Whats the best way of getting rid of Yarrow from lawn ??

I've tried a few chemicals but none seem to touch it.

"Janet Baraclough" wrote in message
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Whats the best way of getting rid of Yarrow from lawn ??

I've tried a few chemicals but none seem to touch it.

Are you sure it's yarrow? That's rather a tall plant for a lawn weed.
But if it is yarrow, just pull it up and compost it ( it's shallow
rooted and a very good activator of compost heaps)

Janet

I'd love to grow yarrow, it was a favourite of my childhood. I'd pick the
blossoms and put them into tiny vases in my dolls' house, they dried and
stayed freshly white or pink for years.

A few years ago I met a child called Yarrow, a lovely girl who lives in a
yurt in Scotland. They have a local river/stream, the Yarrow, for which she
was named.

Mary

It is common yarrow, and its very much a spreading plant in the lawn
with fern like leaves, and has a head of flowers that is white to
pinkish-white flat-topped composite flower heads.

When in the bare ground it does grow tall.

As it grow with rhizomes in the lawn, its very hard to get rid of.


Are you sure it's yarrow? That's rather a tall plant for a lawn weed.
But if it is yarrow, just pull it up and compost it ( it's shallow
rooted and a very good activator of compost heaps)

Janet

On Sat, 30 Sep 2006 17:11:02 GMT, " pcplod
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Whats the best way of getting rid of Yarrow from lawn ??

I've tried a few chemicals but none seem to touch it.

I had quite large patches in my 'lawn'. Repeated applications of a
good quality standard selective lawn weedkiller (Verdone) eventually
got rid of nearly all of it, although I still see the occasional ferny
leaf which gets instantly hit with Verdone.

Probably too late in the year to do it now, but try next spring,
leaving say six weeks between applications.


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Chris

E-mail: christopher[dot]hogg[at]virgin[dot]net

pcplod wrote in message ...
Whats the best way of getting rid of Yarrow from lawn ??

I've tried a few chemicals but none seem to touch it.

Yarrow - Achillea millefolium. A strongly scented plant of the daisy
family.

I wish my small lawn had masses of yarrow in it: then I'd get rid of the
grass.

Have you noticed that the more you cut yarrow with the lawn mower, the
smaller become its fern like leaves?

Have you also noticed that no matter how brown the grass becomes in a
drought, the yarrow stays green?

Get rid of the grass is my advice!

Lionel

"Lionel" lionel wrote
Have you noticed that the more you cut yarrow with the lawn mower, the
smaller become its fern like leaves?

Have you also noticed that no matter how brown the grass becomes in a
drought, the yarrow stays green?

Get rid of the grass is my advice!

I always think the same about clover. I hanker after a pink and white
clover lawn with a bit of added speedwell but the Other Half isn't so
enthused.

People have chamomile lawns so I don't see why yarrow couldn't work
instead; it'd be a lot less trouble if you ask me. You could include
mixed coloured varieties and then if you went on holiday and didn't mow
for a while it'd still look attractive if it started to
flower.

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Sue

On Sun, 1 Oct 2006 21:23:33 +0100, "Sue"
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"Lionel" lionel wrote
Have you noticed that the more you cut yarrow with the lawn mower, the
smaller become its fern like leaves?

Have you also noticed that no matter how brown the grass becomes in a
drought, the yarrow stays green?

Get rid of the grass is my advice!

I always think the same about clover. I hanker after a pink and white
clover lawn with a bit of added speedwell but the Other Half isn't so
enthused.

People have chamomile lawns so I don't see why yarrow couldn't work
instead; it'd be a lot less trouble if you ask me. You could include
mixed coloured varieties and then if you went on holiday and didn't mow
for a while it'd still look attractive if it started to
flower.

Hessayon mentions a yarrow lawn in passing, in his description of
non-grass lawns in 'The Lawn Expert'. The main problem is keeping them
weed (i.e. grass) free.


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Chris

E-mail: christopher[dot]hogg[at]virgin[dot]net

In 2003 I made the (with hindsight) error of applying fertiliser/weedkiller/mosskiller combo to my lawns in the spring. This was especially a mistake on my front lawn which at the time had relatively little grass among the weeds. Being 2003 the grass did not grow for several months, and what moved into the spaces left by the dead moss and weeds was yarrow, which had been largely unaffected by the weedkiller.

Now I don't mind having a bit of yarrow mixed in with a balanced mix of grass, clover, daisies, and other small wild flowers. But a lawn mottled with a few large yarrow patches is not so nice. Although it was a big job, I just pulled it out, taking especial care to remove as much rhizome as possible. I find pulling yarrow out much easier to do in summer when the soil is dry than in winter when it is sticky, though that depends on your soil type I suppose, and the degree of lawn thatch. Also the rhizomes are more stringy in the summer, and so long stretches come out more easily. The rhizomes are mostly on the surface and with some care come out rather easily. And when it resprouted from the bits of rhizome left over, I pulled that out. It hasn't completely got rid of it, but it is no longer locally dominant, and there are some areas which are now completely free of it. But most important the grass has had chance to recover, and I now have a more balanced mix of plants in the lawn.

Now if any bits of lawn look like the yarrow is becoming dominant, I just pull out any bits that look especially healthy, and associated rhizome. I keep the couch grass under control in much the same way.

I found an autumn lawn feed especially helpful for giving the desirable grasses a boost. Spring feeding now seems to be a mistake, since most years recently my lawn has stops growing in mid-summer.

"echinosum" wrote in message
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Wrote:
Whats the best way of getting rid of Yarrow from lawn ??

I've tried a few chemicals but none seem to touch it.
In 2003 I made the (with hindsight) error of applying
fertiliser/weedkiller/mosskiller combo to my lawns in the spring. This
was especially a mistake on my front lawn which at the time had
relatively little grass among the weeds. Being 2003 the grass did not
grow for several months, and what moved into the spaces left by the
dead moss and weeds was yarrow, which had been largely unaffected by
the weedkiller.

Now I don't mind having a bit of yarrow mixed in with a balanced mix of
grass, clover, daisies, and other small wild flowers. But a lawn mottled
with a few large yarrow patches is not so nice. Although it was a big
job, I just pulled it out, taking especial care to remove as much
rhizome as possible. I find pulling yarrow out much easier to do in
summer when the soil is dry than in winter when it is sticky, though
that depends on your soil type I suppose, and the degree of lawn
thatch. Also the rhizomes are more stringy in the summer, and so long
stretches come out more easily. The rhizomes are mostly on the surface
and with some care come out rather easily. And when it resprouted from
the bits of rhizome left over, I pulled that out. It hasn't completely
got rid of it, but it is no longer locally dominant, and there are some
areas which are now completely free of it. But most important the grass
has had chance to recover, and I now have a more balanced mix of plants
in the lawn.

Now if any bits of lawn look like the yarrow is becoming dominant, I
just pull out any bits that look especially healthy, and associated
rhizome. I keep the couch grass under control in much the same way.

I found an autumn lawn feed especially helpful for giving the desirable
grasses a boost. Spring feeding now seems to be a mistake, since most
years recently my lawn has stops growing in mid-summer.

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echinosum
That's a me too -or was when I had a lawn at a previous house.
It seems to thrive on very dry and acidic soil. Hand weeding followed by
Verdone solved the problem. Small amounts of the stuff interspersed with the
grass and other weeds were acceptable.
Reducing the acidity of the soil by using lime stopped future invasions of
achillea and some other weeds.
If you are that dedicated to removing it entirely then you will need to test
the exact pH of the lawn and work out very carefully how much lime you need.
I can do that for you at a vast price:-)