| Q. When do I apply
a weed pre-emergent?
A. This is an excellent time to address winter
weeds, like henbit and chickweed, and many, many others. They start
to germinate with the first fall rains and cooler weather. If you
procrastinate, it will be too late.
What product to use? There are many of them. Read the label to make
sure it's for your type of grass. Corn gluten is an organic solution,
and it provides nitrogen, as well. You want to wash the product
down into the soil where the seeds are so that as they start to
germinate it prevents them from ever growing into a weed plant.
The absolute key is to get it down now, before the seeds germinate.
If you wait until you see them, it's too late.
What I prefer to do is grow a good dense healthy lawn and you'll
grow yourself out of most weed problems. Soil management, proper
amounts of fertilizer and water, leaving the clippings on the grass
to re-feed the soil: These are your best weed pre-emergents.
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Gregg's
mistflower