There goes the neighborhood

[greytdanehouse]

Finally escaped Calirado and closed on my house in Crawford last week. What can I do about the sand burrs. Is burning them out the best bet?

Edit - Thanks for all the great advice. Didn't have a chunk fo carpet, but I did find a ratty old sleeping bag that's picking them up nicely. Will try the MSMA and then burn.

 

[TinkerTanker]

We had a house that had them pretty bad. We sprayed Roundup all over the place. Scorched earth. Killed everything for the season that popped up with another round. After that they were gone except for a few interlopers around the edges from the neighbor's property. Re-seeded the following spring with grass.

 

[HillsideDesolate]

 

[dlbleak]

Welcome to Oklahoma. What part of CO?

 

[GnometownHero]

Mow sandburrs really short, drag a piece of carpet upside down around to yard to grab loose burrs, if you hate chemicals like roundup, spot spray a 50/50mix of vinegar and bleach mixed with some salt directly on root clumps exposed by mowing short.
Dragging the carpet really does a good job, nuke it with fire when loaded and repeat with a clean piece of carpet
Put slime in your riding lawnmower tires, damn sandburrs and goatheads

 

[tcart]

If just in your yard fertilize the heck out of it. Sandburrs like piss poor soil.

 

[Shinneryfarmer]

Option #1,Can spray them with roundup and a pre emergent. Option #2, Mow short and drag carpet as stated. Option #3, Or wait till hot 90 degree or hotter then spray with MSMA herbicide and pre emergent. Option #4, Fertilize the crap our of it and choke them out. This was the method I used last and it works with sufficient rain or watering. Option #5, A combination of the above for best results.

My experience with burning is they have always came back twice as bad. Just my personal experience.

 

[Shinneryfarmer]

Oh, And Welcome To The Neighborhood, out here in western Oklahoma anything within a half hour your neighbors.

 

[OK Corgi Rancher]

Have someone come in with a big scraper and take off the top 3' of dirt... Look for a "Biden/Harris" bumper sticker/yard sign and dump it in their yard.

Seriously...it's a very time-consuming and labor intensive process. I think sandburrs are harder to get rid of than goatheads.

 

[Letfreedomring]

Never heard them called sand burrs since growing up in TX, we just called them 'stickers' and the small white ones 'begger's lice'. All of them are a royal PIA! Carpet trick sounds legit!