Gordons Ornamec 170 Grass Herbicide will kill your St. Augustine turfgrass. St. Augustine is very sensitive turf species and torpedo grass is very hard to treat. We apologize, but we are not aware of a product that will treat torpedo grass and not harm St. Augustine turf. You may want to consider spot treating with RoundUp and then resod the treated areas.
Gordons Ornamec 170 Grass Herbicide should not be used around edible vegetation not listed on the product label. You should not treat inside the dripline or within 15 ft of the tree (outside the root zone). Instead, you can use a nonselective product like Gly-phosel Pro taking care to avoid contact with the tree/roots themselves.
You do not water Gordons Ornamec 170 Grass Herbicide in. You want to apply when no rainfall or irrigation occurs for atleast 24 hours after application.
Per the manufacturer, you should wait 2-3 weeks to seed in the area after using Gordons Ornamec 170 Grass Herbicide.
If you do plan to schedule an aeration for your lawn it is important that any pre-emergent herbicide be applied after the aeration is completed. Aeration can be done spring-summer excess moisture is known to sit on the grass.
We recommend letting the area treated with Gordons Ornamec 170 Grass Herbicide completely dry before spreading mulch over and once dry typically after 4-6 hours, it will be safe.
Gordons Ornamec 170 Grass Herbicide is for use in maintaining grasses in landscaped beds and is not for applying to lawns. If you could tell us what type of weeds, grassy or broadleaf, you are trying to control we could make a better recommendation for you.
Gordons Ornamec 170 Grass Herbicide should not harm wildflowers when used as directed. There is a list of tolerable plants on the label that we would recommend reviewing to confirm yours are listed. If they are not we would recommend either avoiding spraying the wildflowers directly or testing a small area first to confirm no injury.
Per the product label for broadcasting in ornamentals application is:
No, Gordons Ornamec 170 will kill your St Augustine turfgrass. Unfortunately Bermuda grass is so closely related to St. Augustine grass that there is nothing that will not remove Bermuda from St. Augustine and not hurt the St. Augustine as well. In your situation it is recommended to spot treat the Bermuda with a glyphosate product and kill it directly, and then replant St. Augustine in those areas. GlyPhoSel Pro would be a good one to use.
Gordons Ornamec 170 Grass Herbicide is not labeled to be used in centipede grass for torpedograss. It is only for use in controlling grass weeds in landscaped beds only. Solitare Herbicide can be used to suppress Torpedo grass growing in your Centipede lawn without harming it. Please make sure to follow the product label for application
Gordons Ornamec 170 Grass Herbicide is not labeled to be applied to dymondia. Killing weeds in dymondia ground cover is very difficult. We recommend either hand pulling the weeds, or spot treating with a glyphosate product like Roundup QuikPro. You can also speak with a Master Gardener at your local Cooperative Extension Office to see what they might recommend.
Per the manufacturer, you should wait 2-3 weeks to plant in the area after using Gordons Ornamec 170 Grass Herbicide .
Gordons Ornamec 170 Grass Herbicide should be mixed at approx. 10 oz per gallon of water to treat grassy weeds in Vinca. Ornamec will not kill existing clover. For clover in ornamental ground covers like vinca major/minor, you can carefully spot treat using a non-selective herbicide such as Killzall Herbicide.
No, Gordons Ornamec 170 will kill your St Augustine turfgrass. Unfortunately, Bermuda grass is so closely related to St. Augustine grass that there is nothing that will remove Bermuda from St. Augustine and not hurt the St. Augustine as well. In your situation, it is recommended to spot treat the Bermuda with a RoundUp-type product and kill it directly, and then replant the St. Augustine in those areas.
Gordons Ornamec 170 Grass Herbicide can be applied in and around Ornamental Plants; groundcovers, shrubs, trees, landscape beds, ornamental beds, tree wells, fence lines and others to eradicate listed grassy weeds.
You should wait at least 30 days, or mow the area 2-3 times before whichever is longer, to apply to newly seeded Tall Fescue before using Gordons Ornamec 170 Grass Herbicide .
Gordons Ornamec 170 Grass Herbicide can only be used to control Bermuda grass on Tall Fescue and Zoysia grass and to control Dallisgrass on Tall Fescue. Otherswise it is to be used for the control of grassy weeds in groundcovers, shrubs, trees, landscape beds, ornamental beds, tree wells, fence lines and others.
Gordons Ornamec Over-The-Top Grass Herbicide is a selective post-emergent systemic herbicide that will provide excellent control over unwanted grasses in and around groundcovers, shrubs, trees, landscape beds, container yards and grower nursery fields. It will not target dandelions or other broadleaf weeds. These will need to be spot treated very carefully with a non-selective when actively growing (selective options are available for lawns).
Gordons Ornamec 170 Grass Herbicide is used to eliminate bermudagrass in tall fescue and zoysiagrass turfgrass only. This product is primarily for treating grassy weeds in landscape beds, flowers, bushes, shrubs and around ornamentals.
Please refer to the Bermudagrass Control Section on page 2 of the product label.
The mix rate for Gordons Ornamec 170 Grass Herbicide will vary depending on what and where you are treating. Please see page 2 of the product label for mixing and application instructions.
Gordons Ornamec 170 Grass Herbicide should not be applied to Kentucky Bluegrass nor rescuegrass to suppress Bermuda. Turflon Ester is an option to treat bermuda in cool season turf.
