Crabgrass invading my vast lawn??

I live on a hill, of 2 acres of land.. and I've taken great care to my lawn, b/c i did all the landscaping and planted grass seeds and all 3 years ago...



But on the left side of our lawn is still a wild grown lot with many wild flowers and grasses, and we think that they're blowing over and growing on our land...



We've gotten our grass sprayed many times for weeds and fertilized too..



But thier is still TONS of wild grasses over flowing in many places, which have been previously flawless..



My husband thinks that you need to pull the rest by hand... and I really need another solution...



please help...

Crabgrass invading my vast lawn??
For such a large area it must be fun to cultivate a healty lawn.

How high do you cut your lawn?



You can purchase a spray type of weed killer specific to kill crab grass. This stuff is design to be sprayed on the leaves of the plant and will help kill it in a few days. This is a decent short term solution as it will not prevent crab grass. Pulling them is better... but maybe your area is too large.



The real long term solution is to make sure you cut the grass high, 3 inches, allthough this seems kind of high- it is the suggested cool season grass height. This may be partly why the grass has not previously been able keep the crab grass out. (Your lawn must be high enough to crowd out invaders).

And next year- in spring before you are even thinking about crab grass... use a preemergent killer spread that is specific to crab grass. This is critical. Many weed killers do not work very well on crab grass!



The proper lawn height and a preemergent will vastly reduce your crab grass woes.
Reply:Hi THERE i work for a for a very large garden center in Canada we have many people with the same problem.If you keep your grass short many od the wild grasses will die.I don't know where you live but i think in the USA they have CRAB-EX it works on crab grasses.Or just spray the spots with round up but it will kill all grass but you can reseed in 3 days.Good luck ken
Reply:Once they have taken over, you can't do much except pull it by hand. If it's too much, wait until next year and put down Crab Grass killer in in early Spring. Nothing I know kills it after it starts growing.