If you look at the calendar for bermudagrass lawn care created by the University of Georgia’s extension office, it says that May is an excellent time to apply grassy weed post emergence herbicide. It’s probably too late for pre-emergent herbicides, so learning all you can about post-emergence herbicide in Sandy Springs, GA will help to keep your lawn weed-free throughout the summer with very little effort.
If you were prepared enough to apply a pre-emergent herbicide, then you can guess what a post-emergent herbicide is. Pre-emergent herbicides are applied before a weed’s seed germinates. If it is applied after germination, it doesn’t work, and you must apply a post-emergent weed killer.
Grassy weeds look a lot like grass, and they can be difficult to identify because of it. They don’t generally do a lot of damage, but they sneak into your grass and reduce the quality of your overall turf. Common types of grassy weeds are crabgrass, goosegrass, and barnyardgrass. They will steal nutrients from your good grass, and overall, your lawn will not have the same healthy appearance. Grassy weeds are differentiated from broadleaf weeds.
You want to pick a type of post emergent herbicide that will kill your specific type of grassy weed, so identifying the weed is essential to success. Then, you must find an herbicide that kills that particular weed. This may be as common as Round-up or Weed-B-Gone. Your local hardware or gardening store should have it. There may be organic options available as well.
Lastly, you want to identify what it is about your lawn that made grassy weeds grow. Typically, and overgrowth of weeds indicates a weakness in the health of your lawn. Take a soil sample to your local extension office, and figure out how you can improve the health of your lawn. A thick lawn has the potential to be impervious to weeds. This means that not only will your grass be healthier once you act on the recommendations of your soil test, but you will have less weed control needs because a healthy lawn doesn’t let weeds invade.
If you follow the guidance of a lawn care calendar, you’ll keep your lawn weed-free, and all future lawn care work will be much easier. Your weeds will be killed as the present themselves, and you’ll retain total control over the health of your lawn.
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