It is safe for pets to be in areas treated with SedgeHammer Herbicide after the treated areas have completely dried, which is usually about 4 hours after application.
No, you do not have to pull the weeds after applying SedgeHammer Herbicide, however, continually removing shoots eventually depletes the energy source reserves in the tubers. Tubers are key to nutsedge survival. If you can limit production of tubers, you’ll eventually control the nutsedge itself.
SedgeHammer Herbicide would not be recommended to be mixed with other herbicides.
You can use a spray indicator when applying herbicides like SedgeHammer Herbicide. We would recommend using a product that is specifically made for this use to ensure that it does not interfere with the efficacy of the herbicide. You can browse our Spray Indicators here.
Sedgehammer will only control weeds that are actively growing, so it likely will not kill anyting in the winter once the plants are dormant, and it may only give partial control in the fall. It is best used in the warmer spring and summer months and early fall.
Yes, SedgeHammer Herbicide is best applied outside of higher temperatures. You can apply in the morning if the daytime highs will be above that.
For nutsedge control it is best treated using something like Sedgehammer Herbicide which is specifically designed for it and is also for some other broadleaf weeds. For signal grass is it best treated with a pre-emergent like Prodiamine 65 WDG but complete control is not always possible with this weed as it is a very difficult weed to control. You could also spot treat with a glyphosate based product like GlyPhoSel Pro and then reseed/so the area. The University of Florida has some information here about.
Sedgehammer Herbicide should not be used over any desirable ornamental plants, including roses. You could spot treat with a product like Roundup in the area.
Sedgehammer is meant more for nutsedge control in turf grass and it cannot be used near a vegetable garden or anything edible. For nutsedge in landscaped areas it is recommended to spot treat the sedge with a glyphosate or Round Up type product directly. We recommend Roundup QuickPro 1.5 oz. packs for ease of use
Sedgehammer Herbicide is applied to the foliage of the nutsedge or other labeled weeds you are targeting.
SedgeHammer Herbicide should not be used on pastures or grazing areas, and you should not treat around hay that will be used for animal feed. The SedgeHammer should not affect Timothy grass that may be contacted by the herbicide, although the product label does not specify information about this plant, so we would recommend spot treating a small area first before applying over a large area with this plant. The 1.33 oz bottle of SedgeHammer will yield about 40 gallons of finished solution. You should add 2 teaspoons of a non-ionic surfactant per gallon of water when diluting SedgeHammer from the larger bottle. The smaller packets already have a surfactant mixed in with the product.
SedgeHammer Herbicide is safe for application to established Zoysia.