Topics: lawn care tips, Monthly Lawn Care Tips, seasonal lawn care, dormant sod, Cool Season Turfgrass, weed prevention, Warm Season Turfgrass, How-To
Forsythia is a shrub with yellow flowers that is one of the first shrubs to flower in spring.
The rule of thumb is to apply spring pre-emergent herbicide when Forsythia starts blooming. That's why every year we say, "Forsythia is the Signal."
In a typical year, if you don't have a Forsythia bush to signal you, apply pre-emergent between February 15th and March 1st to kill weeds before you even see them.
Any later than that window and it's too late to kill weeds with a pre-emergent herbicide (you'll have to switch to a post-emergent to apply directly to the weeds).
What does pre-emergent mean? It's an herbicide applied to the ground to stop emergence/sprouting of weed seeds so that you never even see the weeds.
Again, Forsythia is the Signal! Any later than March 1st and you'll need to switch to the post-emergent herbicide program until autumn.
ACT NOW due to the warmer soil temps.
What does post-emergent mean? It's an herbicide applied directly to existing, visible weeds to kill them once they have already sprouted.
We stock Trimec post-emergent herbicides to apply directly to weeds that you can see now, such as henbit and dandelions.
Exercise & Organic Lawn Care Tip Combo: Can't make it to the gym this week? Spend a few hours weeding by hand! You'll burn calories, plus you'll be practicing organic lawn care.
Topics: lawn care tips, Monthly Lawn Care Tips, seasonal lawn care, dormant sod, Cool Season Turfgrass, weed prevention, Warm Season Turfgrass, How-To
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