Subject: Re: Crabgrass in St. Augustine lawn

From: [email-masked] (Jerry Heverly)
Date: 29 Aug 1995 20:58:21 -0700

yorion ([email-masked]) wrote:
: Does anyone out there have any suggestions about getting rid of crabgrass 
: growing in a St. Augustine lawn?  

Salt.  St. Aug is salt tolerant, crabgrass(*Digitaria*) isn't (as much).  
Try fertilizing with ammonium sulfate at 10-15 lbs/1,000 sq. ft. of turf.

Jerry Heverly, Instr. of Hort, Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA

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Jerry Heverly, Oakland, CA