Customer Reviews for Drive XLR8 Herbicide Crabgrass Killer

The product works great. I followed the instructions on the label and the crabgrass started to die 2 days later. I "spot treated" and used 1 oz per gallon in a backpack sprayer and added the recommended amount of the suggested surfactant.

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This product work really well to kill mature crabgrass. Would recommend.

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All the information I needed could be found through the Q and A. I made sure to use a surfactant. This nailed the crab grass. It got the clover in my yard as well but it took a while longer to see the effects kick in on it. Just what I was looking for

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

I had a lot of crab grass in my lawn and this killed it quickly and completely. Did no damage to lawn. I saw results within 3 days and all was dead within about 7-10 days. Follow directions and the product will perform.

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The product works great. A few days after the application the crabgrass was turning brown.

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Although I've seen some negative reviews of this product, I have to think the people that made the comments didn't follow the directions or it was not crabgrass they were trying to kill. Be sure and use a surfactant with it. Great service from DoMyOwnPestCntrol.com, too.

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I use this with a surfactant. it is expensive but you only use 1.5 oz per gal. The draw back is if you wait (like I did ) till sept or so, the crab grass really takes hold and spreads (south Carolina) so you end up with large dead patches. Its amazing how that stuff spreads. I know the grass will fill back in again. I used amine 400 with it and did not have any bad grass damage. war on weeds and war on crabgrass, it never ends. next year --pre-emergent then touch up with drive earlier than sept.

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I use this with a surfactant. it is expensive but you only use 1.5 oz per gal. The draw back is if you wait (like I did ) till sept or so, the crab grass really takes hold and spreads (south Carolina) so you end up with large dead patches. Its amazing how that stuff spreads. I know the grass will fill back in again. I used amine 400 with it and did not have any bad grass damage. war on weeds and war on crabgrass, it never ends. next year --pre-emergent then touch up with drive earlier than sept.

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Fantastic product that is absolutely deadly on crabgrass.

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This product really worked well and killed the crabgrass on the first application which is what I wanted

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I have used XLR8 two times. The first time in a 1acre field and also in my yard which has buffalo and fescue grass. The first application worked great. I could see the dead crab and foxtail grasses die off and the buffalo come through. The field was mailnly foxtail so it looked pretty bleak after the foxtail died. I'm going to plant native grass this fall. I could not be happier with this product. Finally I'm getting it under control. I live in the country and have a very large yard so it has been time consuming to keep up with it.

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

5 stars across the board

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This stuff is unbelievable. I have 2 acres of grass. I have battled weeds and crab grass for years. I picked up a 30 gallon sprayer I tow with my lawn tractor. I used Drive XLR8 last year. It killed all the crabgrass and weeds. This year I only had 2 dandy lions..my neighborhood was covered. I did not spray yet this year. Is this a pre-emergent?

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We are happy to hear that this product worked well for you. However this is a post emergent so it will only work on what you already have. If you are looking for a pre-emergent too, while Drive is not a pre-emergent, you will often see a reduction in weeds because you eliminated them in the last season and it takes time for them to build back up in some case. In the future you may want to put down http://www.domyownpestcontrol.com/dimension-2ew-herbicide-p-1494.html or http://www.domyownpestcontrol.com/prodiamine-65-wdg-generic-barricade-p-2495.html.

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5 of 6 people found this review helpful

Drive XLR8 is the only herbicide I have used that actually killed the yellow foxtail in my yard. I am, so far, very pleased with its efficacy.

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The company I began working for had been using 2, 4-D for years to the point it would not kill anything at the maximum rate. I started using Drive XLR8 and now the turf is clover, dandelion and crabgrass free. My problem now is finding 3 other herbicides that work just as good to put them in rotation.

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My notes basically said that I purchased Drive XLR8 from you and wanted to tell you how delighted I am with the results of using it. About 80% of my Bermuda lawn was taken over by Torpedo Grass. I discovered that you sell the Drive product made by BASF and wanted to inform you of the outstanding performance of the product. Should you ever need a reference for it's use I am happy to be that resource. I have also written BASF and thanked them for the product. I am guessing that the purchase of this product saved me more than $3000+ which is what it would have cost to replace my lawn. Thank You!

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

My crabgrass problem was as bad as it gets. It was not to be a spot spraying, it was going to be a complete spraying of the front lawn. I mixed according to specifications and sprayed the entire lawn. Three days later the only crabgrass is where i missed--a great product! I live in South Carolina where it is hot and humid and rains almost every afternoon, but the product withstood the elements.

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

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

The best crab/orchard grass killer I've ever used. Kills the crab grass and doesn't effect the lawn.

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Usually my go-to weed killer for my lawn is 2,4-D. Good stuff but doesn't kill clover or crab/quack grass. One application of Drive literally knocked the snot out of the crab and quack grass in my yard. The clover? Here today, gone tomorrow! My lawn has never looked better. This will be my one - two punch from now on. Good product, great service & fast shipping. what more could you ask for???

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It was my first time using this product. I highly recommend it .

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I am a homeowner with a lawn pro friend that told me to give Drive a try. I have tried other products for crabgrass and have been disappointed. I was convinced that the best method was simply pulling the crabgrass out by the roots. Drive performance was almost magic. A week and a half after application, my Bermuda lawn now has hundreds of small bare spots where the crabgrass weeds were once growing and choking out the burmuda. The Burmuda is growing and healthy and starting to fill it in. I have had to follow up with a few more spot treatments due to the heavy crabgrass problem to begin with, but this stuff is awesome. Night and day difference. I used it with a surfactant.

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Tried others took forever if at all to work, used this and 4 days the card grass was gone. Thanks

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This stuff works great at killing crabgrass. I applied it about a week ago and my Bermuda grass is finally growing over the areas that the crabgrass infested on my lawn. Some areas are still yellow from the weeds dying. I wasted so many years buying the crap at local home improvement stores that never worked granular and liquid I have tried them all in the store.

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I have had a yard full of crab grass and tried many other products and Drive knocked the crap out of it in 3 days. I was thrilled with the results and highly recommend. As others stated the mixing formulation is very unclear. I used a 1/2 gallon in a 40 gallon sprayer on an acre and it seemed to be about right. I just ordered a second bottle to do some spot spraying where I missed...Good stuff.

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After reading the reviews and most had great results, so I tried it. I bought XLR8 and Methylated Seed Oil. I live in Utah middle of the state, My grass is Kentucky blue grass maybe a little mixture of other grasses because in small areas the grass turned a lighter green, looks to be recovering. I mix 12 Tablespoons to 4 gallons XLR8 and 8oz Methylated Seed Oil, Temperature was about 90deg. Did not water day before and then I sprayed and did not water for 24hrs after. Sprayed August 10th by August 16th all of the crabgrass is dead, as in BROWN. Before that crabgrass seemed to be growing out of control and very healthy. I did see one or two new starts but just pulled them out and for 4 days nothing. This stuff is amazing, I will be using this on my other properties.

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

Used Drive XLR8 on my lawn. (Midwest) killed crabgrass within days! Worked perfectly. Will be using again.

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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

Killed large amounts of crabgrass in my yard in a single application. Might have to do some spot spraying but overall works like it should. 15000 sq foot yard took about 1/3 of the bottle using a quad sprayer. So I will have more for next year.

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Read the other reviews online and it seemed this was the best option to defeat the crabgrass. I had tried several off the shelf crab grass killers to no avail. My yard was starting to get taken over. I followed the directions and I mixed with Southern Ag Surfactant. By the third day the yellowing was apparent. I am at day 6 now and I can tell it is dying. I just need to hit the spots I missed now.

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