crabgrass control
Crabgrass Control
Have you spotted the growth of crabgrass in your beautifully mowed lawn? This article lists ways in which you can control crabgrass.
- Avoid fertilizing your lawn in the summer or spring, instead, do it during autumn so that it fills in and keeps the sunlight off the ground.
- Sunlight is essential for crabgrass seeds to take root. Raise the level of the lawn mower, as taller grass provides shade and keeps the sunlight away, thus keeping the seeds of crabgrass from germinating.
- Remove any patch of this weed immediately to avoid it from spreading to other areas. Pull out the weeds and destroy the seeds.
- Irrigate or water your lawn heavily once a week instead of frequent light irrigation.
- Crabgrass is allergic to healthy soils, so promote the health of your lawn to keep this weed away. Aerating it periodically by soaking the lawn helps in loosening of the soil. Dig out the roots of the weeds to remove them completely from your lawn.
- If all the above control measures fail to bring about satisfying results, you may have to use herbicides. Keep in mind that chemical herbicides are not specific to killing only crabgrass. Other plants on your lawn may be vulnerable to herbicides as well, so use it with caution. You may use pre-emergent weed killer early in the spring and repeat applications if necessary.
- Re-seed thin patches in the lawn during the late summer. Be careful if you have applied the pre-emergent weed killer as it may kill the newly seeded grass too.