Customer Reviews for Drive XLR8 Herbicide Crabgrass Killer

I sprayed Drive XLR8 on Sunday, July 9th. Temp was ~78 but clearly heading to the mid 90s that day. I used roughly 2oz per gallon. The change to the crabgrass was obvious by Wednesday morning. The weeds took a nose dive by Friday and were dead by Saturday morning. I took daily pictures hoping to load them here but don't have that option. Drive XLR8 worked extremely well for me.

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

Young plants it did great on the older plants nothing

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3 of 5 people found this review helpful

This product works great. I didn't know they had anything available to kill crabgrass in a yard. None of the grass was killed and all the crabgrass was eliminated. Highly recommend.

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

Drive XLR8 Herbicide Crabgrass Killer did a pretty good job at killing my crabgrass, but some it did not kill. I will probably have to repeat treatment again.

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

I read the reviews and q's & a's before applying. I think using the surfactant along with the Drive is very important. The crabgrass turned brown & died within a few days. It is advised to then remove the dead crabgrass. We have so much! I have removed most from the front area, but may not be able to remove all of it - just due to time constraints. I will be using a pre-emergent this spring. If I don't remove the dead crabgrass from the remaining areas of the yard I will be able to see if that step makes a difference when I compare results next summer between the front area and the rest.

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

Have the good old strong stuff, drive xlr8 works as directed. Like I said, strong crabgrass, I knew I would need a second treatment,, no problem This stuff WORKS!!

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

Followed instructions and could see results in about 3 days. Crab grass is dead. Used on fescue, which is fine, no negative impact.

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

If you want to kill crab grass without hurting your fescue, use this. Crabgrass will brown and disappear in 10 days

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

I have been using this on major sections of the lawn that are covered with crabgrass. I use it a day or two before forcasted rain, and it has been working perfectly. It kills the crabgrass and does not harm the turf grass. It takes 3-4 days to see results, and a few more days to completely kill the crabgrass. I have been using it with the DyneAmic surfacant. The combination has been very effective. I just have a 2 gallon tank sprayer (nothing fancy), and spray a section at a time.

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

I applied Drive XLR8 on a Saturday morning, along with the Prime Source Duo Stick Adjuvant, on my fescue lawn that had several patches of mature crabgrass. By Monday afternoon, 95% of the areas I spot-sprayed indicated crabgrass that was dying (light tan color) and wilting. I mixed a gallon of the product according to the label directions. Bottom line, this is Herbicide that works !

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

The XLR8 works great on crabgrass ! 2 or 3 days turned brown (dead)!

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

Would not recommend or buy this product again. Some of the leaves turned yellow, but the plants did not die. I still have patches of healthy looking crabgrass.

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3 of 4 people found this review helpful

Should not give it any stars. I called the "pros" at this business, and this was recommended for killing the crabgrass in my zoysia lawn. I read the entire product brochure that came with the product and followed the mixing directions carefully. I sprayed with a hand held pump up sprayer being sure to agitate the sprayer frequently as directed. I waited two weeks. No signs of the crab grass weakening. I repeated the process spraying only the crab grass this time in order spare my lawn from too much stress. It has been 10 days since the second application. The crab grass is still looking hearty. Waste of my time and money! I called the company before the second spraying. I had some questions about other products for other issues and wanted to visit with a "pro" as they describe themselves. The phone person couldn't answer my questions, but promised to find out and call me back. I never heard from her, and it's been two weeks. Some "pro." Right!? I'm going to shop elsewhere.

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3 of 5 people found this review helpful

Drive XLR8 killed crabgrass within days. It did yellow the Bermuda grass very bad for couple weeks. But works as advertised.

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

I had reserved an area of my back yard this spring and the crabgrass had taken over before the rescue had a chance to germinate. I sprayed it yesterday and today the cg is already yellowing out.

