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

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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13 of 15 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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7 of 21 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

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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5 of 5 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

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

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

Sprayed this product on monkey grass and Asian Jasmine. Can’t see any changes in the grass after 3 weeks. I am going back to another product that sometimes burns the monkey grass and Jasmine, but kills the weeds.

  Expert response:
Greetings, We apologize results were not as expected. We are happy to troubleshoot any issues if you can provide further information. Grassy weeds can require repeat treatments depending on the type of grass you are treating and how mature it is at the time of application What type of grass are you treating? Was it just emerging or more mature? What rate are you using? How large of an area are you treating? If a surfactant was used what rate was it applied at? We look forward to hearing from you!

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