Saturday, May 4, 2013

Broadleaf weed control in warm season green surround

Finally got some broadleaf weed control on the green surrounds of #5 and #6 in which the back half is mostly bermuda grass.  I am also going to do some minor treatment around the intermediate cut for the poa annua which has popped up.  We missed the winter application on these two green surrounds.  My first intention was to allow it to over run the bermuda and convert it to cool season but it looks hideous.  We have to be careful with spraying these plants out this time of year because the product we will use can move so we have to do this during a dry period and then water it down after it has had time to move into the plant to reduce the chances of a heavy rain rushing the material across the green.  We intend to drill seed these areas in the fall with fescue in an effort to get rid of the bermuda for the most part.  I did get the intermediate spray around #8. The poa annua is mixed with other cool season grass on #8 so we will not make any attempt to remove it until fall when we drill in more fescue and then spray a selective material that will help remove the poa from the other cool season grasses.

You can see the knotweed, henbit and chickweed yellowing from the Momentum application.  Hopefully, I can spray the poa annua in the next week or two to remove it.  

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