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Is there an herbicide that won't kill native grasses/wildflowers?

9 years ago

Hi,

Is there an herbicide (pre-/post-emergent) that I can use in poisoning common exotic, invasive grasses (i.e. barnyard grass, crab grass, Japanese stilt grass, etc.) that will not also poison native grasses (i.e. bentgrasses, bluestem grasses, blue fowl grass, etc.) or native wildflowers (many species?)

Thanks,
Steve

Comments (2)

jean001a
9 years ago
It's called spot spraying. Or you could resort to hand weeding.
Kimmsr
9 years ago
No. Any plant poison that will kill what we consider "weed" grasses will also kill off what we consider the desirable grasses.
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