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Weed ID reguired and which weedkiller?

gilzersgilzers Posts: 4
in Problem solving

Hi All,

I have a progressive problem on a shady south facing lawn where when I use Westland Aftercut All In One Lawn Feed, Weed & Moss Killer, the main culprit weeds seem to be fed rather than killed. Last year, the weeds in the photos Im about to show took over the spot where the moss died off, leaving me with more hardy and unsightly weeds. 

So, can anyone identify these weeds and the best lawn weedkiller?

There is also some clover like weeds as well. image

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  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043

    Looks like buttercup. Could you dig it out? Otherwise a lawn weedkiller than isn’t an all in one should do it, but may need more than one go.

    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • TheRicksterTheRickster Posts: 85

    Looks like creeping buttercup, we have it here.  This link to the RHS gives several ways to remove it.

    https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?PID=784

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147

    That's Creeping Buttercup. I would take out as much as possible manually using a Daisy Grubber or even an old table fork and sharp knife. 

    Any small plants remaining and reappearing should be treated with glyphosate gel. Leave until they die off before mowing. 

    Mowing too soon after the application of a lawn weed killer often results in the weeds not being killed. 


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • gilzersgilzers Posts: 4

    Wowzers thank you everyone, super fast. 

  • glasgowdanglasgowdan Posts: 632

    Granular lawn weed killers are rubbish. You need to get someone in to spray the lawn. Shouldn't cost much.

    Forget crawling about on hands and knees with a knife....that's for pensioners with nothing else to do!

    Last edited: 30 October 2017 08:18:56

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147

    image I may be a pensioner but I have plenty to do thank you ... And even with my dodgy knee I can still crawl across the lawn, Daisy Grubber in hand. Takes up much less time than getting into the car and driving to the GC to fetch weed killer and more environmentally friendly and infinitely cheaper too image


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445

    The short-sighted and self-centred spraying of everything we humans don't want will bring the downfall of our species sooner or later.



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • glasgowdanglasgowdan Posts: 632

    Shame that cutting them out with a knife invariably leaves root fragments in place that grow back!

    A lot of people know very little about weed killer. For example, you'd never use glyphosate on lawn weeds when spraying!

  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889

    I'm in no way diminishing the human/ environmental  cost of pesticides/ herbicides etc, but given the money spent by the NHS treating victims of alcohol and tobacco and the pain and misery caused by the effects of both, I know which, in a purely logical basis, should be banned. 

    Devon.
  • glasgowdanglasgowdan Posts: 632

    Sorry your post comes across as incoherent rambling when it's all capitalised!

    Any book written by an environmentalist is going to be biased. I put my faith in the myriad of impartial scientific papers written, backed by evidence and data, thank you very much. Plus my desire to make a good living!

    If pesticides were banned, how many people would be pushed into poverty or starve due to the cost of food doubling?

    Stay on topic....this post is about weedkiller. Not spending a day on your belly chasing weeds with a spoon.

    Last edited: 30 October 2017 09:38:45

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