Re: Nutsedge
- Subject: Re: [sibrob] Nutsedge
- From: J* G*
- Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 17:29:52 -0500
Thanks for the field test results, Greg. Nutsedge is my second worse
problem, after wiregrass. But I manage the wiregrass with fastidious pulling
and a no-go zone around the beds (Roundup). I need a nutsedge slayer.
Jim Gibbons
NC Coast, Zone 8a and sandy
gibbman6@home.com
----- Original Message -----
From: McCullough, Greg <icity@msn.com>
To: 'Sibrob List (E-mail)' <sibrob@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 4:40 PM
Subject: [sibrob] Nutsedge
> There was discussion of this pest some time back and I wanted to give you
> the results of my testing of Manage by Monsanto. I bought this at the
> recommendation of the Co-op...it's fairly expensive at $10 per mixed
gallon
> of product, but after using undiluted Round-up with almost no effect I was
> getting pretty desperate. I also tried digging it out but that just seemed
> to encourage more growth. I'm pleased to report that the Manage absolutely
> wiped the yellow nutsedge out after one application. I also test sprayed
> (heavily) a Siberian, Louisiana, versicolor, Japanese and an Acorus
Calamus
> and could detect no noticable damage to the foliage. However, it was very
> late in the growing season (around the first of October) so I'll repeat
the
> test next year in the spring. I'll also keep the plants I sprayed marked
and
> let you know how they do next year.
>
> Greg McCullough
> Iris City Gardens
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