Smartweed in clover

[timnick]

With the wet summer I am getting smartweed in the clover. Do deer eat it? If not, will something kill it but spare the clover?

 

[Semisane]

Smartweed is the plant from hell. I have a section of it on a low spot in one plot that I've sprayed with heavy doses of Gly. The first spraying set it back a bit. The second spraying three weeks later killed about three quarters of it, but it's coming back. I don't see how anything that kills that miserable stuff won't also kill any clover in the area.

 

[dogdoc]

Butyrac 200 (2-4db)

I have never used it on smartweed but it is on the label to control smartweed. Might take several sprayings. Like stated it is one tough plant that is a very heavy seed producer.

 

[Fish]

Smartweed laughs at my gly for the most part. That and nutsedge are my biggest nemesis in clover.

 

[CuivreDog]

Raptor or Clearcast are the only two herbicides that I have found to be effective on smartweed while still sparing the clover.

My smartweed laughs at Butyrac and only gets slightly ticked off about gly.

 

[JDunham]

Raptor has worked for me. When my bottle runs out I will be trying Clearcast. Same stuff but cheaper.