How to get rid of Crabgrass | Naturally or Organically
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- How to get rid of crabgrass.
Post emergent crabgrass killer, and pre-emergent organic ways plus many ways to get rid of crabgrass without chemicals.
How to get rid of crabgrass naturally, with the methods i describe in this video. I discuss how to kill crabgrass organically, by pulling the crabgrass up and disposing of it, 2nd organic method of killing crabgrass is to pour vinegar on to the crabgrass to change the ph (acidic) and kill it, 3rd idea to rid crabgrass from your lawn is to pour baking soda on the crabgrass, this will also change the ph to a more alkaline ph and also kill it, 4th techinque to naturally rid crabgrass from your lawn is to burn it, only the crabgrass folks, nothing else, not the whole yard, 5th is a combination of any or all of the ways to eradicate crabgrass, finger-grass, or fonio as it is commonly called. Scentigic name is Digitaria it is a genus of plants in the grass family native to tropical and warm temperate regions. Other methods to control and kill crabgrass is by using preemergence herbicide, i like to use organic methods to do this, please feel free to ask me in the comment section how i do this, you see Crab grass is a type of plant that has an allelopathic effect, meaning it releases a toxin that suppresses the growth of other plants, so once you eliminate the weed know as crab grass be sure to replant grass reseed in the bear spots to help control crab grass and keep your lawn looking great. By the way crab grass seeds can remain alive in your soil for years, and germinate even at depths of 2 or 3 inches. So with that said, correct lawn care maintenance can go a long ways in preventing this weed called crab grass from every growing to take over your lawn, knowing that soil temperatures anywhere from 50 -70 degrees allows the seeds to germinate, and a mature plant can produce over 150,000 seeds that want germinate till the following year or later, so this is why i say always be fighting this problem with pre-em, organically or otherwise. So some of the ways you can prevent crab grass from taking over your yard is by mowing at the correct height for your grass, and avoid watering daily, less frequent watering the lawn will promote healther lawn turf grass with deeper roots and fewer weeds, along with proper fertizling, speaking of fertilizer a great organic pre-emergent to control crabgrass is by applying Corn gluten meal on your lawn , or using a product called PREEM, i will leave a link here, but last i heard the product PREEM is only sold in NY, CT, MA, MD, NJ, PA, VA AND WI ONLY, so if you live somewhere else, feel free to contact me about other ways to control, and kill Crabgrass naturally and organically.
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Ok, so the vinegar is working & rather quickly too. So, what's the next step? Dig out the dead crab grass , then what....spread some new soil, then plant grass seed?
kloanguy1 yes that will work, where do you live? It may be late in the season for you to plant seed with any hopes of germination, might try using pre-em on the crab grass to prevent any weeds or crabgrass seed from germinating for the next 3 to 5 months, and wait to reseed, until spring.
I am in Baltimore, Md. For some reason I'm under the impression that Fall was a good time to plant grass seed. What do you think? If too late, what is pre-em?
Thank you for your help.
kloanguy1 I live in the south, and we grow warm season grasses in the south, for you I would recommend seeding with your cool season grasses, what variety of grass do you have? And which variety are you planning on seeding? Pre-EM is short for pre-emergent, Preemergent herbicides prevent the germination of seeds by inhibiting a key enzyme, by inhibiting weed seed to germinate you basically don’t allow the weeds to have children, aka off spring , aka more weeds :-) hope this answers your questions.
Not sure about which grass to plant. I was going to check in with a local nursery for that.
Thanks for your help.
kloanguy1 your welcome ,
Bentgrass
Kentucky bluegrass
Rough bluegrass
Fine fescue
Tall fescue
Creeping fescue
Annual ryegrass
Perennial ryegrass
This is a list of all the cool season grasses I could think of at the moment, I would research all of them to decide which would be best for your lawn, also have a soil test done to help determine which grass will easily grow with out much effort.
I have replaced all my grass with crabgrass. Problem solved. Zero headache.
Sri V :-) lol 😂,
😂
😆 brilliant
God created all the plants and the crab grass and when he finish his creation he said, it is good, therefore crab grass most be good.
LOL!!
Excellent, thank you. One suggestion for the ones like me that pulls the plant. Always, always, pull the first plants that you see, do not let the problem grow. Another, always have at your side a plastic bag from the grocery store, so as soon as you pull the plant, immediately, immediately place it on the bag, so the plant does not release the seeds as a surviving mechanism and spread the seeds, after you pulled the plant. The tiny seeds will stay on the bag, instead of been released into the air or soil.
Thanks for this...I used vinegar, salt, and dish soap...worked like a charm. One day and crabgrass on my driveway crack is dead. Worked very well thank you.
Michael Olivarez your welcome, glad it worked for you.
What is the ratio of the ingredients you used?
Thx very much for the detailed written discussion. Very nice of you.
