Herbicide Products for Application with Skip’s Weed Wiper*
By Skip Richter, Host of GardenLine Radio on KTRH 740
For more gardening information visit: GardeningwithSkip.com
Always read and follow the product label before using herbicides in lawns, gardens, and landscapes!
Effectiveness can vary due to weed species, weather conditions, application season, weed health/vigor, etc.
Adding a surfactant to the herbicide increases effectiveness especially against weeds with glossy leaves.
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Type of Weed |
Herbicide Ingredient(s) & Product Examples** |
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Woody trees/shrubs/vines & perennials with storage tubers, roots, and/or rhizomes (examples: greenbrier, blackberry, poison ivy, tree seedlings, peppervine) |
triclopyr Bio Advanced Brush Killer Plus Concentrate; Hi-Yield Triclopyr Ester; Bonide Stump & Vine Killer; Monterey Brush & Vine Control; Martins Triclopyr 4; Fertilome Brush & Stump Killer or Cut Vine & Stump Killer Cut stump or basal stem applications usually work best when controlling woody weeds, especially around desirable plants. |
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Grasses (examples: bermudagrass, dallisgrass, johnsongrass, torpedograss) |
fluazifop-butyl Ornamec; Fertilome Over-the-Top Grass Killer; Fusilade; Ortho Grass B Gon sethoxydim Poast; Bonide Grass Beater; Hi-Yield Grass Killer; Monterrey GrassGetter |
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Broadleaf weeds (examples: dichondra, dollarweed, ragweed, wood sorrel/oxalis) Not all broadleaf weed control combination products are effective against all broadleaf weeds. |
Trimec and other multi-ingredient herbicides for post-emergence broadleaf weed control Bonide Weed Beater Ultra; Fertilome Weed Free Zone; Ace Lawn Weed Killer; Spectracide Weed Stop for Lawns; Bayer Southern Weed Killer for Lawns; Ortho Weed B Gon Lawn Weed Killer |
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Grasses and broadleaf weeds (examples: see the two rows above) |
glufosinate Finale; Bio-Advanced Weed & Grass Killer glyphosate Eraser; Hi-Yield Killzall; Monterey Remuda; Ace Concentrated Weed & Grass Killer NOTE: Roundup sold in retail outlets for home and garden use NO LONGER CONTAINS GLYPHOSATE. |
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Wild onion & wild garlic |
Imazaquin Image Kills Nutsedge |
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Nutsedges (examples: yellow and purple types) |
halosulfuron-methyl Sedgehammer Plus; Hi-Yield Nutsedge & Horsetail Control; Monterey Nutgrass Killer II; Martin’s Nutgrass Eliminator |
* Go to: Gardeningwithskip.com/weed-wiper for instructions for building a weed wiper.
** Listing ingredients and/or product examples does not imply endorsements or recommendations.