Fescue, Fescue

After research, speaking with numerous supers, and trial and error, three weeks ago I sprayed the our fescue areas with a three herbicide combination. The herbicides will attack annual broadleaves, grassy weeds, as well as a preemergent to stunt or eliminate future broadleaf weeds. The pre-emergent I will spray again in the fall to combat winter annuals before the start of next season.
I was a bit disappointed at two weeks as the main target grassy weeds looked to be doing fine and thought to myself here we go again. The typical weeds...dandelion, groundsel, thistle/bull thistle, and chickweed were curling up nicely though. What in God's creation did they seed into these mounds during construction?? Then it started...purpling, browning of the tips, very slow growth for this point in the season, then the result I was praying for. The slow death.
While you play around the course you will notice browning areas throughout the fescue. The herbicide has a long list of grasses it will attack but the fines will be relatively unharmed.
I will spray again before the summer heat to target some of the more difficult to remove grasses like K31(course tall fescue).  This product can ding up the fescue under stress and high heat. Another app will be applied in the fall.
Due to the extreme slopes and hazards on some of our mounds we will have to hand spray as I was unable to safely drive the sprayer over them. If the results continue to impress we will get out there very soon and begin to hand spray.
In the second pic you can see how effective this spray was. It was an accident, but great results. Those passes continued all the way down the right side of 7 and 8. The fine fescue untouched.

I was able to spray the entire mound along six and the fine fescue is doing great. The targeted grassy weed ...not so much.

This was a slip up. I accidently bumped the boom off with my elbow. Remarkable difference!

Very Clean! Now I can let it grow nice and long and will look fabulous all brown. JUST KIDDING you SLICERS