SO many methods, I'd want to start with a big torch. Giant kettle with boiling water sounds cheap and easy. That still has some fire!
Good luck, and thanks
Yes! Another excuse to use my torch
I have a small cute lawn and need to go this organically. Love the ideas so I’m going to try thank you so much
You are so welcome!
i used boiling water in the cracks of my driveway, worked great. i had to go back and get a few small one after a few weeks which i gueess was seeds but i think the burner on a propane tank would be even easier but i dont have one of them ... i would do my whole lawn but honestly i think it would be easier to just kill all the lawn and then start over ....
Love the natural way much better than chemical.
Won't the salt kill the grass and prevent ANYTHING else from growing in that spot?
Agreed Organic is the way to go, our area is saturated with salt, due to the coast being so close, generally speaking, we have had tons of rain this year, heck this month alone, most of the NaCl aka Table Salt is washed away or disolved by the water from the sky (rain) or by irrigation, water acts as a solvent / Solvation on the salt, i agree to much salt is what i use to kill weeds, a little is actually okay for the lawn. By the way the chemical formula for table salt is NaCl or sodium chloride. Iodine is added to iodized salt as one of the following compounds: potassium iodate (IO3K), potassium iodide (KI), sodium iodate (NaIO3), or sodium iodide (NaI). " I try to usually only use salt on driveway cracks where weeds like to pop up, the salt will rob the weed of moisture, and starve it of one of the main things it needs to grow (water). I guess Table salt could be considered a chemical too, if someone wanted to be technical about it. :-( Thank you for your comment Forrest, i hope i answered your question. :-)
loved your comment by the way , it got me thinking about a lot, such as water is a chemical, and etc, but i also wanted to say that Isopropylamine salt of glyphosate is one of the active ingredients in a ........... heck i will just say it...... a herbicide by Monsanto, it's know as Round up, and California is now requesting Monsanto to put a carcinogenic label on Round up in there state! That is the 1 salt i know will kill! kill grass, weeds, and possibly people if exposed to it enough. ;-)
Yeah but table salt is one chemical we need to live
Bro...thanks so much! A plethora of information!!
your welcome
Thaks a lot for sharing. It's really helpful.
Thanks for this, but what if your lawn is completely infected with it?
Use tenacity, hands down the best stuff. Smoked my crabgrass and my neighbors even in the late stage. Just be patient, seriously it takes about two weeks but it is a thorough kill. You spray quinclorac on it and all it does is it turns it purple and you still have to pull it own. Tenacity decimates it. Also, it seems expensive but it truly is not, you only use a teaspoon per gallon of water and it has 8 oz in it.
What do you do if it has spread to under Rose's and yucca plants beside pulling it by hand. Keeping my good plants alive.
this is an excellent video thanks a lot! at first I was upset b/c you switched from one side to the other during the presentation but this info is so priceless It's June now so I think I'll just use boiling water maybe dig the roots out a day or two later or cut the lawn low in those areas? Don't have a lot of crabgrass and my lawn is near 5000sq feet but I do have the best kinda grass Bermuda in SC grows really well when cut often
Yeah! I’ve been diggin’ them up and tossing them in a trash can. Good ol’ manual labor. Working the land. Only way I’ve found to get rid of if 100%.
Since vinegar is acidic and baking soda is alkaline, how does using them in conjunction productive? Their opposite pH levels cancel one another.
I've used pre emergent 3x a year for 6 years and expensive post emergent this year. I overseead in fall and spring and mow grass high. Maybe a 10-15% reduction of grabgrass volume over six years. My grass is probably 30% crabgrass. Stuff is the scorpion of weeds😢
tj joe what products are you using?
Dave H i use the menards brand pre emergent, the early summer step II weed and feed, then late summer tx, finally fall fertilizer. I just used the expensive Drive XLR8 and put in more than what the mixture called for, it browned some of the crabgrass. I have two types of crabgrass in my yard the big thick corse blades which seems harder to kill and is most prevalent in my yard. I live in the midwest.
pre-em every 3 months will help, to get it under control, and use a post-em to kill it when you see it. Hope that helps Joe
tj joe Image All In One will turn crabgrass Brown in about 36 hours. If it doesn’t turn brown it’s not crabgrass.
Use a pre-emergent containing Dimension one time in March and you’ll get season long control.
I just found out this week what i thought was crabgrass is actually broadleaf fescue or bad fescue. That's why it hasn't died
That information was worth a lot. Just using common household items or just physically pull it out. Hah, who'da thunk? Oh thanks for putting this up absolutely golden stuff.
Thank you.
Thank you for the video brother.o will try all the methods in different parts of my backyard. They're everywhere. I know it's an older video, but I think you were dehydrated here because of the long blinking. Drink water out there man. I stopped sweating the other day and it was 98f in South Florida. Shortly after, I almost passed out.
