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grassyannualDifficulty
Foxtail
Setaria
A summer annual grass with a bushy, bristly seed head like a fox's tail. The seed heads can lodge in dogs' paws and ears.
How to tell
- •Upright clumps, taller than crabgrass
- •Fuzzy cylindrical seed heads in late summer
- •Wide flat blades, often with a twist
- •Common in new lawns and disturbed soil
Why it is in your lawn
Bare or newly seeded soil.
Best window
Prevent in April, pull in July.
1 · Fix the cause
- Mow before seed heads form
- Overseed thin areas in September
- Pull clumps; roots are shallow
2 · Eco product
Spring corn gluten, same timing as crabgrass.
Track the price of Corn gluten meal pre-emergentWhat you are signing up for
Mow it before it seeds and it is a one-year problem.
Reference only · what the truck would spray
Active ingredient
Prodiamine (prevention), quinclorac (post)
Typical product
Scotts Halts, Drive XLR8
Why we do not recommend it
An annual that a thick lawn prevents on its own.
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