How to Get Rid of Crabgrass (4 Easy Steps)
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INSPECTION: 1:32
TREATMENT: 2:12
PREVENTION: 4:52
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Crabgrass is one of the most common grassy weeds growing in the U.S. and it can be difficult to get rid of, especially if you have weak turf.
Crabgrass is a grassy weed, so like the name suggests, it will look similar to your grass. Crabgrass stems and grass blades grow in clusters, with the stems growing outward. Crabgrass actually gets its name because after the stems have grown out, they’ll look similar to crab legs from above. When crabgrass sprouts, it takes on a light green color and darkens as it matures. Some varieties of crabgrass even take on a purplish color towards the base of the stem.
Crabgrass will grow in areas that see plenty of sunlight. Generally, crabgrass does not grow in shaded areas, so check the parts of your lawn that are exposed to direct sunlight throughout the day. Crabgrass will also grow better where there is little to no turf grass. This weed thrives when it has less competition.
Before starting any treatment, be sure to wear your personal protective equipment, or PPE, especially when handling any chemicals. Keep all people and pets off the treated areas until dry.
The typical treatment program for crabgrass focuses more on using pre-emergent herbicides and prevention. But if crabgrass has already sprouted in your lawn, you’re going to need to remove them. One option is to use a post-emergent, like Quinclorac. Quinclorac 75 DG is a selective post-emergent herbicide used to treat crabgrass and a variety of other weeds. Since it is a selective herbicide, it can be applied to certain turf types without damaging the grass, only the weed.
To treat established crabgrass, you can apply Quinclorac with a pump sprayer as a spot treatment. Spray individual weeds rather than applying the product over an entire area, spray the weed until it is wet, but not to the point of runoff.
Prevention is the way to go when dealing with crabgrass. It’s much easier to keep a lawn green and healthy if you don’t have to remove weeds in the first place. Lay down a pre-emergent herbicide, like Barricade. This is a granular pre-emergent herbicide that will prevent crabgrass and other weeds from sprouting.
Along with pre-emergents, the best way to stop crabgrass from growing is to crowd it out with healthy turf grass. Crabgrass does not grow well with strong competition. You want your grass blades to be about 3 or 4 inches in height, because taller grass encourages deep root growth.
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Well done and exactly what I was looking for. Thank you!
Excellent video. Thank you for putting this out.
I use Ornamec because I need to kill small patches of Bermuda and Barnyard grass along with the crabgrass. My lawn is TTTF in central Pa. Results show in a few days to a week or so. I use Tzone for my broadleaf weeds since I have wild violet.
Good video. I use DriveXLR8 for post emergence of crab grass. It works great! Which is better and more economical to use? The DriveXLR* or Quinclorac 75DF?
Now this was the first video that really explained how to get rid of crab grass. Pictures and great explanation. Thank you.
Thank you for your great explanation.
Excellent video and tons of info in such a short time⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Great video; just the facts ~~thank you very much!
Great video!
Very nicely done, concise and hitting all points!
I had terrible crabgrass problems for years and the only thing that worked for me is table salt. My zoysia and bermuda don’t get affected by the salt. On sunny days, the salt pulls the moisture down to the roots. When it rains, it dissolves down to the roots and kills it.
Lol that’s great. Chemicals are terrible
This is genius.
I have to try it. Hope it works for me. Thanks!
Thank you!
What is left to warm season grasses like in Florida ? Please help
The thin, stringy weed residuals are everywhere. Any tips? I can’t get them all. I feel like I need some kind of sift/sieve to filter them out.
Awesome video! Well explained! You should sell some “I hate crabgrass” T-shirts 😂 Thanks for sharing your expert advice!
Can use these products in a garden
If I live in a warm season area but have crabgrass that has taken over and want to just kill everything and then just replant for new grass lawn or buy new sod. Do I need to get a sod cutter or can I just use the Quinclorac &% then use barricade then ..... ???
You mention watering ur lawn early morning before it gets to warm I live in Australia & told to water lawn late Arvo or early evening to let water soak in while it is cooler
Thank you! Our lawn was a mess with alot of dead spots in the sun. We thought it was from the dogs. I got True Green for one year and started their service this year, had 3 treatments up til May, and nothing since. The crab grass is tripled! I started to pull them darn weeds myself and my husband thought i was crazy. But that is how I was raised, taking dandelions like that. This video proves Im not crazy! I will follow this. Thank you for the guidance.