I have a ton of crab grass in my landscaping. Is it ok to put vinegar or baking soda on the crabgrass if plants are close to it? Thank you.
Excellent tut. Thank you!
your welcome
I prefer to go organic, so thanks for the info.
It is August now. I want to get rid of the crab grass in my back yard. If I pour vinegar all over the crab grass, will it kill the seeds in the soil too? When does the grass spew their seeds?
crab grass is more like a annual, and will give off many seeds to germinate and grow the next season, interrupt the growing cycle will help to eliminate it from you lawn. I prefer Organics too. Use pre-em this year, chemical or organic, Corn Gluten Meal works well.
Thanks for your response, but, what I want to know is, if I pour plenty of vinegar on the plant & soil, will it kill the seeds too?
kloanguy1 Also crabgrass likes low calcium, dry areas and low levels of organic matter, so top dressing a lawn with compost 1/8th inch to a 1/4’’ depending on your grass variety , you don’t want to cover the grass blades completely, only about 1/3 of the blade at most should be covered, start watering the lawn correctly also will help, and adding calcium to the lawn will help, depending on which method you use to add calcium to the soil it may or may not change the ph of the soil, depending on the amount of product you use. Lime is notorious for this, keep in mind if you add enough product and your soil goes above a ph of 7 , say to 8 alkaline may also affect the turf grass. calcium carbonate (CaCO3) aka Lime , calcium sulfate (CaSO4) aka Gypsum are both a naturally occurring mineral. BUT Gypsum provides calcium & sulfur, both essential nutrients, but does not affect soil pH. Hope this helps
kloanguy1 usually not but maybe, seeds (weeds seeds or other) need certain things to germinate, robbing the seeds of 1 or more of those things can prevent them from germination. Sun, water, growing medium, oxygen, and proper temperature, are among some of the things seeds need , so delaying or removal of some of these recipes for germination will Help you prevent the seeds from growing. Organic pre-emergent works well when timed correctly.
I was recommended by one of my friends on facebook to watch out your video. Great job bro... looking for more from yours. However good luck with your channel...
thank you
I do not like the chemicals or pulling it out. I do like the boiling water and cover option, very much.
:-) Glad
Frank Kujawski Also crabgrass likes low calcium, dry areas and low levels of organic matter, so top dressing a lawn with compost 1/8th inch to a 1/4’’ depending on your grass variety , you don’t want to cover the grass blades completely, only about 1/3 of the blade at most should be covered, start watering the lawn correctly also will help, and adding calcium to the lawn will help, depending on which method you use to add calcium to the soil it may or may not change the ph of the soil, depending on the amount of product you use. Lime is notorious for this, keep in mind if you add enough product and your soil goes above a ph of 7 , say to 8 alkaline may also affect the turf grass. calcium carbonate (CaCO3) aka Lime , calcium sulfate (CaSO4) aka Gypsum are both a naturally occurring mineral. BUT Gypsum provides calcium & sulfur, both essential nutrients, but does not affect soil pH. Hope this helps
Great video! just one a few simple ingredients u would have in ur cupboards
thank you
Organic and natural 👏👏
Thx for this!
My pleasure 😊
I have been hand pulling and digging grab grass by hand for a few days now out of my flower bed I plan On placing a thick layer of cardboard over the area where it is growing after I sprinkle baking soda and iodized salt over the area I hope this works this crabgrass is making me crabby 😆 oddly though when I took up the last cardboard I put down it seemed to be growing under the grown strange
Peace reflection thanks for sharing interesting information
Hi totally for organic, i got rid of the thistle by pulling them out before they went to seeds, now i don't have any of it any more, mind you i cleaned 5 acres this way....LOL.... the thing is my next door neighbour got his paddock infected by them....thanks for advice, cheers
CC's World AUSTRALIA isn't thistle medicinal?
My thoughts are that all herb/weeds have some kind of medicinal effects, depends on how much you take or eat . The problem here they don't have no "predators" so they go wild and cover the whole place in no time, you can't step on the land nor can the cattle etc....cheers
Thistles are semi annual meaning two years so if you get all the tops off before they seed they will go .
After watching just 3 minutes and 50 seconds of your crabgrass video, roughly the part where you said one could empty there cabinets and put all their saucers over the crabgrass to kill it, I knew I had to comment. I was amazed at the plethora of different options you gave me but even more spectacular was how stoned you were. The Romans put salt on the farmland they conquered to keep the people from growing crops, therefore being dependent upon the legions to supply them with food. Nothing would grow for about 10 years. Secondly, map gas only comes in the yellow container the blue container, Stony, is for propane. If you mix the tops or the cans, you can have one hell of an explosion. I knew it was going to be hilarious after the wind was blowing in the mic with the camera shaking around, nothing but the best for your viewers. I totally subscribed and am stoked to hear you ramble about playing in your yard while you're higher than a Parliament Funkadelic reunion tour. Alphadiscobetabioaquadooloop.
lol, Joe Hall your answer is classic! Wish you the best.
