Weeds

Steps To Reduce Weeds In Your Lawn

Weeds can be controlled much better before you plant your grass... but for existing lawns a couple of things can help to reduce weed problems.

1. Correct mowing... The right height for your grass helps to shade weeds out of existence.
2. Mowing frequency.... By mowing both often and regular, you remove the flowing seed parts of many weeds thus making it harder for them to seed their next crop.
3. Soils play a factor in weed control - Dry, wet and compacted soils all encourage weed growth because your grass usually struggles under these conditions. A weakened turf grass allows for the weeds to grow.
4. Soil fertility is also a factor. Weeds love poor, under-fertilized soils. While Turfgrasses require a certain amount of nutrients for best growth.
5. Practicing good lawn maintenance practices is the best weed control policy you can undertake.

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• Bindweed

 Vining habit, with extensive root system • very persistent • shades out lawn • will climb on nearby flowers and shrubs
Related: Hedge, Field or European Bindweed, Creeping Jenny, Creeping Charlie, Wild Morninglory, Woodbine, Greenvine 

• Chickweed

 Very common in new lawns • sprouts and grows in cool weather
Related: Starweed, Satin Flower, Starwort 

• Clover


 Often indicates poor soil, need for fertilizer • appears in cool weather
Related: White Clover, Red Clover, Sweet Clover 

• Crabgrass 

Seeds sprout in spring and summer after rain or watering • very fast growing • likes bare and weak areas of the lawn
Related: Crowfoot Grass, Finger Grass, Pigeon Grass, Polish Millet

• Creeping Charlie 

Persistent • invasive, forms a mat that chokes and shades grass • most prevalent in moist soil and partial shade, but also thrives in sun
Related: Ground Ivy, Cat's Foot, Gill-over-the-ground, Field Balm

• Dallisgrass
 

Appears in summer, but grows year-round in warm climates • thrives in low, wet areas
Related: Paspalumgrass, Watergrass

• Dandelion
 


Persistent • appears in early spring and continues through summer and fall, • will adapt height to escape mowing
Related: Blowball, Lionstooth, Cankerwort, Doon-head-clock


• Goosegrass
 
Similar in appearance to Crabgrass, except base of stems are lighter green and Goosegrass appears weeks later • very strong roots; hard to pull • out-competes lawn in hot, dry conditions
Related: Silver Crabgrass, Crowfoot Grass, Yardgrass, Wiregrass, Bullgrass 

• Henbit
 
Sprouts in fall and grows during cool season • prefers rich, moist soil and partial shade • invades bare or weak areas of lawn
Related: Dead Nettle, Blind Nettle, Bee Nettle, Giraffe Head 

• Knotweed
 

Common in grass where soil is compacted
Related: Knotgrass, Doorweed, Matgrass, Yardweed 

• Nutgrass
 
Most common in damp, compacted soil • very persistent • forms colonies by seeds and underground nut-like corns
Related: Nutsedge, Cocosedge, Rush Nut, Watergrass

• Oxalis 

Persistent • grows best in cool season
Related: Sourgrass, Wood Shamrock
 
• Plaintain

 Found in moist soil, shade • spreads by seeding • appears in spring and continues through summer • broadleaf plantain common in wet, compacted soil
Related: Common Plantain, Rugel's Plantain, Blackseed Plantain, Buckthorn Plantain, Narrowleaved Plantain, Ribgrass 

• Prickly Lettuce
 
Painful if stepped on • often flat and hidden in the grass • spreads quickly by seeding • appears in spring and continues till fall
Related: Wild Lettuce, Milk Thistle, English Thistle, Compass Plant, Chinese Lettuce, Wild Opium 

• Purslane


 Makes a mat that chokes lawn • likes rich soil • spreads quickly from seed
Related: Florida Pusley, Wild Portulaca 
 
• Spurge

Appears in spring and summer • prefers sunny areas • forms a stiff mat that chokes and shades grass
Related: Prostrate Spurge, Spotted Spurge, Milk Purslane, Milk Spurge 
 
 
• Wild Onion 

Appears in late winter • mars the uniform look of winter lawn • persistent, smells like onion • waxy coating protects leaves from spray • step on leaves to crush lightly before spraying
Related: Field Garlic, Wild Garlic, Scallion, Crow Garlic

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