Try Ornamec for all grassy weeds assuming your grass type supports its use. It will kill bermuda for instance. I use it for crabgrass, barnyard grass, and to kill the bermuda in my tall fescue lawn.
Tru Green is a complete rip-off, their “techs” are under trained and given too many yards in a day to actually take their time. I used them for a year and a half and with zero results. I asked the technician one time if there was anything he recommended I do in between treatments… his response was “water I guess”… lol wow thanks
I don't have grass yet just crabgrass lot of it lot is dead I layer of killer on it . Do I have to still dig it out? Can I use a thatcher instead then ? Then going to plug it and seed make a lawn.
I need to know what can I use to get rid of crabgrass preventer killing my cabbage 🥬 in my garden
What your solution for getting rid of Virginia Button Weed?
What if you’re in a warm grass area?
I have 1 patch of crab grass and the remaining patches are slightly different than crab grass as they grow straight up and are a brighter green. Are these treated the same way? What must I do to get rid of it? It is driving me crazy...
What about using tenacity
I use a shovel to loosen the roots to pull it out.
Will quinclorac kill young grass and or seed?
Does baking soda work?
I've tried a few things and am about done for the season. If I wait until next season to do the pre-emergent herbicide will it be ok if there are a lot of crab grass weeds?
For this winter, try seeding the problem area with winter rye grass. It may shade out the lower laying stuff.
i live in FL and have St. Augustine, i really want to get rid of Burmudagrass. do you have any recommendation?
Tenacity will from what I have seen
My entire 3/4 acre is this nasty crab grass. I have about a 2-3 got section that is still lovely, soft grass. Crab grass has crowded out everything else. HELP!!
I dig the clusters out
I did as well for the first time and now I have alot of bare spots in my yard. Did you have the same issue and if so, how did you repair the bald spots?
@@JustAGuy63 yes I am planning on over seeding this fall so for me the bare spots are fine
“The defiler of beloved lawns everywhere my response must be swift and brutal”
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I used quinclorac about 2 weeks ago on my crabgrass the leaves started turning brown like the weed was dying.. Now two weeks later they're getting green again..We did have heavy rain for 3 straight days this week..I live in a cool season grass state and have a mixture of tall fescues rye and Kentucky blue grass..Should I just hand pick the crabgrass out?..I don't want to leave spots in my grass.
You treat it, then treat it again 2 weeks later
3-4” for my Bermuda grass is to high.
You didn't mention that crabgrass is a waxy leaf that requires a specific adjuvent to get quinchloac to stick to it such as MSO. This is essential
You are exactly right. He needs to edit the video. No MSO, no dead grass. Waste of time and money,
That is true. I live in Texas very few days to spray that are not over 85 degrees. MSO and non io surfactants when mixed with quinclorac will burn every dang time. Drive/ quinclorac has two modes of action. That dude should not have been spraying under the tree a no no per label.
Plus, you don’t want to let Bermuda grass grow as-high-as 3-4”.
How long should you wait to seed after using Quinclorac?
I was wondering the same thing
I have St.Augustine grass and seems everything is not compatible to kill current growth. Any suggestions and how I can prevent growth spurning from neighbors yard?
spot with roundup then dig it out and fill with sand when it dies. St. Augustine will spread over the dead hole. Use a pre-emergent to prevent new sprouts.
Shouldn't mow 2 days before or after application. Should see results in 1 - 2 weeks. My question is... when do you recommend I mow?
three days before application and three days after application.
pitty i cant find it anywhere here in Europe .. maybe it is banned substance
No, I don't want to control crabgrass but I want you to show viewers how to kill them permanently
Crabgrass seeds can lay dormant for 20 years before sprouting. Unless you dig up the earth there is no way of knowing if you got it all.
Dumbest thing I've ever heard. Seeds will germinate in a matter of weeks or months.
this is a pro lymphoma video if Ive ever seen one
So is the jab but no one's talking...
I have the crabgrass with the reddish center. Used quinclorac and tzone. Didn't even phase it
I heard Tenacity, Solitaire and Drive works great.
I'm gonna try Tenacity because of being a pre and post emergent.
Probably need a surfactant to make the chemical stick.
@@enriquecastellon6524 I use DriveXLR8 and the vegetable oil surfactant. It works great on post crab grass for me. The vegetable surfactant mixed in makes the DriveXLR8 "sheet" over the leaves and better killing of the already growing crab grass. Otherwise the DriveXLR8 would bead on the crab grass less coverage on the plant. Just like rain does.
