When Mallow Hits Your Lawn

By Neoma Archer

Your lawn is your pride and glory and you definitely want to make sure that it stays as green and as healthy as it is now. You definitely do not want it withering or developing some kind of disease. And that is why you give it your utmost attention. That way, if you see anything amiss, you can easily take a look at it and give it a diagnosis and then give it the right treatment. Just like what real doctors would do with real people. Only this time, you are the doctor of your lawn.

One of the things that could find their way to your lawn is weeds. It is something that you think you can easily catch and you can easily take out of your lawn if they do start to thrive there. But that is not definitely the case always. There are times when you think that they have been there for just a short period when in fact, they have already sunk their roots deep down. When that happens, you definitely would have a hard time trying to get them out. If you do get them out, you will not be happy to know that a good portion of the roots still remains underground.

Your lawn does not need mallow. This is a weed. It has leaves which are round and green. It produces flowers which can be white or lavender. It is at its glory during the late part of summer which is sometime July or August.

The leaves of the mallow are round and lobed. With that, it looks like ground ivy and many people make that mistake. But there is a difference. The mallow leaf is attached to the stem at its back portion. It is important that you know how to differentiate mallow from ground ivy and other weeds so you will know how to attack it.

There are different types of mallow. There are those which can live right through a whole season and these are the annual type. And then there are those which are known as perennials for they can thrive for years. July and August is the glory period for them so that means that they are on top of their business during this time.

Herbicide is the attack that you should use against mallow. Apply it on your lawn. Do this every five or six weeks. The whole deal will work after 6 times you do this. The leaves will wither when you are doing it correctly and that is the time that you will know that you are successful in terminating its growth.

To make sure that mallow does not come back this time, you have to attack it before the seeds actually germinate. So in April or May, get some pre-emergent herbicide and apply it on your lawn. That should work on the seeds and kill them before they even spread their roots and let out their leaves. - 31813

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