Parliament, lol, I thought they were okay, I was more of a jimmy Hendricks fan, Peter Tosh, Doors, and Pink Floyd just to mention a few stoner bands, lol
Guess you missed the response I sent to Ray, back then so I will copy and paste here and I will apologize now for this being long, table salt, NaCl , Ionic compound of sodium and chloride ions is the cheapest of salts, And works very well as a weed killer, (Herbicide) in driveways and etc, and in small portions in lawn turf, horticultural vinegar has been used as a herbicide for many years, but has a high acidity level, high enough to injure humans with skin contact, I know that the Romans actually mined salt, it was a huge commodity back in ancient times a.k.a. BC, Roman legions aka the Roman soldiers were sometimes partially paid in salt, it was a commodity, it had value, from the Ancient language we derived the term Solider, ‘sal-dare’ meaning to give salt, we also get the word salary ‘salarium’ The Roman empire would’ve had to had lots of conquered nations of people / slaves mining salt for them, aka salt works , salt making settlements, but to destroy vast Tracks of land of their enemies, with salt would have been extremely expensive verses fighting them. table salt is a herbicide weed killer, I commonly use Epson salt as a fertilizer, especially for palm trees, Epson salt is primarily magnesium and sulfate, if used in large quantity I guess it could be a herbicide, as the weed would have an abundance of magnesium and sulfur, depending on the quantity used, causing deficiencies in the weeds ability to uptake other nutrients, but it could have devastating effects on the surrounding turfgrass if used in large quantity also. Epson salt is sold in Lowes or Home Depot gardening section in America as a fertilizer. And I did not want people watching this video, to fertilize their weeds, causing more problems, or using a potentially hazardous vinegar, as there are lots of vinegars and salts to choose from, We may disagree on a few things but I think we can both agree on quantity used, and possibly not using Round up (glyphosate) for weeds, by the way round up also includes Isopropylamine salt as an ingredient, and California is the one of the first states to make it mandatory for round up sold in that state to have a cancer causing warning ⚠️ label. By the way thanks for the constructive criticism.
How much of vinegar, baking, salt & dish soap mixture amounts ?
Thanks
I used a spray bottle of white vinegar with about 1/5th-1/3th of salt and a few spoons of dish soap. My weeds were white within a few days. Granted these were weeds and crabgrass between pavers but it works wonders. Boiling water works too. You can also just pour the salt directly on, spray the vinegar after and let that bring it down to the root. I would also apply a light mist of water sometimes after with the hose on a mist so it pushes the vinegar/salt/soap down into the root.
The baking soda I would use separate just put it on the effected areas. I don’t see a need with baking soda in the white vinegar, salt mixture. Even the dishsoap was optional for me. The salt and vinegar seemed to be the best for me.
Nice video!
I look forward to more videos
Thank you, I need to start up loading more :-)
Yup, wait until right after it's rained and go pull up the weeds by hand. The whole root will come out with no problem.
Glad I found your vid. I really want to avoid using chems and this certainly helps me a lot. Great vid
I’ve been pulling it by hands but my neighbors are not treating their lawn so I’m getting ton of crabgrass on my lawn when it goes to seed😢
Me too!
I had my soil tested and they say it was prime for lawns. I don't recall the real PH of the soil.
Thanks for the video✌🏻🌱😊
your welcome, i am doing a livestream today , to try and help some people with their turf grass :-)
Interesting 💕💕👍👍
thanks
Awesome, thank you
your welcome
Just use Scotts pre-emergent crabgrass preventer once or twice in the spring and you won't have any problems.
Scotts has a short window of prevention, due to it's chemical make up, i have some other ways to prevent it also including organic Pre-EM and etc.
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I think I know what you mean, that's why I use it at least twice in the spring. It seems to work for my purposes though.
That’s okay for spot killing but what about if it’s all over the yard?
Hello! Great video. Can you please tell me if any of these methods actually kill the crabgrass down to the root? In other words, do they work on a systemic level or do they just kill the leaves? I read that vinegar only kills the leaves, which is why I ask. Also, will these methods on basically any weed? I have a salad bar of weeds in my front yard, unfortunately, and I'm preparing to do an aereation, overseed, and fertilizer fall treatment. I just want to figure out the best way to get rid of all the weeds without using chemicals. Thanks so much!