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

Found this same product at a local co-op for $60.00. Disappointed on line buying was higher than retail store. Product works as advertised. Drive XLR8 is a high concentrated chemical and goes on at a very low rate per 1000 sq.ft., which extends the coverage over thousands of feet out of one half gallon. Also this product works on migrant broad leaf weeds, so it's a bonus product as well.

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

I can't really rate this product by itself. The reason being is that I used this product in combination with Tenacity and Bonide brush killer to nuke my yard this fall as a post emergent treatment. The reason I chose this product in my mix was because it covered the Quinclorac category. Which from previous attempts did a great job killing any of the crawling kind of weeds. But, It didn't do much for clovers or flowery type weeds (which it might not be targeted towards, that is why I added the other two). But with the trio I use I can say that all the weed are dead in my yard, and the remaining grass is still healthy and ready to reclaim the lawn.

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

Very slow to kill crab grass if it worked at all. Only some of the spot treaded crabs died after 3 weeks. What it did do was severely burned my hybrid 419 Bermuda grass. That is still recovering. Mixed exactly as directed and used the recommended surfactant. Expensive mistake on my part. Wished I could get my money back!

  Expert response:
We are sorry to hear that the product did not work as expected and are happy to troubleshoot any issues. Drive is a very slow kill on crabgrass depending on the tiller stage of the crabgrass. It may take up to six weeks to completely control crabgrass and may require a repeat treatment. For consistent results, make Drive XLR8 application to newly germinated, to 1-tiller crabgrass, and when crabgrass has matured to 5 tillers or greater. When treating between the 2-4 tiller stage, repeat application may be required. If you treated during this time this would be where you see very slow results. To explain tiller stages we have a video here to review https://www.domyown.com/do-my-own-lawn-care-talking-tiller-stages-v-319.html Do you know what stage the crabgrass you treated on was? Was the bermuda just recently seeded or sodded? What are you seeing now and have you applied a repeat application? We appreciate your working with us to come to resolution and look forward to hearing from you!

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

I bought this because my son in law recommended it. Put it down over a week ago and it seems like some of the crabgrass is turning yellow and some red. A lot has not been affected as of now. I mixed them correctly and it looks like I am going to have to reapply. I will update if I can remember.

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

Used with recommended surfactant "DynAmic". Weeds dead within a few days. Tall Fescue surrounding still alive. Good stuff. Not sure if it works as well without the surfactant, but am taking no chances --

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

After little success with several crabgrass control products, I used Drive XLR8. Within 2 days of application the crabgrass was browning and within a week the crabgrass was dead. Great product.

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

Hi All Drive XLR8 is by far the very best crabgrass herbicide that I have ever used. Killed the crabgrass with in a week and continued killing new sproutings for a n additional two weeks. I would recommend it to every one every where there is a crabgrass problem.

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2 of 3 people found this review helpful

This product works like advertised. It kills crabgrass of all sizes and quantity, and nothing else. It didn't hurt my lawn and didn't even kill any other weeds. The crabgrass was dying within 2 days. I had to spray for those weeds separately as I didn't combine the Drive with anything else other than a surfactant because I wanted to see just what it would do. If I ever have to use Drive again, I would combine it with something like Crossbow. This stuff works when used as directed. It is a little pricey, but if you want to rid your lawn of crabgrass, this is the product to buy.

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The fall application appears to have killed the crabgrass which was my intent. Spring will indicate if it was a job well done. Why can't the spec simply say how many oz. of product to use per gallon of H2O for various applications?

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When applying herbicides, it is most important to apply to correct amount of product per area for the best results. Because your water is only a carrier, how much water is needed to accurately distribute the herbicide will vary greatly depending on the type of equipment, density of vegetation, and moisture content in the soil. We recommend calibrating your equipment with water first to determine what mixture works best for your application and with your equipment.

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2 of 4 people found this review helpful

Worked great, very selective in killing very obtrusive widespread crabgrass. Turns red in a few days, dies within a week.

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

Finally something that actually kills crabgrass in one application without damaging fescue lawn grass!

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

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

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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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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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