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Crabgrass #877078

Asked July 13, 2024, 11:32 AM EDT

Does crabgrass killer kill flowers?

Greene County Ohio

Expert Response

Jimmy,

The precise answer depends on the active ingredients in the crabgrass killer.  This information will be on the product label (which, by law, must be followed exactly).

https://extension.psu.edu/postemergence-control-of-crabgrass-and-other-summer-annual-grasses-in-lawns

Most retail crabgrass killers are only labeled for use in turf and contain quinclorac and other broadleaf weed killers, which will kill nearly all flowering plants that are contacted with the product.

Please let me know if you have further questions.
Tom OSU Extension Master Gardener Volunteer Replied July 17, 2024, 12:09 PM EDT

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