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What kind of weeds am I looking at here

Posted by bradmcnutt none (My Page) on
Mon, Aug 8, 11 at 17:26

http://i.imgur.com/NCYIu.jpg

I know the one in the right circle is clover, but what about the other two? TIA


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RE: What kind of weeds am I looking at here

The one in the middle is Nutsedge and is a mjor pain to kill off, I have heard a product called Sedge Hammer is effective on it but I have not tried it personally.


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RE: What kind of weeds am I looking at here

I can't see the picture, but if it's nutsedge, there's several products that will work. Sedgehammer is the easiest.


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RE: What kind of weeds am I looking at here

I would be hesitant to identify any of the grass in that picture. Dutch white clover looks like this...

Note the whitish ring through the three leaves. If you don't have the ring then you have a clover look-alike.

The other grassy weeds are unidentifiable in your picture. Where do you live? Sometimes that helps to rule out some plants.


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RE: What kind of weeds am I looking at here

The picture is difficult to work with, but the right one does look like clover. If it blooms white, pink or light purple, it is Clover. If you get tiny yellow flowers in August, Oxalis leaves look like Clover.

Without better detail, I'd hesitate to commit to the left one, but by color, it "could" be Nimblewill.

Get better pictures.


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RE: What kind of weeds am I looking at here

Thanks for all the replies. So the right weed is definitely white clover as it has the white ring. The one on the middle is definitely nutsedge which is great to know as that was the one driving me crazy as it grows so fast and high and really stands out. Here's two more pics of the one on the left:
http://i.imgur.com/koMY9.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/0HGLb.jpg

There's another weed I've found that I could use some help with identifying
http://i.imgur.com/F8WBu.jpg

Thanks again


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RE: What kind of weeds am I looking at here

If they are different, the last two appear to be crabgrass and the low-growing form of goosegrass. When I find goosegrass, I prefer to remove by hand. Crabgrass spreads far and I usually use a weed killer.


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