I am using Ornamec to control bermuda grass in my fescue lawn. As I spray around. (carefully following directions on the label) am I wasting the Ornanec to spray it on some dandelions or oxalis weeds I see? I do try as much as I can to hand pull weeds....but especially bermuda grass seems impossible! I am trying to get my lawn back into good shape so the weeds can't make inroads. Slowly learning after 40 + years of yard care how to REALLY do a good job. Am also trying to remove more and more grass with mulch and shrubs....beautiful green lawns need to go the way of the dodo! But it's what I have to work with for right now!

I recently planted a grape vine in our garden with the hopes that we can eventually harvest grapes from it for various uses. However, while the vine is growing really nicely and has at least tripled in size since we planted it, the problem is that Japanese beetles are eating all of the leaves leaving just the skeletal structure of the leaf. I'd rather not spray pesticides on it since ultimately we want to eat the fruit it provides, as well as the potential for any pesticide to also get into the vegetables we plan to grow in the garden as well. Obviously we would wash anything, but still, I'd rather avoid using them. Manually removing them is simply not going to work, I'd have to be up there every day getting rid of them. I have removed them manually a couple times, an hour later more are on there. Not going to work long term. I have read that using a pyrethrin based insecticide is safe to use around grapes, vegetables etc. (anyone used it?) so that should help to get rid of the ones on the plants. Then I should look into prevention, the simplest and cheapest option seems to be spraying a dishwashing solution on the soil. Is that effective? Other options, although expensive appear to be Milky Spore and Nematodes. But, if the dishwashing solution works, then I'll start with that when the time is right. Thanks.