Customer Reviews for Drive XLR8 Herbicide Crabgrass Killer

I very carefully applied Drive XLR8 mixed with DyneAmic surfactant directly onto late-emergent crabgrass. It killed all of the crabcrass but it also turned my tiff bermuda yellow-green in the treated areas. There were yellow-green spots all over my lawn. After first mowing, things are starting to look a little better. So, the product works but you must be careful when spot-treating. Next time, I will increase the dilution.

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

This is the second year in a row I've used Drive xlr8. I use a pull behind sprayer, electric pump tsc 40 gallon. 60 0z of xlr8, pint of southern surfactant and it kills crabgrass. I have sandy soil and was infested. Next year I should be down to a pump sprayer.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Drive does work but not in drought...mixed 1.5 drive per gallon an .05 non ionic surfactant...i also did run sprinklers night before. They yellowed out then came right back...didnt rain for 2 days had irrigation turned off also turned back on in 3 days. Then did 2nd app...same yellowed came back...an 2nd time ground had perfect moisture two intake chem...unhappy.

  Expert response:
We are sorry to hear the Drive was unable to perform due to drought! Unfortunately the stress of drought causes the plants not to be able to properly take up liquid which does indeed mean that herbicides cannot perform as needed.

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8 of 9 people found this review helpful

After 2 applications in 3 weeks, this product has failed to produce any results. Not only does it not show any signs of beginning to kill it, the crabgrass seems to be flourishing now more than before. Another waste of money in the ever futile attempt to rid my yard of crabgrass. What would I liked to have known before I purchased this product? A money-back guarantee.

  Expert response:
We apologize you did not receive the expected results from using Drive. Drive is known as one of the best crabgrass herbicides in on the market and is used daily by professional lawn care companies. There can be certain stressors such as high heat, drought and moving that can cause treatment failure. One of our customer service team members will be in touch with you today to help trouble shoot the treatment and assist in any way possible. We look forward to speaking with you soon!

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10 of 11 people found this review helpful

I followed the direction exactly. I even measure in 10' increment and used pesticide flags, electrical flag and gas flags to create 10' lanes in my yard so I would not get overspray on 1 acre of land . After about 3 days it started looking brown...I had lots of crabgrass that I thought was just natural lime color grass. The first round of attack I killed at least 85% but I could see 15 % trying to come back where maybe not enough spray hit it so I just did my second spraying (14 days later) and hopefully will be at a 100% kill rate this time. Will use this again...and I already see in the last few days old grass coming back.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

The product does exactly what it says it will do. I have a continuing problem getting rid of Goosegrass in my tall fescue turf. I wanted to make sure that the turf wouldn't be affected when spraying the Goosegrass. The Drive works great and leave my tall fescue untouched. A nice product.

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

I bought some of this to try as I have an area of my yard that is tough on regular grass to survive as the soil is poor quality, so over time crab grass has filled in and taken over. I tested this in a spot sprayer first to make sure it worked as indicated. My results are as follows, yours may vary. I first mixed and sprayed exactly as directed and found it burned the crab grass but over 3 weeks did not knock it out. I increased the concentration of the mix by about 15% and tried again. Magic, it wiped out my test patterns in days so I applied to the entire yard. It completely eradicated the crab grass and left the rest of my yard and grass untouched and green. Now I believe this stuff was advertised to kill some other broad leave plants but do to me already spraying my yard in the spring the only other weed still lingering in some areas was clover, I find this weed one of the hardest to knock out. Anyhow this spray did nothing to clover, did not even phase it. But if you are looking for something to kill grab grass and you experiment a bit and find the right concentration to water ratio for your yard it will definitely knock out crab grass.

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

Product works great. Be careful to not mix too strong as it will retard growth of Bermuda grass. So glad to find a product that works on crab grass

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

I sprayed my one acre yard, that was severely infested with crabgrass, white clover and chickweed, with Drive XLR8 herbicide. I used 1/2 gallon to a 15 gallon sprayer and mixed in some surfactant to insure a the product would work as described. It took two 15 gallon sprayers full to do the job. Within a couple of days the crabgrass was showing extreme stress. Within a one to two week period all of my crabgrass was completely dead. The broad leaf weeds were dead within 48 hours. The chickweed and white clover took about a one to two week period to die. But, they're all officially dead. Nothing but the fine fescue turf grass left. So, this stuff really works well!!!

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

Did just what it was supposed to do. Killed the crabgrass and not the lawn. Just follow directions. Used 1.5 oz. to 1 Gal. of water in conjunction with a surfactant. Highly recommend!

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

I sprayed drive xlr8 over my lawn a few weeks ago per the mixing instructions and haven't noticed good results. The front lawn I even went over twice during the same application. I've only noticed about 10% of the crab grass turn brown. I plan to re-apply since I have an abundance of this stuff. Poor results may be because the crabgrass is so mature (it was applied in August). I had anticipated better results after reading the reviews.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Due to the extremely wet spring and early summer we had here, my regular pre-emergent was rendered ineffective. Crabgrass took over my entire yard. I applied "Drive XLR8 Crabgrass Killer" as directed on one acre of my property. Within 3 days the crabgrass and many other weeds yellowed and within a week the plants shriveled enough to allow my fescue to come thru and start to re establish my lawn. I was extremely pleased with the performance of the product. This product requires a surfactant to be applied with it and I strongly recommend using it as directed. I purchased a seed oil product.

