Re: What is this growing in my yard?

On Feb 11, 5:48 pm, Bert Hyman <b...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
B...@xxxxxxxxxx (WDS) wrote innews:8e2fc909-5d33-445c-8f11-d4205cf44943@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:

On Feb 10, 6:25 pm, "Walter Cohen" <w_co...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Looks like some variation of clover.

I agree.

If you really don't want it you can use a broadleaf weed killer on
it.

Ortho makes a variety of "Weed B Gon for Southern Lawns" for St.
Augustine grass that's supposed to work on clover.

Beware that Ortho's "Weed B Gon Max" and clover-specific variety of
"Weed B Gon" (labeled "Chickweed, Clover & Oxalis Killer") can't be
used on St. Augustine grass.

The only stuff I remember working well on clover was Silvex (2,4,5-TP)
which was banned in the US in 1985.

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Bert Hyman | St. Paul, MN | b...@xxxxxxxxxxx

Try to avoid more damn chemicals that get into our water supplies and
food chains!
It looks like some sort of clover?
If it is; why try to get rid of it?
It is green; it puts nitrogen 'back' into the soil, it doesn't usually
get too long, so needs little if any cutting, it not only resists
cinch bug but resists the dry conditions that sometimes encourage
cinch bugs (they dislike damp) so that you get fewer brown patches.
Clover is less work than grass.
Any 'bad' patches in our front and back we usually seed with some good
quality short white clover. Bees like that btw and bees are good for
all kinds of reasons; provided we don't poison them out of existence!
Also noticed that areas with clover seem to have fewer dandelions.
Some horticulturists recommend seeding lawns with clover not grass and
a friend who has done a house rebuild has seeded their new front and
rear lawns with clover.
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