Maintaining a good-looking lawn without any weeds can often be more challenging than you might have originally thought. Pesky weeds can find their way to your lawn in no time and often they can be hard to get rid of. However, by having an understanding of some of the most common lawn weeds you might be able to tackle your weed problem more swiftly.
- Crabgrass
Crabgrass in a way resembles grass in that it spreads and almost hugs the ground under it. Usually, you will see this type of weed growing in your garden in the summer, but the seeds probably got there in spring. Usually, if you have a healthy dense lawn, you won’t find any crabgrass as there won’t be any space for it to expand. To remove it you can also use either an organic or synthetic pre-emergent herbicide to reduce its appearance.
- Dandelion
Dandelions are perennial weeds with deep roots. As such hand weeding is not a good option for removing these. An iron-based herbicide will usually do the trick and help you get your dandelion problem under control.
- Creeping Charlie
Creeping Charlie, or ground ivy, can be hard to get under control if it takes root. Normally hand removal is the best way to go as you want to remove as many of the stems as possible. Maintaining a dense turf will generally stop this from growing and an iron-based weed killer can also be effective.
- Quackgrass
This wheat-like weed can regrow very quickly if pieces of it are left behind during the removal process. In part, this is because of the seeds. Mowing your lawn frequently will reduce the chances of the seeds forming and will make removal easier. Pre-emergent herbicides are the best way of dealing with quackgrass.
- Chickweed
This is a winter weed that can produce hundreds of seeds. This is why removing before seeds are created is essential. While they are easy to hand remove, they will often hide and are quite low to the ground. This is why a pre-emergent herbicide is the best option for dealing with these before they start making seeds.
