How do I control Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum) in turfgrass in Wise County Virginia?
Website Resources: http://www.ppws.vt.edu/scott/weed_id/lolmu.htm Recommendation: There aren’t any selective chemicals to control Italian ryegrass in cool-season lawns. If your lawn is bermudagrass or zoysiagrass, you may contract a professional lawn care service to apply Kerb (pronamide). Otherwise, you can pull Italian ryegrass by hand since it is a “clump-type” grasses or you could spot treat the lawn with a nonselective chemical like Roundup and reseed, sod, or sprig the lawn with the desired turf species. Proper lawn fertility and sparse irrigation will promote the death of Italian ryegrass in favor of your lawn grass.
