How To Control Weeds in Your Landscape
First of all let’s see how do weeds can end up in your yard in the first place, well it can be carried away by wind, birds, rain, if you have unhealthy yard then it’s most likely that you will find weeds in your yard, well I think we can find weeds in almost every yard in town, but the most important thing is learn how to stop the spreading of this weeds so that we our yard will always look beautiful and healthy.
Now in order to help you stop this weeds from growing in your yard, you should have a regular weed control first, enough watering and make sure that you already added enough compost or fertilizer in your soil because weeds tend to grow in unhealthy soil.
Here’s a few things you can do to help stop weeds from infesting your yard.
First you have to make sure that your yard is get enough sun light, explore your yard and find any weeds, remove them by digging it, don’t just pull it because you need to get rid off the root too. Try not to use chemical such as pesticides of herbicides yet, use them as the last resort only.
Be sure to clearly identify the weeds you want to control first before using
pesticides or herbicides, some of the types of weeds we can find usually annual weeds and perennials.Let’s take a look at one of these weeds, a crabgrass is an annual weeds can live for one year and germinate from seed, but you can stop this weeds from spreading by planting a healthy sod in bare patches and cutting your yard at 2,5 – 3 inches high, you can also apply preemergence herbicides before the germination or when the plants are still small.
The second weed is called the perennial weeds, this weed can live more than 2
years and usually you can find them lying around summer and fall, an example of this perennials are quack grass and also dandelions. You can control quackk grass using glyphosate.
So if you want to keep your yard healthy and clean from all the weeds then you should make sure to eliminate all the seedlings that take root in your yard, make sure to do the weed prevention every year, it takes discipline but the result will be worth it, you can also try to Maintain turf density and health through proper culture.
