Posted on 05/22/2011 6:34:34 PM PDT by freejohn
Am I the first 'dummy' to ever post something SO off topic and foreign to FReerepublic?
There just aren't ANY forums (Regardless of topic) where folks respond as quickly as here!
I have this stuff that just 'exploded' and is taking over my lawn and have No idea what it is called or What will do away with it!?
Some answers that I have received from elsewhere are: shotweed, bittercress and clover.
Sure hope there's a weed expert around?
Thanks Everyone.
Mrs. VV is a Henrico Co Master Gardener. She doesn’t think it’s Chickweed because your picture shows rounded leaves not pointed. If you take a sample to a local extention center they can positively identify it.
Reply if you would like some more specific info on where the centers are.
In Virginia, also. I have a grapevine that’ll do that if I ignore it for a few weeks. It’s as agressive as can be.
Me too. Looks like what tried to take over my lawn two years ago. Hand dug it all out by the roots. What a job.
Do you think this infestation was in the lawn seed? If it is Oxalis you may be about to spray it and at this stage I would not worry about the grass. Oxalis generally sprouts from little nuts or corms that form at the root level of the plant. Try digging a couple of plants up with a trowel and look for the beginnings of those little suckers. The photo you posted at the start of the thread appeared to show runners spreading out from the plant and that is what I based my ID as Burr Clover...
This looks exactly like what I have in my yard. They pull out easily by the roots and the grass eventually overtakes it. I just stoop down occasionally and pull out handfulls leaving bare spots behind but eventually as time goes by the grass grows in.
But I’m pretty sloppy in my approach to gardening. But I truly do not like putting chemicals or chemicalized fertilizers down as I compost EVERYTHING. I’m even worm farming these days.
THAT, my friend is known as Spurge. i battled it for a few years. Hired the ‘Weed Man’ and bingo... the best lawn in town. I highly recommend them.
Nope
Wouldn't last long if it were!
YUM
Oxalis appears to have heart shaped leaves, not the oval leaves that your weed has. I’ve seen your weed before — I remember my step mom doing battle against it (this was in East Tennesse) — but I don’t know its name.
ARGGGGGG
Lawn Fire it's gonna be!
Actually, your lawn looks great. I’d swap any day.
This list might help you:
http://www.garden-counselor-lawn-care.com/identify-lawn-weeds.html
Otherwise use this resource to locate your local cooperative extension office: http://www.ext.vt.edu/offices/
Call them in the morning and tell them that you need a lawn weed ID. They will take it from there. You’ll be asked to bring a chunk of the plant with you. Either the extension agent will do it him/herself or they will have one of your county Master Gardeners do it. There will be no charge to you.
Trefoil?
That Garden Counselor link .. is Great!
Thank You and .. Book Marked!
You’re welcome & good luck!
Hmmm. That really looks nice. Is that an azalea? You really do have quite a forest in the background. Do I see a hand plow back there, as well?
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