06/06/2018
Spring w**ds have emerged, and Turf Club is here to help you get rid of them before they take over your lawn. Our licensed technicians can come to your property and assess your lawns health and provide you with a comprehensive treatment plan to keep them at bay not only this season but for seasons to come.
The best time to take care of w**ds is in the spring before they can invade your lawn. While some w**ds are more difficult than others to control, they all have the same principle: the root must be killed or removed so that another shoot cannot grow up in the same location. Here are the most common w**d problems in our area:
Bent Grass
• Lighter green/blueish in color
• Shorter or flopped over
• Soft and spongy to the touch
Crab Grass*
• Grass-looking w**d
• Blade spikes in different directions
• Can be found in walkways, driveways, and patios as well
Dandelions
• Can have 40 – 100 seeds in one seed head, are very prolific and the seeds can travel miles in the wind
• A pre-emergent herbicide is best but a herbicide may be applied after you see them pop up
• Need to apply herbicide prior to the white seeds emerging or they will spread
Dollar Spots
• Straw-colored patches
• Hourglass shaped lesions
• Reddish brown margins on the leaves
Leaf Spot
• Small lesions on leaf blades
• Dark spots turn light tan
• When they die, they turn brown or straw colored
• Occur in patches
Nutsedge
• Perennial, grass-like
• Yellow and green leaves with spikey yellow flower
• V-shaped stem
Plantains
• Broadleaf w**d that is best controlled with a post-emergent herbicide
• Maintaining a healthy lawn helps to push out the w**ds. Aerate compacted soil and fertilize on a regular basis
Red Thread
• Pinkish red threads that form around leaf blades
• Visible when turf is wet
• Can see spore on your mower or shoes
• Will turn turf brown
Wild Onions
• Recognizable by their thin, waxy tall stems that grow in clumps
• They are difficult to control and may require several rounds of herbicide treatments
• Pulling them out may just break off the bulbs in the ground and from them, they can regrow
All of these w**ds can be controlled with a good, broadleaf herbicide which will attack only these w**ds and not kill your lawn.
* Crabgrass is difficult to control, and the correction may seem like the lawn is dying, but once it is removed, the lawn will quickly restore.
The best defense against w**ds is to have a healthy, well cared for lawn. By keeping the grass cut, fed, dethatched and watered.
Give us a call to schedule a lawn assessment appointment today at (908) 834-2675.
