Customer Reviews for Ferti-lome Over the Top II Grass Killer

This Over the Top II is a great product that works very well as long as you follow the instructions to the letter. You must use an oil additive with it, such as Spreader Sticker, because all grass, even crab grass, has a waxy coating that causes water and chemicals to bead up and run off, thus greatly reducing the effectiveness of any chemical. I used Spreader Sticker with the Over the Top II and all of the crab grass that I sprayed had stopped growing after 24 hours and was completely dead within 10 days. Of course I sprayed the crab grass when it was still relatively small. It also worked, with the same result, on the Bermuda grass I sprayed.

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128 of 135 people found this review helpful

This takes care of the grass without damaging my wife's perennials and moss.

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58 of 60 people found this review helpful

I am currently using this product to kill the grass that is growing in my Strawberry Groundcover. It looks like it is working. I was dubious, since I could not find an Ortho or Monsanto product that claimed to kill grass but leave groundcover unharmed. However, I am also incredibly lazy, so I decided to try it. It works.

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56 of 60 people found this review helpful

a lot of products you purchase today are not as advertised,fertilome over the top11 grass killer works very well,the service i received was fast and accurate,if i need any more i will certainly get it from do my own.thank you L.R.McCoige.

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38 of 41 people found this review helpful

Used this material over a very heavy wire grass infested area in our garden to reclaim 2 beds to use this year. It killed the wire grass completely. Used a commercial surfactant in place of "spray oil" (cheaper per oz). Does NOT control any broadleaf weeds so will have to repeat with Roundup. Did not work well where I sprayed lightly so will cover heavier next time. Will use again .

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21 of 24 people found this review helpful

I used the Fertilome Over The Top II Grass Killer with the Surfactant by the instructions on the label. It got rid of 95% of the weedy grass that was growing in my Juniper ground cover. I will make one more application and it should get rid of all the weedy grass. The products were shipped quickly and I received them sooner than I expected.

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19 of 21 people found this review helpful

I thought it would be just a matter of mixing with water, but the directions say to mix with "oil concentrate". I now see that it's mentioned in bold red font on the website, not sure how I missed it. After some research I found that this refers to Non-Ionic Surfactant for Herbicides  which I'm sure would have worked great, but I really wanted to get this stuff applied as the weeds were choking out my low lying juniper plants. I didn't want to wait another week to get it, and it's not cheap, so I mixed it with Jet-Dry for dishwashers. It's the non-ionic property that is important, but many farmers just use laundry detergent or dish-washing liquid which is not non-ionic as it's far cheaper. I applied it 2 weeks ago and have not noticed any significant change. I called Do My Own Pest Control and left a message 5 days ago and never heard back from them. Fertilome has no customer support that I could find.

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17 of 37 people found this review helpful

This product seems to be slowly killing the irises and 2 applications haven't done any harm to the grass we were trying get rid of...so my rating is 0 stars!

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12 of 14 people found this review helpful

We have an area along a RR Track that is mixed periwinkle and weeds, mostly grasses and grain. When I tried it I saw no kill or even yellowing after 3 weeks of cool weather. I would try it again but we are now into summer and natural die back. I will try it again a little earlier next year. I really hope it works because it would solve a big problem here.

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11 of 12 people found this review helpful

I mixed and sprayed as directed and it had zero results after two weeks, not even a yellowing of the grass. A wasted $45

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7 of 9 people found this review helpful

Works great!

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6 of 8 people found this review helpful

Nice stuff for minor jobs. Does not kill the grass though. Got most of the weeds. Had to apply 6 times to get some weeds and grass out of some newly planted jasmine. Bottle says it covers many square feet. This is simply not correct. I used a mixing unit recommended by local garden supply house at the setting as directed on the bottle. Did not cover near what it said it would at average dispersal ( wetting the ground). Very mixed up directions. Thought I needed to add a oil agent by directions on the bottle. But garden supply house said none was needed. Very confusing.

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6 of 19 people found this review helpful

I have used this product before and it was great. I have a big problem with Bermuda grass. Over the Top will take of that. I like it too because you can use it most anywhere. You can spray it over other plants and it won't damage other plants. It's perfect for gardens i

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6 of 6 people found this review helpful

This product appears to be working . Torpedo grass is turning brown but there are spots that are definitely going to require additional treatments. I am hopeful with multiple treatments to be able to control this devil weed...

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5 of 5 people found this review helpful

I bought the grass killer and the surfunctant, I treated three times and not one blade of grass died. In the spring I will have to dig out the periwinkle and remove the grass.

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

I used this with the wetting agent on grass growing in pachysandra that had been impossible to remove even by getting it out at the roots. It took perhaps two weeks and in a few cases a second treatment but the grass died the the ground cover was fine. A very useful product.

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

I had been so discouraged these last several years manually fighting what I think was Johnson Grass growing throughout my daylily beds. Was ready to pull them all up if necessary. When I found Over-the Top II during a web search I had high hopes it might be the answer to my problem. Used it with a sticker and it rained about 3 hours after application. Watched for results and didn't lose patience - it took almost 2 weeks, but like a miracle, the grass turned brown and died. Now, a month later, no sign of that dreadful grass ruining the appearance of my lily beds.

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

In my area it is hard to get this at a store. So , I buy it on line. I can get what I need easy and enjoy fast service

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

I would not recommend this product for killing grasses as it did not kill anything, even adding a surfactant and following all directions.

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2 of 4 people found this review helpful

Not working very well

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1 of 4 people found this review helpful

tried it on my garden raised bed and the bermuda was not touched...i increased the suggested amount to no avail...i'll have to be careful and use glyphosate

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

This product did not work as advertised to kill the grass growing in my Monkey Grass. I would not purchase this product again. Waste of money.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

This item is what I was looking for weed control. I was refered by a family member and your product worked exactly as discribed.

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1 of 2 people found this review helpful

So far, amazing! Applied 2nd spraying yesterday just to make sure. Wish I had known about this 2 years ago.

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I have a large bank in the front of my house that have ground cover, but the weeds take over and it is impossible to get them out, this product saves my back. thank you for your help.

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It has been almost 3 weeks since I sprayed this. It seems like the weeds have stopped growing but they are not dead. I used this with the spreader sticker on newly planted Asian jasmine, which survived the spray. Was hoping the weeds would be dead by now. I previously pulled weeds in one area and sprayed there afterward. There are no weeds growing there now.

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0 of 3 people found this review helpful

I have two large areas of Asiatic Jasmine groundcover where grass was growing through it. It's impossible to pull the grass out. None of the local Nurseries had a clue of anything that can selectively kill the grass without harming the Jasmine. I was considering pulling out the Jasmine & grass and replanting the areas (ugh!). Searched the internet & found Over the Top. I've treated the areas probably 5-6 times over the last month and I'm now seeing the grass die, without harming the Jasmine. In my case, it was very slow acting & you have to stay at it. Overall, very happy - saved a ton of work.

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I purchased this along with the recommended product to add to it so it would penetrate the leaves. It has been two weeks since I sprayed and I don't notice anything dying off. I plan to spray it again this weekend and will update my post in a couple of weeks.

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This stuff works great. I had used it before when I son had told me about it. I checked all over around here (Athens, Texas) and no one had it. Thank you for your quick service.

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Bermuda grass started to appear in our well established Myoporum ground cover. Applied this product and Bermuda began to die. Allied a second application about two weeks later as there still some life, and now completely eradicated. No damage to Myoporum.

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