11/12/24
Trippin’ on Turf
By Mark Langner
Poa is a beast! We hate this stuff in the southern turf market while others have embraced it and found a way to make it great in certain situations. For now poa is still a weed(“plant out of place”) in the warm season turf market.
Recently a field we maintain had a more than desired amount of poa in the 3 to 4 leaf stage in mid September. Even after Sulfonyl urea apps, during a very dry year, high temps, and a very dense bermuda stand.
Yes we went in and sprayed glyphosate at 5oz prior to overseed, ha it laughed at that application.
Looks like seed head suppression is in our near future along with a good Fraize mow and reset.
We will let you know how that turns out!
