Dealing with quackgrass takes persistence. Here's how to control and eliminate this grassy weed before it takes over your lawn.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NY State IPM Program at Cornell University/Flickr/CC BY 2.0 Even if you didn't know its quirky name, you have likely seen ...

What did one grass blade say to the other about the lack of rain? I guess we’ll just have to make dew. Speaking of lawn grass, I’ve received a large number of questions lately about crabgrass and ...

FARGO — Quackgrass and crabgrass have done quite well for themselves, as weeds go. Neither existed in North America until they were imported by well-intentioned people, and now the weedy grasses have ...

My last column elicited several requests for more detailed information on controlling quackgrass. Following is the question from one reader and response. If you have tree, shrub or lawn questions, you ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A person in boots digs up vegetation in the soil - Penpak Ngamsathain/Getty Images Invasive yard weeds keep us on our toes. Just ...

My faithful readers—all five of them—have likely noticed that the last three articles have discussed weed control in vegetable gardens. I’m going to continue along that same theme discussing another ...

Few garden tasks are as gratifying as ripping out my nemesis, quackgrass, an aggressive perennial grass that spreads by seed and by rhizomes. In the past, I’ve attempted to eradicate this grass by ...

Quackgrass (Elytrigia repens) is a rhizomatous perennial that spreads by seeds and rhizomes. Quackgrass is a highly competitive agricultural weed which can significantly reduce crop yields and reduce ...

Under greenhouse conditions, approximately 50% visible control of bermudagrass [Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. # CYNDA], quackgrass [Agropyron repens (L.) Beauv. # AGRRE], and wirestem muhly ...

Some of the grass in my yard died after last year’s hot, dry summer. It doesn’t look like it’s coming back, despite a fairly wet spring. Several weeds, including dandelions and quackgrass, are growing ...

Invasive yard weeds keep us on our toes. Just when we think we have the protocol down to keep them from competing with the turf grass, another weed pops up that may look similar but has different ...