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Old 08-15-2006, 02:45 PM   #6
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I have the answer to crabgrass

Go to LESCO and buy a pint of Acclaim. It will cost you about $100.00. Expensive maybe but when you figure how much or how many bags of step 3, 15,000 sq. feet bags you might put down at $50.00 a bag Acclaim will be cheap by comparison. Once you get the acclaim put it on at a rate of 3/4 of an ounze to a gallon. OH BY THE WAY THE REASON IT COST WHAT IT DOES IS BECAUSE CRABGRASS IS THE ONLY THING IT KILLS. You can spray it on anything and it wont do anything to it. I guarantee that within a week of spraying on your crebgrass it will be brown and/or black. You can use 1 ounze to a gallon and it will die quicker but the pint wont last as long. All you have to do is walk up to plant with sprayer and wet the weed. I usually do a quick little circle around it to kill and seeds that have already come off the crabgrass and is preparing to sprout also. You may have more than one generation of crabgrass seed in the lawn so it might be prudent to be vigilant for two seasons with the acclaim. You can ask my brother Squid Kids Dad if my lawn has any crabgrass and he'll tell I don't. I will back what I say about this to my death thats how sure I am of this product. Don't spray on weed when wet in the morning. Wait until dew drys. Don't water the same day. Although after a couple of hours it doesn't matter but why waste the money you spend on the acclaim. I have a two gallon ace sprayer with acclaim mixed and ready to go next to my deck. I got this from a high end landscaper and its the best advice on lawn care i ever received.

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