Using a pre-emergent herbicide within three months of sowing grass seed may kill it. There are a few exceptions, but it’s best to wait for 3 to 5 months after using a pre-emergent herbicide as a general rule of thumb. This amount of time will ensure that the herbicide has lost effectiveness, and your expensive … Read more
A pre-emergent herbicide is an excellent addition to your lawn and garden care arsenal. Correct use of these chemical weed control products can help make weed control an easy task. But if you don’t apply the product at the right time, you’ll be washing your money into the dirt. This article presents ten frequently asked … Read more
Sometimes your lawn hits a point where it can no longer thrive unless you aerate the soil. This necessary practice can result in a far more lush and healthy lawn, but what happens between step 1 (aeration) and step 3 (the payoff)? What To Do After Aerating A Lawn? If you want the best results, … Read more
The herbicide 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) is quite effective at killing annual clovers and reasonably effective at killing perennial clovers. It also has broad applications for use against a wide variety of unwanted plants, including dandelions, Purslane, horsetail, nutgrass, and cattails (, along with a dazzling array of other weeds) without harming the grass. In this … Read more
Many things can go wrong with your lawn, but few are more bizarre than water bubbles. This rare phenomenon can seem confusing or even scary if you’ve never encountered one before. But what causes these sudden blisters in the lawn, and do they pose any risk? What Causes Grass Water Bubbles? When water or methane … Read more
When you need something a little more potent than Roundup, 2,4-D, short for 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid, is one of the best go-to herbicides. This potent lawn protector was first discovered during WWII in four separate labs simultaneously. Today, it is the active ingredient in more than 1,000 different herbicides. You may wish to use 2,4-D in … Read more
Maintaining a lawn can often seem more complicated than maintaining a garden. Not only are weeds more likely to appear, but you don’t get the benefit of complementary gardening. So, regular application of herbicides is essential. Roundup is one of the safest and most trusted names in lawn care. There are several Roundup formulations available, … Read more
Below are a series of Questions and Answers on Lawn Care Question Of Feeding Question: Do I HAVE to fertilize my lawn? Answer: It does seem foolish. Like Dennis the Menace put it, watching his father mow the lawn: “He puts stuff on it to make it grow, then won’t let it.” But if you … Read more
There are two kinds of people when it comes to yards and plants: those who have gardens and those who have lawns. Oddly enough, gardeners and their various plants often have fewer problems than those growing a lawn of just one kind of grass. For example, can you overseed and fertilize at the same time? … Read more
Horsetail (Equisetum spp.) is a rugged weed that resists such tried and true herbicides as Roundup. It is no wonder you want to know “How to kill horsetail weeds.” The invasive horsetail weed survives under adverse conditions. Its deep roots allow the horsetail to bide its time with little light and air. Luckily, horsetail is … Read more