Nutsedge is a grass-like weed that seems to come up and grow as fast as the roadrunner of the cartoons.  One day you think that you are finished with the flower beds and the next day it is covered in nutsedge. Nutsedge is so evasive that it can takeover a whole bed in a few days.  I’ve even known it to get in a hay pasture and a yard with fresh pallets of zoysia grass.

The best thing a homeowner can use to get rid of nutsedge is Sedgehammer.  It kills nutsedge down to the root nutlets (I got that off the package).  Apply Sedgehammer when nutsedge is actively growing.  This allows it to work its way down and effectively eliminate the nutsedge.  You will see visual results in 7-14 days.  It goes to work immediately after application, but the results won’t be seen for several days.  It starts with the roots and works its way up to the above-ground plant.  If you have a large infestation, you may have to do additional applications.  You don’t have to use a surfactant with Sedgehammer.  

Sedgehammer comes in a .5 ounce package that you mix with 1 gallon of water.  How easy is that.  It is rainfast after 1 hour.  This is not the only way that it comes because some folks need more than a gallon of mixture.  Certainty is another name for the same product.  A box of Certainty is 1.25 ounce.  

Something else that is going on strong are fire ants and fungus.  With all of this rain there will be lots of both.  Be looking for this and enjoy this rain that we don’t usually get in June.

(Mitzi Thomas owns Minden Farm & Garden LLC. Watch for her column on Fridays in Webster Parish Journal. Email Mitzi questions at  mitzithomas40@yahoo.com.)