guidoth1 yes some will, depending on the age / life cycle of the crabgrass, also kloanguy1 Pre-Em is short for Pre-emergent. Preemergent herbicides prevent the germination of (weed) seeds by inhibiting a key enzyme. Some are organic that I use some are not, depends on what your trying to accomplish. Differ companies offer different solutions , some use roughly 10% Soybean Oil as a active ingredient to stop 🛑 weed seeds from growing, I use corn gluten meal sometimes , Keeping your soil healthy is an important aspect of weed control and using organic fertilizers and soil amendments will help keep your area weed-free, along with good lawn care practices like cutting the lawn at the right height, and not removing more than 1/3 of the blade when cutting the lawn turf grass. Some products I have not tried yet that claim to be organic weed control (Pre-em) are listed here , some I have , and some claim Natural Weed Control and Prevention Products, here goes:
Avenger® Weed Killer Concentrate
OMRI LISTED. This effective NON-selective herbicide uses natural citrus oil. (Will kill or harm flowers or lawn, use carefully around plants you don’t want dead 💀)
AXXE® Broad Spectrum Herbicide
OMRI Listed. Kill your weeds and plant within hours!
A key ingredient in this herbicidal soap is a form of ammoniated pelargonic salts, which enter through plant cell walls, disturbing cell functions and killing weeds within hours. This spray is intended to be applied to places with undesirable plant growth. Caution should be taken when using close to desired plants.
BioSafe Weed Control
OMRI Listed. This Soap-Based Weed Killer Produces Visible Results Within 24 Hours. BioSafe Weed Control is a NON- selective herbicide that works on contact when applied as a foliar application. (Use with caution near plants you don’t want killed or injured)
BONIDE® BurnOut uses natural ingredients to kill all types of annual, perennial, and grassy weeds. Bonide® BurnOut will not translocate and will only affect plants sprayed with the solution. Effective in temperatures as low as 40° F. This fast acting solution is great for use along driveways, sidewalks, around the base of mature trees, fence lines, and anywhere weed control is needed.(use with caution too)
Earth Harvest Gluten-8 Liquid Corn Meal is an easy to apply weed control and nitrogen fertilizer that saves you the effort of lifting heavy bags of corn gluten meal. A hose end applicator is included with this 2-pack.
Gluten-8 is water-soluble and derived from corn gluten meal and a nitrogen fertilizer. It provides pre-emergent control of annual grasses and broad leaf weeds without the effort of applying the granular corn gluten (Sustane Spring Weed & Feed). One quart of Gluten-8 is equivalent to 20 pounds of bagged corn gluten meal. Claims Gluten-8 OLP™
Weed Zap®
OMRI Listed. An essential oil-based foliar herbicide. non-selective, broad spectrum, biodegradable, foliar herbicide is made from clove and cinnamon oils.JH Biotech Weed Zap will only control actively growing emerged green vegetation and controls annual and perennial broadleaf and grassy weeds. It will only affect plants that are coated with the spray solution and does not damage non-green woody plants.
Soil Mender® Enhanced Vinegar RTU Herbicide
Powerful contact herbicide for killing those pesky weeds. Soil Mender Enhanced Vinegar is a ready-to-use blend of 10% vinegar, orange oil, molasses, and a natural surfactant. It is a highly effective contact weed killer that is environmentally benign. Soil Mender Enhanced Vinegar uses non-synthetic ingredients to achieve the same result as many chemical weed killers.
Summerset AllDown®
OMRI Listed. Harness The Power Of Acetic and Citric Acid For A Quick And Thorough Knock-down. Summerset AllDown is OMRI certified in the Concentrate formula only.
Summerset AllDown, a non-selective broadleaf herbicide, will make quick work of your unwanted weeds and grasses without resorting to harsh chemicals. AllDown acts as a burn-down herbicide by attacking the protective cuticle of the plant, causing it to rapidly weaken and die. The corrosive qualities that weeds find so devastating come from citric and acetic acid. Feel free to use AllDown liberally; these natural ingredients will not persist in the soil and build up to harmful levels. As with other weed killers, be sure to apply AllDown only on those plants that you want to remove. AllDown comes in two formulations: RTU and Concentrated.
Phydura™
OMRI Listed. Replace Toxic Herbicides With This Wonderful-Smelling Organic Herbicide - Weed And Grass Killer.
OMRI Listed Phydura uses clove oil and other biodegradable ingredients (Lactic Acid, Potassium Oleate, vinegar and water) to quickly knock down and kill unwanted weeds and grasses. These ingredients work by adhering to the weed and breaking down the cell structure through a burn down process. The plants will then stress and die. Whether they are annual or perennial weeds, they will begin to wilt in 30-60 minutes and be actively dying within 24 hours. For those pesky annuals, a single application should knock them out; perennial weeds may take multiple applications before the roots are killed off.
