Now is a good time for soil testing in preparation for fall lawn installation or rejuvenation. This fungus causes stems and leaves to darken. The only effective control this time of year is sanitation-remove affected plants immediately. Prevent the infection from taking hold next year with preventive applications of Cleary's 3336. Start in spring and repeat every 2 - 3 weeks through early summer.
Yellow nutsedge is the only green thing in some lawns.
Normally Basagran and Manage give excellent control of this grass-like weed. Herbicidal activity may be reduced, though, in drought-stressed weeds. John C. Nye, Dean and Director. Distributed in furtherance of Acts of Congress of May 8 and June 30, 1914. It is the policy of the Delaware Cooperative Extension System that no person shall be subjected to discrimination on the grounds of race, color, sex, disability, age, or national origin.