Good Luck! Really, you need to bag your clippings, it will take awhile but that is about the only thing you can do? Are they viable when their green, not that I know of! It is when they are in the sticker stage.

My grandmother told me to fertilize my lawn in the summer _ never in winter _ and the grass would squeeze them out.

Sand Spurs don't like water and fertilizer. Spot spray with Roundup and let the healthy grass crowd it out like N and V said.

BTW, the trick to pulling the sand spurs out of your socks without getting stuck is to lick your fingers first. The stickers won't hurt wet fingers.

Before you freak out, are you for sure they are sand spurs? Have any of them dried out and you have gotten stuck? Because many people mistake sedge grasses as sand spurs because the seed heads look like green sand spurs. They are also difficult to control but I would rather have that problem than sand spurs. If they are sand spurs I would spot treat them with round up as previously advised and keep the grass well fertilized and bag the clippings.

Some are definitely sand spurs, but it's possible we're also pulling up some sedge. My wife and I noticed some of them have an elongated seed head, rather than the round one of the spurs. I did a google search, and I discovered there are 11 different varieties of sand spurs in FL! I did an image search, and there is some variety in the look of sand spurs, so at this point we're pulling up pretty much everything that looks like it. Luckily none have dried yet, I mowed a lot down today and am hoping the seeds won't sprout cause they're green. They don't bother me as much as the dog. He gets them on his paws, and then tries to pull them out, and gets them on his lips, then I have to pull them out.

Sand spurs are sopposed to make a decent homemade wine. (he,he) I have a recipe for it somewhere.