seems there are several different things that they mix with 24d to have two active ingredients, as well as some have 3. Of 20 different products I have looked at with 24d, it seems none have the same combination of ingredients.
And the more I read, it kinda has me re-thinking wanting to kill the clover. As it is claimed to add alot of nitrogen (which the grass needs). And that if I kill EVERYTHING but the grass, I will have a high maintenance lawn that requires fertilizer. That's not what I want.
So is it possible to kill EVERYTHING but the grass AND clover. The spring spraying of 24d seemed to do nothing. Things wilted for about a week, then turned green and healthy again.