It showing it's face in a thin stand of RR beans. I've sprayed twice and the field was pretty clean as of a couple weeks ago. This crap is now covering about 1/3 of the plot.
This ^^^!!! Not sure I would wait 2 weeks if I could help it. As large as those plants are now they might be hard to kill, 2 weeks more growth and that just adds to the problem.
I sprayed something that looks just like that in a flower bed. 2 days in and it's curling from gly. Time will tell.
At home with a pump sprayer I mix it HOT! Really Hot! Couldn't do it like that in a bean field.
Over fertilizing, unlikely. Everything I've been reading says that it likes dry sandy disturbed soils. That makes my plots a prime location. I've seen it for years in the plots but this year I had a lot more open soil in July and the carpetweed really took advantage of that.
Carpetweed and Bedstraw look at lot alike. One way to tell the difference is that bedstraw will have foliage that sort of clings, while carpetwed is more smooth.
Carpetweed and Bedstraw look at lot alike. One way to tell the difference is that bedstraw will have foliage that sort of clings, while carpetwed is more smooth.
It's a summer annual, so the further you go into the fall and keep it from seeding the better. It has to come back from seed. If you plant late and get a thick stand of your food plot species, it will help keep the weed seed already in the soil from germinating when warm weather rolls around again.
Ripping it up might work, but it might also stir up the weed seed already in the ground. I would try a strong dose of herbicide and then do throw and mow.