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jgilmer3

Nasty weed is taking over

19 years ago

I've lived in Austin/Waco/Dallas all my 48 years, but I've never seen this weed until 4 years ago. Neither have my neighbors, nor the local nursery. It flowers and puts on lots of seeds in June and again later in the fall. I've tried:

- pulling/digging it up: completely impractical

- killing it with broadleaf sprays: it gets sick and discolored but recovers better than my St. Augustine grass (I've killed some grass trying to kill the weed).

- preemergent has no effect (unless Feb is too late to apply it for this weed)

- tried to control with Roundup, but even that only kills 1 little individual strand

This weed has spread all over my yard after just a few years, and I've started to see it elsewhere in my neighboorhood. It lies low to the ground and intertwines with the grass. I *think* it has a "communal" root system -- sorry I don't know the correct terminology.

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