Poa Annua Preemergent Herbicides
marc00
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Comments (4)>"it explains how Poa does NOT need light to germinate and will still grow under the canopy of other grasses. Is that true?" Absolutely. Want to have some fun? Google "poa annua + antarctic" You do not state where you live, but here in the Midwest, we can cheat mother nature a little sometimes. Most early to mid Augusts, day time temperature remain warm, but the nights are starting to get cooler. It is this time that here we can cheat and drop seeds. One needs to baby it very closely, to get germination and growth from the new seedlings with watering, but it can be done. Then 2 weeks after germination (around Labor Day +/-) drop Dimension, to prevent poa annua from germinating as soil temps drop into poa's preferred range. *Once again - cheating. Most say wait until 2 mows of the new seedlings before applying preM's, however Zach Reicher of Prudue / now Unv Of Neb studies shows cheating can be done. See link here http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/3988908?uid=3739656&uid=2129&uid=2&uid=70&uid=4&uid=3739256&sid=55906481363 Tenacity can be used anytime during this period, including seed drop day, and should be applied regularly during the fall for best results. Then at last cut of the year, apply Dimension again when you winterize with nitrogen - to prevent that "poa annua + antarctic"...See MorePoa Annua.. Is this correct?
Comments (4)Yes and no. Poa annua is a winter annual which means the seeds germinate in fall when soil temps fall below 70 degrees. The plant stays fairly small, and spends the winter in a vegetative state. Once spring rolls around the plant explodes in growth and produces tons of seeds that will be dropped for germination in the fall. Then poa, being an annual, dies in late spring/summer. (typically this is the case, but their are hundreds of variations and perennial forms exist). There are some people having pretty good results using the herbicide Tenacity on it, but generally poa control is established with a strict regiment of preemergents like dimension. A drop in late summer, and again in early spring over time should result in a lessening of poa annua. There is also a new herbicide that I just learned about that might give hope to people battling poa annua. It isn't out yet, but it probably will be available in 2013-14....See MorePoa Annua Questions
Comments (8)Annua sprouts in spring, triv in late summer into early fall (both from seed, although triv will happily send rhizomes as well). To my knowledge, once the triv is even somewhat established (annua, too), Halts has no or at least very limited effect. Technically all pre-emergents are really very early post-emergents. :-) But once you notice it, it's too late for that. 2) You could if it doesn't bother you. If the triv is doing well, the annua may, too. Both like wetter, cooler conditions than the standard bluegrass lawn. That having been said, I'd go at it with the Roundup to keep it from seeding out everywhere. 3) In CT, possibly. Here in PA it's too early for it, but if nights are getting cool and days are no longer hot, the weather is damper and there's dew in the mornings, it's possible. Altitude probably plays a big role in that, too. I'm close to sea level. You can pull it as you see it. There's no good herbicide to get rid of it, so that's really the only solution. Certainty has its moments, but only controls--not kills--annua....See MorePrevent Poa Annua
Comments (2)Poa Annua is a winter annual. What this means is it germinates in late summer/early fall as soil temps fall below 70 degrees. It goes dormant through the winter, and once spring arrives it becomes active very quickly and starts producing tons of seeds that are almost immediately viable. Some of these seeds can germinate in the spring, most will germinate in the fall. It typically dies out in the heat of summer, but not always. (There are hundreds of varieties of poa annua by the why, some of it is perennial, and some doesn't die in the summer.) There are a few selective herbicides you can use to kill poa annua, ethofumasate is the one available to homeowners (Tenacity might be an effective poa annua herbicide, but it is relatively new and the jury is still out on that.) Both of these are pretty pricey. A long term control involves two applications of preemergent herbicides, once in the late summer/early fall (depending on location) and one in the spring. Over time this should decrease your poa annua, but it also means you cannot overseed, but since you have spreading grasses it shouldn't be a problem. I would put down a good preemergent now in North Carolina....See Morelovethempokes
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