Phydura is a non-selective herbicide, which means that all plants that come in contact with the spray will be affected. You will need to take extra care not to allow spray to contact non-target plants. Although Phydura is non-selective as an herbicide, it will not translocate in the soil to the roots of desirable plants
These products are from ©2018 ARBICO Organics. All Rights Reserved. I am not sponsored by them or nor do I Receive any compensation for mentioning them, noticed there’s no description down below to some Amazon link, LOL, there’s a lot of other companies that make organic solutions for weed control, or you can make it yourself, I hope this helps and feel free to search and try other products out there :-)
guidoth1 Also crabgrass likes low calcium, dry areas and low levels of organic matter, so top dressing a lawn with compost 1/8th inch to a 1/4’’ depending on your grass variety , you don’t want to cover the grass blades completely, only about 1/3 of the blade at most should be covered, start watering the lawn correctly also will help, and adding calcium to the lawn will help, depending on which method you use to add calcium to the soil it may or may not change the ph of the soil, depending on the amount of product you use. Lime is notorious for this, keep in mind if you add enough product and your soil goes above a ph of 7 , say to 8 alkaline may also affect the turf grass. calcium carbonate (CaCO3) aka Lime , calcium sulfate (CaSO4) aka Gypsum are both a naturally occurring mineral. BUT Gypsum provides calcium & sulfur, both essential nutrients, but does not affect soil pH. Hope this helps
These methods would be great if my yard was the size of my bed.
HOw does the Baking Soda & Vinegar work? Seems they would neutralize each other once in contact with each other
sorry for the confusion, yes, use one or the other, not both at the same time, each will change the ph of the soil ;-)
Crab grass has one of the highest levels of DMT of any plant, outside the Amazon. And whereever I'm pulling out crab grass, I see worms... Makes me think of Dune :D
Can this product be used as a pre-emergent? and second do you add water to the vinegar and the baking soda or the salt or you just apply them as is?
does this solution affect the original grass? i mean does it only killa crabgrass and leaves good grass alone ??
I just seen your video. Question using the salt or vinegar. Can the salt be dissolved in hot water and then using a sprayer to spread it or fill a sprayer with vinegar and spray the yard?
Yes it can :-)
@@grandduneslandscapeandmain4992 Thank you
What do I do if the crab grass has already taken over 60-70% of my lawn?
Send me pictures, you may need to start your lawn over :-(. Or heavily overseed.
Watch out with that vinegar!! I just found out that if you don’t buy Organic, then it’s genetically engineered vinegar
Thanks for the information! The war on crabgrass will soon come to a close.
your welcome
Do you have a solution to get rid of clover in the lawn?
Yes, but closure is the indication that your lawn is lacking in nitrogen, the clover pulls nitrogen for use in the lawn, Open till about the 1960s in America sometimes clover seeds were also mixed with grass seed to give a deeper green color, and to kind of companion plant, as the two were beneficial for each other. Aesthetics of golf courses, and monoculture lead to peoples standard of what a lawn should look like. Organically feed the lawn something that will give it nitrogen, and you should see the clover disappear. Hope this helps.
That's some older Corelle, LOL. I have some too (and don't give a f that I do). Dishes in the lawn will look pretty silly though, LOL.
lol, true, spread some Pre-EM and call it a day for about 3 months ;-)
How looks cradgrass seeds?
Baking soda, I got baking soda.what do I do with the burned places
What about the good grass
I only pull weeds after a rain and they come up real easy.
So if i use baking soda or vinegar. Will that affect/ kill my lawn? My crabgrass is within my lawn and in the process of taking over the whole yard
Line Em Up what type of grass do you have?
I live in Merritt Island, Florida. We have Saint Augustine grass. Will either the baking soda or vinegar harm this grass or kill it off. What about the salt. I also water with well water that is high salt content.
Stephanie Pope I have some other crabgrass and weeds video that may help :-) St. Augustine grass is Very delicate or Susceptible to certain chemicals, in other words if you use a chemical please follow the directions and temperature suggestions to the letter, I still recommend organic treatments for St. Augustine, try corn gluten meal, at this time of the year, as a pre-emergent
Just came from your other channel. I like the info here. Thinking about a drone. Wow I didn’t know Salt or vinegar would kill crabgrass. Don’t think I would use a plate. Haha
Having crabgrass in your lawn is not a problem. Letting it stay in your lawn long enough for it to drop seeds, is a problem. I have a ~125-foot-by-~125-foot front lawn. For the first several years after moving in to the house, I just mowed, watered and fertilized the lawn; I figured that was enough. One particularly dry year, I noticed the lawn remarkably 'bounce back' during a hot spell. Then I awoke. I realized it was actually crabgrass coming in. By the time I decided to do something about it, about 40% of the lawn was dominated by crabgrass. So I learned about crabgrass... and goose grass... and foxtail... and dallisgrass... I decided to take my lawn back. I have an irrigation system, so *growing* grass is easy. I used Round-up on all of the spots I deemed to be 'just crabgrass'. I hit those spots over and over, as more crabgrass emerged the rest of the summer. Then I re-seeded those areas in the fall. It's been a battle ever since, but I've been keeping ahead. I've relied heavily on 'mechanical' removal of individual plants. That starts when crabgrass first shows up, and continues until it stops showing up. The herbicide I use on the lawn for general weeds includes crabgrass control. It doesn't usually kill the crabgrass (very fast), but it does bring out the purple in the plants, which makes them easier to see and pluck. Now, after the first frost of the year, the neighbors' front yards turn brown; my doesn't.
