Lawn & Turf Tips:  Spurge

Spurge

Description

Numerous long, creeping stems tinged with purple which ooze milky fluid when broken.  Euphorbia or Spurges form a low-growing, dense mat. 

Conditions

Invades thin, undernourished turf under periodic drought stress ; also in cultivated soil.

Cultural Control

Keep the lawn well watered to discourage spurge from invading dry areas.

Chemical Control

Use a pre-emerge in late spring; post-emerge while actively growing.  Use mecoprop or dicamba.

Comments

Hard to control.