Study Shows New Way to Eliminate Tillering Goosegrass

Goosegrass season is in full swing, though identifying it in your customers’ lawns can be problematic. Young goosegrass is difficult to see in a dense turfgrass canopy, and so it often progresses to the one- to four-tiller stage before it is noticed. But fear not: a recent study found that a tank mix of two products, Dismiss herbicide from FMC and Revolver herbicide from Bayer, offer both quick and long-term control of goosegrass in warm-season turf.

According to the study conducted by Dr. Fred Yelverton of North Carolina State University, best results were achieved with a postemergence combination of Dismiss at the 8-oz. per acre rate and Revolver at the 17-oz. per acre rate. Dismiss provided the fast visual knockdown in as little as three days and helped the Revolver provide season-long control (in this case, 104 days).

Additional information from FMC.