“I know that people absolutely love their pets. I get that. My girlfriend has a dog that means everything to her. Not that she’s weird about it, but she takes very good care of her dog. Organic dog food, the whole bit.” Darryl lives in the Duxbury, MA area in a home the couple recently purchased together.
“Now the issue is the lawn. We bought this place in part because it has a good-sized backyard for the dog to run around. But there’s a lot of crabgrass, and I hate it. I was going to spray it with some chemical, but my girlfriend threw a fit. She doesn’t want the dog getting sick. So what’s the solution here? I’ve been trying to pull it all out, but it is impossible to keep up.”
Pet-Safe Pre-Emergent Weed Control: The Solution for Problem Crabgrass
As dog lovers, we absolutely understand your girlfriend’s concern. Some of the weed control products available to consumers contain ingredients that can be dangerous, even lethal, for pets. However, the industry has evolved to develop products that pose no threat to pets or people while effectively eliminating crabgrass from your yard.
The issue with crabgrass – as you’ve already experienced – is how quickly it grows and spreads. A single mature crabgrass plant will create enough seeds to start thousands of new crabgrass plants. Frankly, once the crabgrass has grown to the point where you can see it, you’ve already started losing the race for yard dominance.
We have heard people say that letting the dogs run around freely will kill any crabgrass, but if that is in fact true, it apparently requires having more dogs than we’ve seen anyone have. What we’ve found to be more effective, in our role as a lawn care company in Duxbury, MA, is the use of a product that treats and eliminates crabgrass in the soil, before it starts to grow. This is an effective and fast-acting solution to rapidly change the appearance of your backyard, without impacting your pets in any way.
