sam5570
Veteran Member
Dennis what you might be doing is spraying to early. remember if it has not germanated yet don't mater what you spray with it won't kill it.that's the only thing i can think of that would cause 2-4d not to work.
Dennis, I live in Arab and spent 15+ years in the golf course maintenance industry so I'm familiar with the area. 2, 4-D will get your broadleaf and thats about it. The onion is probably wild garlic. Only difference is the stems are hollow, but it is a lot more common in our area. A 2, 4-D ester formulation will have some sucess on it and the henbit in your second pic. Also, will get the broadleaf. Not gonna touch the fescue in one of the pics though. You can spot spray it with roundup at label rate. If you want to broadcast roundup for a one spray solution, use about 2/3 label rate. It wont kill the bermuda. If it has any green down in the canopy, it may slow the spring green up but wont kill it. The garlic & henbit are the toughest. One spray wont kill all of it. It takes multiple apps in consecutive winters. A good spring pre emerge followed with a fall(early sept and again around thanksgiving) will do wonders for annual weeds. Unfortunately, the henbit, chickweed, and other broadleaf arethe only annual weeds in the pics. The others are perennials making them tougher. Need any more help, let me know ot pm me. Also, never go over label rate on ru. Its a waste of money, and actually less effective once you hit about 2x label rate and higher. By roundup, I'm meaning 41%+ glyphosate, not the wtered down stuff.
Kyle, msma going away hurt, but some of it's replacements are pretty good. Drive is a great herbicide and the new liquid formulation(XL8R I think) works faster than the dry formulation. Celsius is also a good one. It is a sulfonyl-urea and some people consider them slow. Most of them actually kill the weed in 24-48 hrs but may take a week or so for the weeds to start browning out.