Just a quick addition ~ if you are able to pull them out by their roots while they are still green, that should nix any seed problem (from those plants, of course).
We probably all know that if you water the area a little bit the night before, it makes the pulling really easy (foxtails come up easily anyway, but mega easy when the soil is damp).
Great to hear about the household vinegar! I might try that on some invading bermuda grass (I know, laughs abound : ) just to see if it slows it down.
Karen
On May 4 2020 7:34 PM, abqcleve via Neighbors_nobhill-nm wrote:
They’ve become a hideous nuisance. I accused my vet—jokingly—of spreading them a couple of years ago. He wasn’t amused. You have three choices:1) pull them out by their roots (what I do but it’s never ending because their seeds are wind blown)2) vinegar: According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, vinegar kills green foxtail, especially when the weed is young. During the first two weeks after green foxtail emerges, pour or spray a 5- to 10-percent vinegar solution on the weed. Household distilled white vinegar typically is a 5-percent solution.3) glyphosate: ‘nuff said—still won’t eliminate because new seeds will fly in.must be climate change—never saw these before a few years ago.Mark
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