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Hey guys my baby is grass is coming up pretty decent. I'm 8 days from seeding. I have A LOT of wild Garlic up from our last cool spell. It got all this Reno fertilizer and it's strong and tall but I can't mow of course. How would you guys handle this Winter annual? Here is what I have in my arsenal. 1. Classic Trimec. 2. Tenacity. Could I hit the yard with both of these 3 weeks apart before Winter? Or wait until spring and hit them. I don't want to hurt my new grass in the process.
 

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I am not sure about trimec, but for Tenacity the recommended time is 30 days after germination. I'm not sure if it takes out wild garlic, though.

I have a few patches of wild onion in my lawn, I'm hoping Tenacity will take it out when I spray it in a couple weeks.
 

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Tenacity will affect wild onion / garlic, but it won't knock it out in one spray.


Honestly, the leaves on these are so small that they don't cause enough shade to worry. You can let them overwinter with the lawn and then attack them next spring. The trick to these puppies is LOTS of surfactant.

Or if you feel you can walk in the area, they come out really easily in wet soil.
 

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I read somewhere that wild onion/garlic has a thick coating on its leaves that sort of acts as replelant for the herbacides and that it helps to step on them first if possible. This apparently helps to break this barrier and allow the herbicides to have a better effect.

Don't know if anyone else has heard of this before or if there is any truth to it.
 

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Togo said:
I read somewhere that wild onion/garlic has a thick coating on its leaves that sort of acts as replelant for the herbacides and that it helps to step on them first if possible. This apparently helps to break this barrier and allow the herbicides to have a better effect.

Don't know if anyone else has heard of this before or if there is any truth to it.
I did read that injuring them before herbicide is more effective. Wonder if cutting them the day of spraying would suffice..
 
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