Insects may be the thing that some people dread their lawns or gardens of having. There are also people who may look at drought as a phenomenon that their lawn would not want to experience. And then there are also those who would point at weeds as the worst thing that they would want to have in their lawn or garden. Weeds may look not that menacing but it can be difficult to deal with. You have to make sure that you take out all of them or else you may just see them growing back again. All they need to survive is just one good leaf and a good root and they are all set.
One of the weeds that you should be on the lookout for is crabgrass. No, it does not resemble a crab in any way. What it looks like is orchard grass. This weed usually grows in patches. You will know that you are looking at crabgrass because they have side branches. These branches have wide leaves and they branch out. You will see that it forms like a star. You will also notice that it has blades that are wide. So are its leaves.
The summer months of July and August are known as the best time for the crabgrass to grow. This is the very reason why this weed is also categorized to be a summer annual grass. You can prevent this weed from growing to its peak by spraying pre-emergent herbicide before the summer months.
Your lawn or your garden may be one place for crabgrass to grow but it can also grow in other locations like the sidewalk and even on roads with cracks. This is how well this weed can thrive. What you should do when you see them growing already outside your lawn or garden is you start your pre-emergent herbicide treatment. You do not want them growing on your lawn or garden now, do you?
There are people who believe that the chemicals in the herbicide may actually harm their lawn or garden. Now if that is your thought, then you can actually do something else to battle the weed. What you can do is wait for it to grow and then take them out by hand. That should do the trick. But that may also mean that you can still leave some roots in the soil and seeds too. They may not be there right now but come its peak season next year, they may be back. - 31813
One of the weeds that you should be on the lookout for is crabgrass. No, it does not resemble a crab in any way. What it looks like is orchard grass. This weed usually grows in patches. You will know that you are looking at crabgrass because they have side branches. These branches have wide leaves and they branch out. You will see that it forms like a star. You will also notice that it has blades that are wide. So are its leaves.
The summer months of July and August are known as the best time for the crabgrass to grow. This is the very reason why this weed is also categorized to be a summer annual grass. You can prevent this weed from growing to its peak by spraying pre-emergent herbicide before the summer months.
Your lawn or your garden may be one place for crabgrass to grow but it can also grow in other locations like the sidewalk and even on roads with cracks. This is how well this weed can thrive. What you should do when you see them growing already outside your lawn or garden is you start your pre-emergent herbicide treatment. You do not want them growing on your lawn or garden now, do you?
There are people who believe that the chemicals in the herbicide may actually harm their lawn or garden. Now if that is your thought, then you can actually do something else to battle the weed. What you can do is wait for it to grow and then take them out by hand. That should do the trick. But that may also mean that you can still leave some roots in the soil and seeds too. They may not be there right now but come its peak season next year, they may be back. - 31813
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