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Monocot selective spray and Spruce Bud Worm and Aspen Leaf Rollers #878334

Asked July 22, 2024, 6:40 PM EDT

Hi, I have 3 questions: I am on upper Benchmark Drive in Telluride. 1. I need to try and get a lot of grass out of a garden area. Is there a selective you could recommend for monocots that I can spray on the garden to kill at least some of the grass, but not the garden flowers? 2. I have some very large mature spruce trees that have Western Spruce Bud Worm. It is starting to kill them. Have been treating them with BT spray applications for about 3 years, but they seem the worst this year of all. Is there a treatment you would recommend for 4 large, mature Colorado Blue Spruce to kill the Spruce Bud Worm beside BT? (bacillus thuringiensis) 3. Also have mature Aspens that have tent caterpillars-which I have mostly cut out and some leaf rollers. What would you recommend to treat for them?

San Miguel County Colorado

Expert Response

Michelle
For the selective herbicide recommendation, call the San Miguel County Weed Management Department at<personal data hidden>.  
For control of western spruce budworm see
Western spruce budworm - Agricultural Biology (colostate.edu)

For control of the tent caterpillars and leaf rollers see 
Tent-Making Caterpillars - 5.583 - Extension (colostate.edu)
Aspen, Important Pests of Ornamental Spen (usu.edu)

Yvette Henson Replied August 12, 2024, 4:27 PM EDT

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