Landscape Management, Weed Watch 2014
WEEDWATCH STANDING SENTINEL TO PROTECT PLANT HEALTH DANDELION Taraxacum oficinale 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 BY L L BERRY BUGWOOD ORG FAR LEFT DR FRED YELVERTON Recommended Dow AgroSciences solution Tur on Ester Ultra specialty herbicide Recommended Dow AgroSciences solution Confront specialty herbicide CONTROL TIPS A post emergent application of two three or four way broadleaf herbicides is most effective in spring or fall Properly mow water and fertilize lawn to encourage healthy turf growth and minimize thin turf 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 summer perennial develops from a basal rosette While it looks similar to dandelion in the rosette form its leaf lobes are not opposite Bright blue to purple square toothed lowers form on stems that can grow up to 3 ft tall When cut stems produce a milky liquid Each plant can produce up to 3000 seeds from June through September It is most troublesome in disturbed areas and thrives in thinner turf but it can be found in newly established turf CONTROL TIPS Properly mow water and fertilize lawn to encourage healthy turfgrass growth and inhibit the spread of chicory When chicory is in the rosette stage apply a systemic post emergent herbicide labeled for chicory control and your use site IDENTIFICATION TIPS This perennial grows all summer in moist conditions and soils but thrives in weak thin turf Bright yellow blossoms have many petals followed by puffball seed carriers Long hairless leaves have jagged teeth growing from a low rosette Lealess hollow stems emit a white milky sap when broken CHICORY Cichorium intybus 31 MAY 2012 LANDSCAPEMANAGEMENT NET
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