Landscape Management, Weed Watch 2014
WEEDWATCH STANDING SENTINEL TO PROTECT PLANT HEALTH CREEPING BEGGARWEED Desmodium incanum For more information regarding these and other turf weeds and related control technologies and tips please visit www DowProvesIt com or call 800 255 3726 BROUGHT TO YOU BY PHOTOS COURTESY DOW AGROSCIENCES FAR LEFT FOREST KIM STARR Recommended Dow AgroSciences solution Tur on Ester Ultra specialty herbicide Recommended Dow AgroSciences solution Confront specialty herbicide CONTROL TIPS Creeping beggarweed can reproduce and spread in multiple ways Two or more applications of a post emergence herbicide may be needed When beggarweed is young and actively growing apply a two or threeway product that will translocate through the foliage and root system Keep proper mowing height fertility and moisture to facilitate healthy dense turf that can compete with beggarweeds aggressive nature Confront is not for sale or use in Nassau and Suffolk counties New York State restrictions on the sale and use of Confront and Turlon Ester Ultra apply IDENTIFICATION TIPS This prostrate creeping perennial featuring a strong mint odor has square stems several feet long that root at the nodes Rounded scalloped leaves and small funnelshaped purple lowers grow in clusters It prefers moist shady sites and can tolerate low mowing heights CONTROL TIPS Fall is an excellent time to treat ground ivy Applications in spring when the ground ivy is in lower are also effective for control Products containing triclopyr have proven to be highly effective in spring and fall and more effective than 24 D based products during the dif cult summer period Alleviate shade wet soil and poor fertility to help maintain control IDENTIFICATION TIPS This perennial broadleaf weed featuring pink lowers is found across the Southeast United States It develops from a large taproot and has many branched runners capable of rooting at nodes along the stems Leaves are composed of three lealets elliptic in shape pointed at the tip and rounded at the base Both stems and leaves are hairy Creeping beggarweed spreads by seeds stolons or segments of the taproot GROUND IVY Glechoma hederacea 23 SEPTEMBER 2011 LANDSCAPEMANAGEMENT NET
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