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2 of 3 people found this review helpful

This stuff is unbelievable. I moved to a home with a terrible yard. Within a few days of spraying (using only a tiny amount of poison), every crabgrass plant in my yard was dead. I did use a professional surfactant, so I can't testify to results without it. I measured the amount of water it took me to spray 1,000 sq ft, and I ended up using about 1oz per gallon, which may have been slightly too much, but no damage was done to my lawn.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

It knocked out my crabgrass. Turned yellow in 2 days and brown in a week. My only complaint being it did not touch my clover but on my next spraying I just added a cheap broadleaf herbicide with the DRIVE. I recommend this product and will be buying more next season.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Saw this product online and watched the video. Yard covered in crabgrass but now crabgrass dead and grass still good. Yard looks horrible because all crabgrass is dead (brown ) but product is awesome. Will probably have to buy more for back yard and to respray some areas that had more mature crabgrass. You won't be disappointed I know I am impressed with this product.

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I've been battling Crabgrass for years and pre-emergents have not been effective. I had a large area of Crabgrass in the 5th tiller stage and within about 4 days it was decimated. Brown, shriveled and barely recognizable. Going to continue with the pre-emergents and hit the Crabgrass in the 1st tiller stage and within a few years it should be gone. Drive is an excellent product. If you have various patches all over the place, I would recommend that you use it with a marker so you know where you sprayed. Follow the label and it will work. Crabgrass is very tough to get rid of. The seeds can lay dormant for years.

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6 of 7 people found this review helpful

I've used this for 3 years running in about late August in Southern NJ. Kills the Crabgrass within 1 week and un-harms the surrounding lawn.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

I have tried all of the stuff from lowes and Home Depot and nothing killed the grab grass while it was growing. Drive xlr8 killed it all to the root in one application. Took about 7 days. I mixed it 75/25 with a surfactant and set the sprayer to 2oz per gallon. Used a gallon to do an acre. Kind of high priced but better then wasting your money on other products.

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My fine fescue lawn was completely infested with crabgrass and chickweed. I wanted something that would knockout the crabgrass and weeds in one application. Based on other's reviews, I purchased (2) two 1/2 gallon containers of Drive XLR8 and sprayed my lawn using a 15 gallon tow behind sprayer. The chickweed was and crabgrass was completely dead within 2 weeks. However, I still have an infestation of smooth leaf crabgrass that the Drive XLR8 did not had no effect on. Also, the crabgrass that had previously died came started to come back to life within a month after spraying. I ended up purchasing a few quarts of Bayer Weed Killer with Crabgrass control to spray the smooth leaf crabgrass. That took care of the smooth leaf crabgrass as well as the crabgrass that had began to show life once again. Though the Drive XLR8 works well, (with the exception of not killing the smooth leaf crabgrass) it is quite expensive compared to Ortho, Bayer or Spectracide. Next time I'll just go with the cheaper stuff that seemed to do the same job.

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

I have 2 1/2 acres and lots of crabgrass. Drive XLR8 Herbicide Crabgrass Killer has been the best I have used to kill the crabgrass and other weeds in my yard. I am spot spraying where some did not die when I used my tank sprayer. I hope to have all the crabgrass gone using Drive XLR8.

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This stuff worked very well. I live in Virginia and I had several patches of well-established crab grass infesting my fescue lawn. Using this with the MSO as recommended on the label worked very well, noticeable change in 72 hrs, brown dead crabgrass in 1 week! Controlled other weeds as well. Worth the cost. Plan on using this and alternating with Tenacity (mesotrione) for weed control throughout the season.

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

I haven't seen any results so far. I kinda feel like I wasted $75.

  Expert response:
Please note that it can take 2-3 weeks before you see full results. It is also essential that you use Drive XLR8 with a surfactant for the best results. Please let us know if we can help you trouble shoot the application. We can be reached at 866-581-7378

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2 of 3 people found this review helpful

A landscaper friend let me try some of his and I was amazed at the results so I bought my own jug. I see bad reviews that it does not work and I have to say if it does not work then the issue is with the execution. With the correct mixture, surfactant, and sprayer this will work every time. Unless what you are spraying is not on the killer list. Do it right, and it works every time.

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6 of 6 people found this review helpful

I colleague of mine told me about Drive XLR8, so I purchased it online. I sprayed the product, combined with Bonide Turbo surficant, on a Saturday, then went out of town for a week. When I returned the next Saturday all the crabgrass was dead. It did not affect the good grass at all. Great product.

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5 of 5 people found this review helpful

Received product quickly. I have been working / struggling over my buffalo grass patch for three years now but refuse to give up. Drive XLR8 gave me the upper hand, now I am on top. Buffalo is highly tolerant of this product and it performs well on weedy grasses. I have not identified some of these weed grasses but Drive knocked them out along with Korean and japanese clovers. Curious though, some clover patches died quickly and others require 2-4D, and they look like the same plant. Maybe Jap. and Kor. clovers respond differently. I can't tell them apart. Drive nails foxtail grasses quickly. It's now one of my most valuable prairie management tools for buffalo. Can't wait until next year to finally see my pristine buffalo patch.

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5 of 5 people found this review helpful

I have tried other products with limited success. Drive XLR8 does exactly what it says...it kills the crabgrass completely. I applied the product per the directions using a back pack tank sprayer. Great coverage and results. I'd recommend XLR8 to anyone with a post emergence crabgrass problem

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18 of 20 people found this review helpful

This product works as advertised. I mixed it up according to the instructions, and hand sprayed all the crabgrass in my lawn. Within 36 hours, all the crabgrass was brown and dried up.

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

Purchased drive xlr8 to use on house yard to kill crabgrass. Sprayed as per directions and within a week crabgrass is brown and dead. Worked perfect!

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43 of 45 people found this review helpful

The product works great on crabgrass! It takes a few days but then all the crabgrass starts turning brown.

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6 of 7 people found this review helpful

Kills only what you want Killed not your whole lawn

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3 of 5 people found this review helpful