Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NY State IPM Program at Cornell University/Flickr/CC BY 2.0 Even if you didn't know its quirky name, you have likely seen ...

Some of the grass in my yard died after last year’s hot, dry summer. It doesn’t look like it’s coming back, despite a fairly wet spring. Several weeds, including dandelions and quackgrass, are growing ...

Quackgrass (Elytrigia repens) is a rhizomatous perennial that spreads by seeds and rhizomes. Quackgrass is a highly competitive agricultural weed that can significantly reduce crop yields and reduce ...

My last column elicited several requests for more detailed information on controlling quackgrass. Following is the question from one reader and response. If you have tree, shrub or lawn questions, you ...

My faithful readers—all five of them—have likely noticed that the last three articles have discussed weed control in vegetable gardens. I’m going to continue along that same theme discussing another ...

Gardening columnist Don Kinzler identifies a yellow plant that has flourished here in recent years and writes about the causes of yellow tops on tomatoes and how to treat quackgrass. Reader Lance W.

Few garden tasks are as gratifying as ripping out my nemesis, quackgrass, an aggressive perennial grass that spreads by seed and by rhizomes. In the past, I’ve attempted to eradicate this grass by ...

Under greenhouse conditions, approximately 50% visible control of bermudagrass [Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. # CYNDA], quackgrass [Agropyron repens (L.) Beauv. # AGRRE], and wirestem muhly ...