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bug-guy
10-26-2008, 12:59 PM
does any one know another name for doves grass?
grassy weed in fla.

ric??
bug-guy
10-26-2008, 01:52 PM
here are some pics
KACYDS
10-26-2008, 04:14 PM
Dont know another name for it, but find out that Atrazine will take care off it. Tried it on my own yard, and the Atrazine smoked it.
bug-guy
10-26-2008, 06:38 PM
what kind of grass was it in
PHS
10-26-2008, 06:59 PM
Doveweed, it's everywhere here mid-late summer after all the rain.
KACYDS
10-26-2008, 07:38 PM
what kind of grass was it in

Mixture of St Augustine and Centipede
Ric
10-26-2008, 07:48 PM
Bug Guy

Ever see a small white flower on the DoveWeed. This is the time of year for seed formation and maybe the flowers are already gone and it now has seed heads. Doveweed is a dicot annual and therefore not really a Monocot grassy weed. The pre-post emerge of Atrazine should get it. I am going with Weed & Feed on St Augustine spring and fall and I am having no Doveweed.
bug-guy
10-26-2008, 09:29 PM
ric

yes little star white flower... we used atrazine in st aug for it

i had a lot of it killed it off and planted common bermuda and it's coming back
what is some other names for it and what should i use
my lawn is a mix right now st aug and bermuda
Ric
10-27-2008, 11:05 AM
ric

yes little star white flower... we used atrazine in st aug for it

i had a lot of it killed it off and planted common bermuda and it's coming back
what is some other names for it and what should i use
my lawn is a mix right now st aug and bermuda

Bug Guy

I have a hard time believing any one let alone a Certified Professional would plant Bermuda in St Augustine. I have been fighting Bermuda taking over in my St Augustine lawns for years. Prograss & Atrazine only suppress Bermuda and at the cost of Prograss it is cheaper to re-sod.

Tower is a BASF Pre Emerge and is the only thing I know of that lists Doveweed on the Label. Since I don't have a problem with Doveweed I don't use Tower or any thing else other than my standard Weed & Feed program. While Atrazine gives a quicker kill when sprayed, Weed Feed Granules take longer to show response but does a better job of controlling weeds.
PHS
10-27-2008, 11:14 AM
what is some other names for it and what should i use

I've heard people call it spreading dayflower but that's a different weed. Don't know of any other names for it other than that.