Proper maintenance of your turf must involve ongoing weed control. With weed seeds constantly drifting in air currents, there’s no way to keep them off your lawn in Glen Carbon. However, there are plenty of things you can do to keep them from thriving. Below, our experts at Lawn Doctor of Edwardsville-Collinsville are providing some tips that can help you elevate your strategy for avoiding the growth of pesky weeds.
Improve Your Strategy for Weed Control in Glen Carbon
Proper weed control involves vigilance and knowledge of the growing patterns of many different species of invasive plants. However, some basic tips can enable you to avoid the worst of weeds:
- Focus on improving turf health. The number-one thing you can do to deprive weeds of a nurturing environment for growth is to keep your turfgrass as dense and healthy as possible. That’s why we always suggest our annual Fertilization & Weed Plan for local homeowners, as the use of a phosphorus- and nitrogen-rich fertilizer regularly will improve the growth of your turf and reduce the opportunity for weeds to take hold.
- Choose treatment over hand-pulling. When you do notice weeds growing on your lawn, avoid the temptation to rip them out by hand and instead turn to our professionals to apply post-emergent herbicides. These work better than manually removing weeds because they target the source of the problem: the plant’s root system.
- Avoid making your yard vulnerable by mowing it too short. You may find it to be more convenient to mow your yard short on a sporadic basis than to just trim off a bit of length at more frequent intervals. However, cutting your turf short opens up space for weeds to take over.
- Take steps to hinder the germination of weeds. Our team can time the application of pre-emergent herbicides to ensure they block the germination of certain weed species and stop them from being able to take root in the first place.
Start Benefiting From Professional Weed Control!
You don’t have to battle weeds blindly. Sign up for our professional weed control services to put experts in charge of managing invasive plant issues on your lawn in:
- Glen Carbon
- Edwardsville
- Collinsville
- Troy
- Granite City
- Goshen
- Maryville
- Fairview Heights
- Highland
- O’Fallon
- Clinton County
- Or a community in the surrounding area
For weed control in Glen Carbon,contact us today!
