I realize the ground is frozen for most of us, but I am still preparing to deal with the crabgrass that is invading my lawn, this spring. Has anyone found a good way/product, that gets rid of crabgrass in an established yard?

I have tried the preventer stuff from the local lawn and garden shop, but it only seems to slow it's spread a little - at the end of the summer, I still had more than in the beginning of the summer.

Any help would be appreciated

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"I don't feel like Satan, but I am to them"
Neil Young

I hear the best method is to trim and comb regularly, in conjunction with using some crab killers like RID.

Good luck!

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Wheelhouse

Nuke it from Orbit.

In all seriousness, not a clue really.

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I feel bad. This has been a very unproductive thread for Wyo so far.

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Wheelhouse

Yeah, no help from me but you reminded me of something funny from my childhood.
My best friends Dad, a former English teacher, had a sign on his barn which read:
"Warning This area infected with Digitaria"
(the Latin name for crabgrass)

Maybe you could just find one of those signs and say eff it?

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Hold my beer and watch this...

Hahaha, I know. I always feel bad when there's a thread that's asking for help and gets basically zero replies, but I know nothing about the subject at hand so I can't do anything about it. So sad.

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Miles to go before I sleep

‎"Love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation."
-Khalil Gibran

This post is in no means a stab at Wyo. I just find this website funny.

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=how+to+deal+with+crabgrass

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Wheelhouse

astroturf.

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Grass Prozac?

(you know...so it wont be so crabby?)

ZINNGGGG!

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Wheelhouse

I went online and looked at various methods of eradicating it - I think the nuke it from outer space suggestion might be best!!!

I do have another four months, at least, before I have to look at it!!

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"I don't feel like Satan, but I am to them"
Neil Young

Even though you didn't get a lot of help on this one, we sincerely hope you were briefly entertained.

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"Sarcasm and cynicism: Just two of the many services I provide."
"Never make someone a priority when you are only an option for them."
"You can't polish a turd."

Dig it out, plant new grass?

Once you get rid of it the best thing to do is make sure it doesn't come back. Small patches are easy to get rid of.

Definitely some good laughs

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"I don't feel like Satan, but I am to them"
Neil Young

Bingo. I'm a bit of an environmentalist granted, but my though is if you care about your lawn so much, why use an herbicide on it? Yes, it's much, much easier than physically removing the weeds. But I don't believe that weed killers aren't going to hurt your lawn and end up in your ground water. Might be time for the garden weasel.

He's all about Stataa!!!

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"I don't feel like Satan, but I am to them"
Neil Young

I've just yet to find a weed killer that actually works well. You can find ones that kill everything (Roundup) but either you end up damaging the soil so nothing grows well there, or the weeds/crabgrass seem to grow right back.

My front yard has zero weeds in it - no crabgrass, no dandelions, nothing. But it took a long time to get that way. Now, every time a weed pops up, I dig it out so that it can't re-grow or spread.

However, that's not at all practical for a yard full of dandelions or weeds - sometimes I think turning over the ground and re-planting the grass might be the best option.

There are some decent products for prevention. Once crab grass germinates, I think it's something you have to live with for that year.

The preventative products work fairly well; PROVIDED Mother Nature cooperates. I have had years where it works well, and years it does little.

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-Bowler, imitating Freddy Blassie, at the very first M & G.

Oh sweet, took my suggestion and going to use it.

I'm awesome.

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I have been wondering the same thing................Granted I have like no grass.............mainly dirt

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