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Common and not-so common turfgrass weed problems ...
Do you have visions of having a beautiful lawn surrounding your home, but your neighbor's dandelions keep creeping into your yard, more and more each year? Do you have more crabgrass in your lawn than fescue? Green Giant Lawn and Tree can help!
Each year we see all kinds of lawns with extreme weed problems—we're not intimidated though! In fact, the more severe the problems, the better we like it, because the change is so dramatic. People just can't believe it's the same lawn.
If your lawns has weed problems, or looks thin, we can help.
Controlling weeds is usually a multi-step process. First, for broadleaf-type weeds, we'll get rid of them right away. For grass-type weeds, like crabgrass, we'll put down a protective barrier in early spring that will stop them from sprouting.
Next, we'll apply special fertilizers that will encourage your grass to grow. In extreme cases, we might suggest that your lawn be over-seeded to help fill in bare spots where weeds were especially invasive.
Extreme cases make take a full season of care and treatment to recover, but rest assured, that by the following year, your lawn will be picture perfect.
3 basic types of lawn weeds
For lawns, there are three basic types of weeds: grassy type weeds, grass-like weeds, and broadleafed weeds. Each require a different method for control.
Some common lawn weeds are annuals. Sprouting from seeds, they develop, blossom and form new seeds, then die in the fall, repeating the process each year. Crabgrass is one such weed. Once these types of weeds take root, they are difficult to remove without harming the lawn. The ideal control prevents them from developing in the first place.
Applying a Pre-emergent Control in the spring does this. The soil's surface is covered with a microscopic protective layer that prevents any germinating seeds from taking hold, including crabgrass. If left undisturbed, this protective layer will maintain its defensive qualities throughout the prime germinating period. This is when most weed seeds will normally start developing. Of course, there is no 100% guarantee that additional seeds won't be carried in by winds, birds, or any number of other methods.