How does this work on tall fescue ?
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I couldn't tell ya about the fescue, Christina. I know it has little effect of my toadstools. Although, this may not be the product for THAT problem.
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i'm too dumb to know what tall fescue is and i was too lazy to look it up. i used it on what i believed to be fungus on St Augustine and it did nothing to help the problem. However, i'm not positive the problem was fungus.john bland, gainesville, fl
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The Bayer Advanced it is my understanding specifically for the treatment of lawn fungus. We are very pleased with the results in treating our lawn fungus. I might use a pre-emergent in the spring for the tall fescue. I put down my pre-emergent just as my forsythia has that yellow glow, but before the flowers actually come out. over the years that timing has worked well. it won't work well the first year, as it has already seeded, the second year works great. hope this was helpful.....
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I have used this product for two years and have not had the lawn fungus come back in that time. I do have tall fescue and yes it does work, Mmy neighbors are still having problems with their lawns and have asked me what I have been using.
517710
I had brown patch on my tall fescue lawn last year, and it did not work at all. The whole lawn was dead after the second application. This year, I used it as prevention, applying it in May. It seems to work for now since I can see the brown patch and the red thread starting to spread on my neighbors' lawn.
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Well...the only things that you will have adjusted the height with the brush underneath. But I don't guarantee that will work well. I always used broom and rake to put on the lawn as well. It will help faster to clean out the lawn than doing more work on the hard surface. I hope this would be helpful to you.
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Not sure on that grass, but it works great on fescu, Bermuda grass, not great for thick weeds, run time around 45 min, as edging around our place only takes 20.
301220
Hi, I have used this on all sizes of leaves with no problem. Just be sure to feed larger leaves slower so they don't jam up!! Really works great
1278402
It is great on st. augustine and bermuda - tall grass can be difficult if it is thick. I love my fiskars mower. If there is a wider cut i would get it. It will not cut johnson grass. Nice even pretty cut and easy to push.
789013
In my experience, it did not work well. It caught about half of the grass. On a perfectly level lawn, it may work better.
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I agree with JP's answer. I have fescue and buffalo grass and it worked fine on both, it only killed the sedge. If you're not sure, or if the instructions warn against your type of lawn grass, then don't use it and/or return the product. Almost all Amazon Marketplace suppliers will refund your purchase price if the product is unopened.
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Vantage will KILL turf type fescue. Vantage only kills grass - it is not for broadleaf weeds in grass - it will kill the grass and not kill the weeds.
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Works great on potato's too, you have to remove the coring attachment. (not hard to do)
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This is not going to work as well on tall grass and vines as a regular machete in my opinion. It does work well on saplings and limbs......it is more of a chopper and less of a slicer.
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I used it on a St. Augustine yard where I needed to clear an area about 4 ft by 15 ft to plant shrubs. It worked well. One word of advice is that it seems to work much better when you go backwards. I had no problem controlling the depth going backwards. Forward seems to skip a lot. I did have to stop once and untangle some of the grass that wrapped around the tiller but I needed a break anyway so it wasn't much of a problem.
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I would certainly give it a try.... I haven't used it much yet - just got it last fall. I have pulled a 5" white birch that was 30' tall. I don't know how it really works in a variety of conditions yet eg: hard soil or something like a post that could be in deep, but I was pleasantly surprised with the ease it accomplished the work that I have done.
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It appears to have killed a good portion of my fescue grass. Half of my yard is now brown, I'm hoping the grass will come back with the rains here in California during the winter. How did it work on your lawn?
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It cuts well everything I came across in my lawn in SE USA, including crab grass...UNLESS it gets too tall. If it gets too tall the steel blades don't catch all the grass blades...cutting 60% maybe. So you have to make another pass &/or do this trick: in one motion push to get the blades spinning as you tilt one wheel up from the ground (to attain height) and push over the offender...it works every time. But doing a whole lawn like this would be tedious... Just cut the grass b/f it gets too high and you'll enjoy using this much more than a gas powered mower. I certainly enjoy using it. When I let the grass/weeds get too high...it takes more passes, etc., but then I just take a deep breath and remind myself that it's just a little exercise. I regularly let it get too high and it manage to cut it down.
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Works great, but there are different ornimental grasses, some are big as elephants. Mine are 3-4 feet tall, I like to place a tie around the bundle to hold them steady and get an even cut. Actually works like any hedge trimmer. No Problem.
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It has the power too, but if they are long vines, they probably will get wrapped up in the tillers a bit. It would work if you have time most likely though.
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I've used this for two years to control wild bermuda grass that springs up and it works well. I have had absolutely no issues with it killing my tall fescue and bluegrass. Not sure what the others did, but I had no such problems. Using twice a year and the number of new spots I have needed to treat have decreased to just a couple.