Kikuyu

In warmer areas, Kikuyu grass can be highly invasive and is difficult to control.

Controlling/Suppressing Kikiuyu In lawns*:

• LawnPro UltraTurfcleanor LawnPro Prickle and Hydrocotyle will suppress kikuyu without harm to the lawn grass. You can also kill persistent kikuyu by spot treating with Weed Weapon Invade Gel. Using these along with promoting your lawn grass with good maintenance and application of LawnPro Lawn Thickener. In these ways you can help your lawn grasses out compete the kikuyu.

*Fine turf lawns. Some lawns are of kikuyu grass or other tough creeping grasses.

Contorlling/Suppressing Kikuyu in Flower Beds and Waste Areas:

• Complete area spraying with Weed Weapon Extra Strength or Rapid Action and removal of dead tendrils is often the only way to overcome this problem and it may take several applications to gain full control.

Treating Weeds in a Kikuyu Lawn

If you have a kikuyu lawn and need to control weeds, we recommend using LawnPro Turfclean & Green Rapid or LawnPro Turfclean, provided the products are applied strictly according to the label directions. Some temporary bleaching or yellowing of the kikuyu may occur after treatment, which is normal and the lawn should recover over time.

To minimise the risk of damage, apply the product in the late afternoon or evening when temperatures are cooler. Avoid treating your lawn if it is showing signs of stress, such as drought, heat damage, or poor growth.

• Kikuyu is a rapidly growing tropical African grass and some people grow entire lawns of kikuyu, but other prefer other grasses and try to prevent kikuyu invading their lawn.
• Kikuyu grasses are of the family Poaceae.
• Latin name: Cenchrus clandestinus.

For control of kikuyu in fine turf lawns adding Kiwicare Dye & Stick to LawnPro Prickle and Hydrocotyle improves the control of broadleaf weeds and the suppression of kikuyu.

See advice on control of Coarse Grasses in Lawns.