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Common Lawn Weeds From "Grow It & Mow It" episode DMOW-103

Weeds will grow and ruin the look of your well-manicured lawn. Get rid of those weeds!

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Wild Onion and Garlic

Wild Onion and Wild Garlic

• Difficult to control.

• Both sprout from bulbs.

• They are related to the lily family.

• Mow frequently to prevent spreading.

• Use a selective broadleaf herbicide to kill.

Chickweed

Chickweed

• Can be pulled out by hand.

• Use a pre-emergence broadleaf herbicide applied in the fall before the seed sprout.

Ground Ivy

Ground Ivy

• Very aggressive.

• Spreads from one yard to another.

• Can take over a shady lawn.

• Apply a selective herbicide for ground ivy in the fall.

• Getting rid of this will require regular treatment.

Wild Violet

Wild Violet

• Pretty purple flower, but it’s a weed.

• Shows up in shady areas with thin soil.

• Dig it out, or spray broadleaf weed killer on every plant you see.

Oxalis

Oxalis

• Spreads in both spring or fall when weather is cool.

• Hard to control even with herbicides.

• If you use herbicides, plus water and fertilize correctly you should be able to get control over it.

	Dandelion Fork
	Japanese Farmer's Knife

Weed Killer Demo

There are many different tools available to remove weeds. Walter shows a few of them.

• Short-handled tool

• Dandelion fork

• Dandelion weeder

• Hose and attachment

• Drill and bit

• Japanese farmer’s knife

Chemical Weed Killers

Phillip Jennings, a.k.a. "The Sodfather," owns a three thousand acre sod farm in Georgia. He scouts the farm weekly for weeds. He recommends preventing weeds before they start spreading by using pre-emergence herbicide. Pre-emergence is a chemical that prevents weeds from popping up.

Sports turf mangers have the following advice:

• If your neighbors have weeds, they will likely spread to your yard.

• Don’t over irrigate...it promotes weeds.

• In a new lawn, a year or two with weeds is OK. Then, kill the grass with the chemicals; or kill off with pre-emergence to kill specific weeds and grasses