SakoL61R
Senior Member
If there was ever a weed I truly despise, carolina horsenettle is it. It is truly evil, will take over an entire plot, and spread like wildfire if not dealt with. Had a serious problem with this stuff when we purchased our place 15 years ago. Didn’t know what it was, but asked and learned from local farmers.
Went full nuclear 3 years straight and eliminated most all of it using Grazon Next per what a farmer told me. It kills all broadleafs and is a bit residual. Will not kill grasses.
I do still see it, less and less every year, but bit more this year for whatever reason.
Down to spot spraying with my portable jug.
This stuff propagates by seed and from roots/ root pieces / rhizomes.
Grazon kills the tops, and more importantly the roots/rhizomes.
Important to spray at or just before the flowering stage.
If you do see the evil- green- devil-spawn berries, cut them off carefully, and burn/destroy with extreme prejudice to ensure zero seed survival.
Mature berries will look like yellow cherry tomatoes.
Went full nuclear 3 years straight and eliminated most all of it using Grazon Next per what a farmer told me. It kills all broadleafs and is a bit residual. Will not kill grasses.
I do still see it, less and less every year, but bit more this year for whatever reason.
Down to spot spraying with my portable jug.
This stuff propagates by seed and from roots/ root pieces / rhizomes.
Grazon kills the tops, and more importantly the roots/rhizomes.
Important to spray at or just before the flowering stage.
If you do see the evil- green- devil-spawn berries, cut them off carefully, and burn/destroy with extreme prejudice to ensure zero seed survival.
Mature berries will look like yellow cherry tomatoes.
