Are you as aggravated with the yellow grass like plant that grows faster than your turf, invades your landscape and just makes the yard look anemic? The plant that we are talking is Yellow Nutsedge. Yellow nutsedge is in the sedge family and has been long consider a wet area and wet season plant. That however has changed and it seems to dominate in about any location. If you believe the patches are getting bigger each year you are exactly correct. The plant spreads via rhizomes (underground stems) and the dispersion of the tubers through cultivation. The plant is square stemmed and the growth point is low to the ground which allows it to tolerate mowing. General cultivation doesn't work for the removal because the plant forms tubers underground that can remain dormant for long periods of time and can get moved around through tillage practices. So how do we cope with this annoying weed.
I usually tell folks to move but there are a few things you can try. Well when we are talking small clumps hand pulling can work. If the the clump is a stand alone (with nothing else around it) then spot spraying with a glysophate solution can work. Otherwise a nutsedge control will need to be used to control the population in a turf situation. The active ingredients you will look for is betazon, halosulfuron, sulfentrazone to see the retail packaging you can find these active ingredients in visit Controlling Weeds in Kentucky Home Lawns and look on page 3 and 5. Always follow label directions in whatever you decide to use.
