Image works fairly well on nutsedge. I used it before I made the plunge into Certainty with fairly good results. I just had more popping up and needed something stronger.

 

Any success with killing spurge?

 

I'm not very educated on this like a lot on here, but I did use Quinclorac to kill some pretty successfully, and the regular Image (there are two versions -- one targeted at nutsedge, one at more general weeds) has Quinclorac in it.

Hopefully others will chime in.

 

This has sulfentrazone. Will do a hurt to the nutsege. Be careful with temps above 85. In the long term I would get some certainty. My experience is that sufentrazone works faster but harsher on bermuda. Certainty is slower but no browning of the bermuda.

https://www.lowes.com/pd/ORTHO-Nutsedge-Killer-32-fl-oz-Herbicide/3827751

 

Why is everyone talking about nutsedge in a thread about spurge? Did I misss something?



Hot weather spurge killer: Celsius WG. Buy a jeweler's scale, stick to grams, and do NOT try to use "scoops". Do not overdose! See the "Bermuda Bible" thread for details.

I find spurge very easy to Kill, but nearly impossible to "control". My pre-emergents control all other weeds pretty well, but there's always some spurge somewhere. This stuff grows in 200° asphalt! There's just a blizzard of seeds at all times. So I spot treat with Celsius at the "high" app rate when it really starts to annoy me.

 

Lol. Thanks! Not sure how this went sideways.

Celsius is expensive upfront. Realize it is cheaper in long run. Anything at HD or Lowes. What chemical am I looking for?

 

Lol. Thanks! Not sure how this went sideways.

Celsius is expensive upfront. Realize it is cheaper in long run. Anything at HD or Lowes. What chemical am I looking for?

The stuff at the big box stores will work but they have very Low quantities of active ingredients. Anything with 2-4d will work. Too much 2-4d or heat and you will smoke your Bermuda as well.
Quinclorac label states nothing about controlling spurge.

I know you want it immediately but try to get on a Celsius split. You will be glad you did.

 

How do I find this “Celsius split”? I had intended to use Celsius as I was first recommended but cost is prohibitive for me anyway.

 

MSM Turf is labeled for spurge too.

 

@hsvtoolfool

Why is everyone talking about nutsedge in a thread about spurge? Did I misss something?

I am guilty!!

I find spurge very easy to Kill, but nearly impossible to "control".

I am adding Isoxaben into the mix this fall and next spring to try and get better broadleaf and especially spurge control. Will see how it works.

 

The Ortho Nutsege Killer that cldrunner mentioned is also labeled for spurge. I got some for a nutsedge problem, but have also been using it for a spurge outbreak. And while it has some effect, I'll say that I have to dose it higher on the spurge which leads to some yellowing for a while, and while it kills what's visible it doesn't control, you'll be back out doing the same thing in a few weeks.

 

@rbvar

The Ortho Nutsege Killer that cldrunner mentioned is also labeled for spurge. I got some for a nutsedge problem, but have also been using it for a spurge outbreak. And while it has some effect, I'll say that I have to dose it higher on the spurge which leads to some yellowing for a while, and while it kills what's visible it doesn't control, you'll be back out doing the same thing in a few weeks.

You are correct. Sufentrazone is labeled for Spurge. I moved away from sulfentrazone for that very same yellowing of bermuda. That is why I moved to Celsius. It is such a better herbicide for not yellowing out the bermuda.

In addition, I posted above that I am adding Isoxaben into my fall and spring pre-emergent mix to try and get a better handle on Spurge in the summer and Henbit in the spring. It is a broadleaf only pre-emergent so it really needs to be mixed with something else. I have found the last two years that prodiamine and dithiopyr were not handling the broadleafs as well as I would like.

 

I've used Dismiss with good results, but have made the switch to Celsius/Certainty Mix for spot treatment that seems to kill just about everything with no harm to the bermuda. Dismiss will discolor the bermuda if not careful. (dismiss is still used for the occasional goosegrass)

 

+Celsius WG all the way. It works.