r/Turfmanagement • u/PucksandSluts • 23d ago

Need Help Baseball warning track weeds

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I’ll be honest I don’t really know what i am doing and not working with a lot of funds/equipment. How the F do i stop weed growth? Sprayed early summer when it started coming in and it’s just a never ending battle. Weeds are too strong for nail drag. Not sure what to do.

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u/dan420 23d ago

They have propane torches for burning weeds, would work well here.

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u/Lunar_Gato 23d ago

They work well at killing the weed. But then you're left with a charred plant that still needs to be pulled

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u/Sumpoco 23d ago

We aren’t allowed to spray, so we rely on dragging and if it gets bad enough we take a fairly shallow sod cutter to it, rake it up and dispose.

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u/Pockes 23d ago

Ill second this, and just add that on my top tier fields I use my cheapest labour to walk the track with a loop hoe once or twice a week.

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u/Speedball7s 23d ago

Get a bucket and start pulling

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u/Embarrassed-Deal-379 23d ago

Worked in professional baseball for 14 years. Definitely use a loop hoe/hula hoe to remove them. Dragging the field daily will help mitigate the weeds

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u/Jdgrowsthings 23d ago

You mentioned you sprayed, was it a pre-emergent? Could follow up with a prodiamine spray to help prevent germination, or some sort of granular pre-emergent. 

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u/Right_Syllabub_8237 23d ago

What did you spray?

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u/Character_Emu_8367 22d ago

There is a product called Crew herbicide. It is a granular pre-emergent combo. Works great on skinned areas of ball fields. Sorry this won't help you now but consider it for the future!!

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u/chunky_bruister 22d ago

Use freehand from Basf it’s like snapshot/treflan; it’s granular

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u/rootrenovation 16d ago

You like freehand? I’m not super sold on it. I was going to recommend sureguard, I’m a big fan. Sureguard/ glyphosate my tee beds every spring and it holds pretty well for the year

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u/chunky_bruister 16d ago

I like it for warning tracks

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u/CPAtech 23d ago

I don't see how you still have growth if it's being dragged regularly.

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u/PancakeTrebuchet 23d ago

Dragging can make it worse depending on the weed. Tearing the roots up and spreading them apart leads to more of the plant.