I hear you can juice crab grass or eat the seeds and roast them.
My whole yard is now crab grass ! What can I do ?
Thank you!!
Any idea why my torch goes out when I hold it down
thanks
your welcome
Guess what, I like the plate idea. ......
It works great
thank you, glad it worked for you.
You needs a lot of plate Lol
I only have crab grass and weeds, so all I have to do is get the salt and throw it out in the yard. #RIGHT? Would it be a problem if I decided to just let it grow? #PLEASE respond it will be appreciated.
salt i would just use on the crabgrass, not spread it all over the yard, if you let it grow it will probably go to seed and come back next year :-( as crabgrass produces tons of seeds, it will probably come back more intense in numbers of clumps around the yard if you let it grow, just so you know, hope this helps.
I recommend trying to kill crabgrass in your lawn or slow it down before it starts, if your in a HOA / neighborhood type of situation , if your in a more rural situation, like a farm, and according to the University of Florida, grazing animals ( cows, sheep and horses) find crabgrass quite tasty. Smooth crabgrass and large crabgrass, grow to 15 to 36 inches (around 38 to 89 centimeters), respectively, if not mowed.
Nice!!!!
I'm in SC with a lot of crab grass in my yard. Do you recommend anything else apart from the baking soda- vinegar? Thanks
I have Bermuda grass, btw
Looks like I don't have an alternative but to use Bayer crabgrass killer, your methods would also kill my tall fescue grass.
I do have some other methods, like pre -em your lawn if your not over seeding the fescue lawn with corn gluten meal product that's labeled as a pre-emergent herbicide, use it when crabgrass germinates in your area, if you would like some other easy methods, please let me know, thanks.
I would recommend Quinclorac 75 over Bayer as it has a premerg included for up to 60 day control.
Robert Dixon true, but in some states you need a license to purchase professional turf grass maintenance supplies and chemicals, most DYI / homeowners can not purchase the chemical or usually don’t know where to buy it locally, unless they purchase it online.
@@grandduneslandscapeandmain4992 Corn meal is very good and organic. It's ticklish in my area to get new seeded areas up and established prior to crabgrass application but can be done.😊
I have a VERY dead backyard, except for the crabgrass. It's a pretty big yard. How do I Kill it all??? I am hoping to bring in topsoil to level and reseed, but want to kill the crabgrass first.
Chellie LaFayette cover the lawn with a trap(s) for 30 days , that should do it, if you really want to kill all the grass, and weeds, but I would just weed out the weed seeds and over seed with the grass variety seed you want and top dress with compost to not disturb the soil to much (microbiology).
Sprinkle baking soda and walk away.
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So a simple box of vinyl floor tiles, same color as your grass. Simply cover the weeds for how many days? Cheap and reusable plus they are ORGANIC LOL.
jim davidson I like it :-)
jim davidson usually around 30 days at most. I have seen it happen in less than 7 days more times than I can count.
What do you suggest for dallisgrass? Can it be done naturally? It's almost impossible to kill it. That's a real weed.
Organically or chemical wise? yes its basically the same process, as here in the video, { baby shampoo + vinegar +salt dissolved together } and place it into a spray bottle and spray the Dallisgrass, if you use chemicals i recommend, postemergent herbicides like MSMA or CMA , plus you can always hand pull any weeds too. kind of a pain but really takes care of them if you stay on top of it, plus if you have any bare spots? you should try to fill them in quickly with seed or sod to prevent dallisgrass weed seeds from taking hold. Also try some Corn Gluten Meal as a Pre-EM for the Dallisgrass seeds, and many other weed seeds. hope this helps
Dallisgrass is an animal. Nothing short of cutting it out with a knife or using Roundup will help.
Roundup, be carefull with that stuff my friend, the State of California is finally getting them to put a Cancer Causing Warning Label on all of Monsanto's RoundUp products that will be sold in their State.
Roundup, be carefull with that stuff my friend, the State of California is finally getting them to put a Cancer Causing Warning Label on all of Monsanto's RoundUp products that will be sold in their State.
I appreciate the replies but have any of you actually dealt with dallisgrass? You don't pull it out and you don't use a knife to cut it out either. It damn near resists roundup unless you totally saturate a large area maybe even a few times. The only natural way I know of is to dig out a square about 3 inches bigger than the plant and about a foot down. You have to get every piece of the root out or else you've done no good. It'll come back. I'm in Texas so the soil is akin to concrete.