An MSO oil surfactant assures the herbicide sticks the the waxy leaf. Paramount info that was not included.
My loan guy says that just by allowing them to die in the winter, they will not be able to invade on spring if your grass is nicely thick.. Does this stands in your opinion ? I live in Belgium
The grass may die but you're still left with seeds that will germinate in the spring unless you use a preemergent.
This doesn't help me at all here in Southern California. I think my type of grass, I have sod, is OK, but I don't want to kill everything. I can't pull them out as I'm disabled. I think I just need to save up and have the whole lawn removed deep, new soil then new sod.
Hold still
Thanks I just dug it up instead
ONE Bend over, TWO Flat Bleed 10' knife on side of the plant and pray it up, THREE Pull it up, FOUR leave a hole, FIVE Put crabgrass in yard bag. that it
I did as well for the first time and now I have alot of bare spots in my yard. Did you have the same issue and if so, how did you repair the bald spots?
it looks like what?
I thought he was riding his bike while commentating
Wow ! How could I have known what crabgrass is??? It’s amazing! I’d never have thought that I could use a death chemical! Your video is soooooo enlightening! 😆
Crab Grass
this guy bounces a lot when talking lol
He's on a trampoline.
This guy like to bounce while talking.
I wish he'd just bounce.
Cocaine is a hell of a drug
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Wear gloves when using, better be on the bottle.
Crabgrass almost destroyed my yard. The grass around it turns rust.
You need to edit your video. MSO is needed to make the chemical stick to the grass. Crabgrass is waxy and without MSO, the chemical will not stick or be far less effective. Great video otherwise,
Can it be used to treat Covid 19?
Dumba$$
Just let the crabgrass take over. Looks a lot like grass and it grows without any work.
Plant more prairie. Get rid of your exotic and invasive turf and plant ecological native prairie grasses.
I've had my lawn treated for years and the crab grass and creeping Charlie have taken over. I'm considering a tactical battlefield nuke!
Another overlooked tip: DO NOT water in the middle of a sunny day. You will burn the grass and plants since the water focuses the suns rays like a lens when it sits on the surface before it dries.
That was debunked. The only reason not to water during the day is evaporation.
@@stevecox2020 Well whenever I water plants in the sun, the leaves turn yellow and look scorched. I think the grass also turns yellow, but it's hard to tell since it goes yellow in summer anyway.
I was told to water in the middle of the day to reduce the surface temp so my tall fescue won’t burn
@@stevesmith756 That sounds like horrible advice. Whoever gave you that I would question. I know from experience that watering in the middle of the day kills grass and plants, they will be brown the next day
I watered last summer in the middle of the day for my tall fescue on RUclips advise and it worked for me 🤷♂️ I’m in So cal and it gets hot and prevented the fescue from going dormant
Q: How to get rid of crabgrass?
A: Don't live in South Carolina
Same but Texas.
And if you have St Augustine? Then what 🤦🏼♀️
And if you have st augustine it will kill your grass
Get chickens. Chickens love that shit
Or you could just eat it. It is edible and used for cereal in other countries...
one long commercial
Wow...crabgrass is edible,high in nutritional value...why destroy it?
It grows incredibly fast compared to the regular grass, with big clumps and it's a different color green. I'm a child of the 50's and everyone wanted a nice looking lawn. An after effect of coming out of WW2 where everyone was happy the war was over and there wasn't the need for everything going towards the war effort and we could live better and a beautiful lawn was a sign of doing well. I have younger friends who are into the natural look... no more mowing, planting gardens instead of having a yard and so on. It's a generational thing. I'm also an artist and very anal about perfection and that reflects in my yard also. In my gravel driveway another weed is taking over called purslane that is very high in antioxidants and in general a very good dietary supplement, but it grows and looks like a spider web, connecting with others until it covers the driveway. It has also invaded my vegetable garden and grows really fast. Again, my need for symmetry and neatness over rules any health benefits.
All talk! Bulls shit
I hate lawns. So much time and money and only I care? So many chemicals! So much lymphoma.
Yeah. I have some large "no mow" sections and I love how much time, money work it saves. My dirt is clayish dining my sun spots I can't get my creeping perennials that try to spread oin there to survive come July.
Can you make this video more complex? Are your customers pharmacists.
why is that man so bouncy
Why are you taking too faster? When someone wants to teach, must be gentle talk that could be learn and memoriz.
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