How to Treat Lawn Burweed in Bermudagrass (S5E2)

Lawn Burweed is literally a pain in early Spring/Summer. Have you ever walked through some nice turf barefoot only to get little brown stickers in your feet? Yeah, that’s lawn burweed, a pesky winter weed that you start to notice in late January/February.

What is Lawn Burweed?

Lawn burweed is a low-growing, freely branched winter annual. It features opposite, sparsely hairy leaves that are twice divided into narrow segments or lobes. These leaves are approximately ½- to 1½-inches long and ¼- to ½-inch wide. In the spring, it produces small, inconspicuous flowers that are ¼ inch or less in width. If you encounter lawn burweed, it’s important to manage it to prevent it from spreading and competing with desirable grasses in your lawn.

Yes, the best thing to control the burweed is to prevent it from germinating. By following a strict pre-emergent program this should help drastically. Sometimes you may have areas where pre-emergent fails so your only option is to use a herbicide to kill the weeds.

Fertilome Weed Free Zone Details:

Controls over 80 broadleaf weeds including Clover, Spurge, Chickweed, Thistle, see label for more.

Safe on Kentucky Bluegrass, Bermudagrass, Bahiagrass, Zoysiagrass and more. See label for full list.

The rapid and effective weed killer provides evidence of injury within hours of application.

For best results spray when broadleaf weeds are young and actively growing. Spring, summer or fall.

Simply mix weed killer concentrate with water at suggested rate on label and spray lawn thoroughly.

Fertilome

I chose to use the Fertilome Weed Free Zone mostly due to it’s active ingredients:

2-4-D: (2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid) is an herbicide that kills plants by changing the way certain cells grow.
Dicamba: (3,6-dichloro-2-methoxybenzoic acid) is a selective systemic herbicide used to control annual and perennial broadleaf weeds.
Mecoprop-p: (also known as methylchlorophenoxypropionic acid and MCPP) is a common general use herbicide found in many household weed killers and “weed-and-feed” type lawn fertilizers. It is primarily used to control broadleaf weeds. Mecoprop is often used in combination with other chemically related herbicides such as 2,4-D, dicamba, and MCPA.

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