I thought crabgrass had runners?
I pull them up...thanks
Pulling not so good, I’ve been pulling 5 gallon buckets for 12 years
Dig it by hand .
Without Crabgrass i would have no lawn at all....
I have used the torch method and pulled by hand, but it keeps coming back.
try pre-em this year, i recommend Corn Gluten as a organic pre-emergent herbicide apply it every 3 months, especially before Spring.
basicly you trying to keep the weed seeds from germinating. Corn Gluten meal works very well, about 60% for the first application, TIMING is the key, Corn Gluten Meal may be sold near you as a hog feed. Also Corn Gluten Meal will organicly feed nitrogen slowly for 3 to 4 months to your lawn or etc.(Back to the timing) Apply the corn gluten meal before it rains, like with in 5 days, if you have irrigation use that to make sure your lawn gets at least 1/4 in of water, if it doesn't rain. Then you need a day or two of a dry spell after the watering to prevent the seedling from growing another root ;-)
Don't use salt. You will have new and improved, worse than before weeds pop up next season.
So if you spread calcium on your lawn it is less likely to grow? I have to much of it to do each patch.
This question has a few answers, so here goes... Calcium is essential for healthy, vigorous plant growth and the proper development of strong cell walls, roots and leaves. It improves the lawns' tolerance to the stresses of heat, drought and disease. Calcium controls the plants uptake and utilization of water and nitrogen and improves soil texture. But.... and this is the trick part, the question of whether calcium carbonate is good for lawns depends entirely on what kind of soil you are working with, plus how you apply calcium to the lawn, ~~ #1 Calcium carbonate (CaCO3) usually in the form of limestone, can be applied to lawns as a means of raising soil pH, or making it less acidic. If your soil is already at an appropriate pH, this is unnecessary. But if the soil has a low pH, then applying calcium carbonate can be beneficial to the lawn. Calcitic lime and agricultural lime are both good sources of calcium carbonate. To determine your need, first establish the ideal pH level for the particular turf grass species you would like to grow. Then, using a soil test kit, determine the pH level of the soil in which you would like to plant a lawn or are already growing one. Using these numbers, you can figure out how much you need to apply in order to raise the pH the appropriate amount. Loosely speaking, the lower your pH is. the more lime you need. You also need more lime for clay soils than for loam, and more for loam soils than for sandy ones. For sandy soil at a pH of 6.0, for instance, you would need about 2 pounds per 100 square feet to raise the pH to 6.5. ~~ #2 Gypsum, or calcium sulfate (CaSO4) My recommendation for lawns with out a soil test, because Gypsum / Calcium sulfate is a naturally occurring mineral. It provides calcium & sulfur, both essential nutrients, but does not affect soil pH.
I'll take that as a no, but I do appreciate you getting back to me.
Your welcome Marty, sorry if i got to technical or confusing, i can do that sometimes, i will try to answer the question another way, spreading calcium may or may not discourage growth, depending on soil, soil ph, type of calcium used... Calcium carbonate aka limestone usually raises your soil ph, or Gypsum that does not raise your ph, this is a trick question to answer with so many variables, but most likely it will not affect the crab grass in a negative way :-( unless you drasticly change the ph of the soil to a condition you are NOT going to want for your turf grass most likely :-( aka a high ph, by adding way more Calcium than you need to get into the opt. ph range, and in turn throwing the harmony of all the other Macro and Micro's out of wack, for plant up intake. hope this helps
if you add calcium, you lawn will grow if it is lacking calcuium, if it is not you could change the chemistry of the soil and cause a imbalance possibly hurting the soil, i read a article about Georgia State's finding many years ago about the benefits of Calcium , it is very helpful for most grass, also depends where you live too. hope this helps.
Yes, you have been a big help, I went out and bought a weed burner, the crab grass don't like it.
My yard is full of crabgrass. 😐 😢
hope this video helps
Will baking soda or vinegar hurt regular grass?
yes if used in excess, is a general answer, a safe answer, not knowing the type of turf grass your growing, and other conditions.
Vinegar is an an acid. I use it to remove rust and millscale from metal. Im sure it will kill your lawn too.
only spot treat the crabgrass ;-)
only spot treat the crabgrass ;-)
Baking soda killed everything except the crab grass.
Naturally or organically have the same meaning
We killin crabgrass or making scones here!!!!🤣🤣🤣Haha just jokin good job!
lucky wife
I might thry the plate. She's always mad anyway....
Salt is great if you want nothing to ever grow in that soil.
Salt, Vinegar, Baking Soda, Boiling water
i had poured some whiskey on my crabgrass and they were happier than a mug
Lol 😂
Torch method? This guy gets serious!
lol, yeah, i do use a organic pre-em too, lol
Chemicals don't work. Ty
your welcome