Got Weeds?

If you have a yard the odds are pretty good that you have weeds.

The best defense against weeds is thick healthy turf grass. The thicker your grass the less water, light, nutrient, and soil surface there is for weeds to germinate and grow. We know that this is a challenge in a lot of yards but we are here to help. There are two main types of weeds found in lawns; Broadleaf and Grassy.

Broadleaf weeds are the most visible in the yard due to the broad leaves of the plants. This includes common weeds like Dandelions, clovers, and hundreds more. Fortunately most of them can be eliminated from lawns with the application of herbicides that target these specific weed types. To control most broadleaf weeds we recommend Ferti-lome’s Weed-Out. It contains Trimec, which is a blend of three different herbicides that target a wide range of common broadleaf weeds. It comes in a liquid that can be applied with a hose-end or a pump sprayer, or in a granular form that is applied with a standard fertilizer spreader.

Grassy weeds are very abundant in most yards but are harder to detect or possibly just easier to ignore. The challenge is to eliminate them without hurting the desired turf grass in your lawn. Due to the cell structure of grasses there are certain herbicides for use in differing types of lawns. No two are the same or will work on all turf.