Any ideas (besides picking them out) for killing the "plants" sprouting up in my lawn without killing grass?

Question

I'm having trouble with squirrels burying and planting stuff in my yard (someone keeps feeding them ears of corn and other stuff); the squirrels have been busy burying different things in my lawn all winter and the various plants are now sprouting up all over my lawn. Is there any pesticide that can be sprayed to kill these plants without harming the grass? Any other ideas? The are literally hundreds of sprouts and plucking them by hand will take forever and probably still not work totally.

Answer 1

There is, look for something that acts only on dicotyledons and not on monocotyledons and you will likely get rid of all non-grass greenery in your yard.

The terms derive from the germination of the plants seed. Monocotyledons will only have a single cotyledons (starter leaf) where as dicotyledons will have two of those starter leaves.

Because all grasses are technically monocotyledons, if you manage to find a good weed killer that targets only dicotyledons you'll be fine.

Answer 2

It depends on how much crabgrass you have and where you live. If it's just small amounts, I would suggest just pulling it out manually. Crabgrass is a summer annual, and it needs 3 fulls days of the ground being 55 degrees in order for the seeds to germinate. Because it is an annual, if you live somewhere that has cold winters and frosts, the crabgrass will die for the winter. If this is the case and you have a lot of crabgrass, I would recommend waiting until it dies during the winter, and seeding the bare patches with grass seed early in the spring. Remember, if you do use a pre-emergent fertilizer in the Spring, don't seed, because the pre-emergent will stop your grass seed from germinating as well as the crabgrass. Also, if you use the pre-emergent, don't do it too early. I live in zone 6 and everyone here puts their pre-emergent down in March, when the crabgrass doesn't germinate until June! If you use a liquid herbicide, don't use roundup on your lawn...it will kill everything, including your lawn, and makes the soil suceptible to dieases and you will have a hard time growing grass in those areas. I have used the Ortho Weed-B-Gon ready to use crabgrass killer, which worked pretty well and didn't kill too much of the turf. However, like I said, you might just be better off waiting until next spring if you can and seeding some good turf. Good Luck!

Answer 3

Lucky you. Those little rodents are bringing you these little presents. Actually pulling might be the best answer. The other option is Roundup but you'd have to paint it on each plant so as not to spray and kill adjoining grass. If you are going to do that, might as well pull. Roundup kills both broadleaf plants and grass plants.......and the corn is in the grass family. Something like Weed B Gone wouldn't touch the corn.

Mowing regularly will help in the lawn. Seedlings have only a limited supply of food and if you keep it mowed short, it quickly dies out. Letting it get a start growing and making food allows the roots to grow even more making removal all the more difficult.

Surprises in the shrub beds might be more easily sprayed out if done so with caution. If you were reworking your shrub beds you could put down a weed barrier fabric over the soil which would mystify the rodents.

Answer 4

The only way I know to rid yourself of those pesky plants is, if you mow them enough they quit growing.
Ask almost any wife that has a husband that mows the lawn.............They mow everything because.......it will grow better!!!! NOT! even you flowers and flowering shrubs.LoL!!

The below link is what I use to use. Now, after having discovered the benefits of that little yellow flower, I'll just live with it.
http://www1.epinions.com/content_13438324356
If you have any dandelions check out the benefits...........
.....................Benefits .........................
http://www.pesticide.org/dandelions.html
.Dandelions can be beneficial to a garden ecosystem as well as to human health. Dandelions attract beneficial ladybugs and provide early spring pollen for their food.(1,2) In a study done at the University of Wisconsin, experimental plots with dandelions had more ladybugs than dandelion free plots, and fewer pest aphids, a favorite food of the ladybugs.(2) Dandelions long roots aerate the soil and enable the plant to accumulate minerals,(3) which are added to the soil when the plant dies.

Not only are dandelions good for your soil, they are good for your health. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, a serving of uncooked dandelion leaves contains 280 percent of an adults daily requirement of beta carotene as well as more than half the requirement of vitamin C. Dandelions are also rich in vitamin A.(4, 5)

Answer 5

Vodone Lawn weed killer licensed all over the world
and it works, may need to do it twice to get rid of them
all but won't hurt the grass at all, then give it a good feed
and then re-patch your lawn.......good luck..

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Answer 8

try 'weed and feed'.