If you were fortunate enough to join us for the Brown Thumb to Green Thumb Boot Camp, you heard David Jumper from the Ole Miss Golf Course speak about how to control weeds in your Bermuda and Zoysia lawns. What great information he shared with us. The key to having a weed free lawn is to have a healthy lawn. A healthy Bermuda or Zoysia lawn will push out weeds so don’t underestimate the value of mowing correctly, watering and fertilizing the lawn (first lawn fertilizer is in May, not March).
If you have just a few weeds or maybe that one strange unknown weed, pull it up. If your yard is full of weeds you might consider treating your lawn or letting someone treat if for you. March is the time of year I spray to control summer weeds like crabgrass. This treatment is called a pre-emergent weed control. The goal is to stop the weeds from growing in the yard before they germinate. Because spraying the lawn myself can be a little tricky and I don’t want to invest in the equipment, I let a professional treat my lawn in the spring.
Do it-yourself lawn sprayers are available as well as the all the supplies. Let me caution you about using combination chemicals that have fertilizer and weed control together. Do not use them! Now is not the time to fertilize your lawn. If you put out a product with fertilizer now, your winter weeds will love you for it and will grow. March is the time to get the pre-emergent weed control out, not fertilizer. Make sure you know what type of lawn you have, what type of weeds you have or want to prevent. You will want to prevent crabgrass.
If you want to know what chemical to use check out this link about Mississippi weed control. Always read and follow the labels. You can also check in with your local Garden Center. I am finding fewer and fewer people want to take on spraying the lawn themselves. That is one of the great parts about attending the Boot Camp. You get to meet the professionals I use to take care of headaches and make the lawn beautiful. Let me know how your lawn is looking this spring.
Planting to Grow,
Jeff
P.S. I am going to be doing a free pruning class on campus in April or May after the azaleas finish blooming. Thanks to all of you for responding and letting me know you would like to attend! Stay tuned for date and time.
If you were fortunate enough to join us for the Brown Thumb to Green Thumb Boot Camp, you heard David Jumper from the Ole Miss Golf Course speak about how to control weeds in your Bermuda and Zoysia lawns. What great information he shared with us. The key to having a weed free lawn is to have a healthy lawn. A healthy Bermuda or Zoysia lawn will push out weeds so don’t underestimate the value of mowing correctly, watering and fertilizing the lawn (first lawn fertilizer is in May, not March).
If you have just a few weeds or maybe that one strange unknown weed, pull it up. If your yard is full of weeds you might consider treating your lawn or letting someone treat if for you. March is the time of year I spray to control summer weeds like crabgrass. This treatment is called a pre-emergent weed control. The goal is to stop the weeds from growing in the yard before they germinate. Because spraying the lawn myself can be a little tricky and I don’t want to invest in the equipment, I let a professional treat my lawn in the spring.
Do it-yourself lawn sprayers are available as well as the all the supplies. Let me caution you about using combination chemicals that have fertilizer and weed control together. Do not use them! Now is not the time to fertilize your lawn. If you put out a product with fertilizer now, your winter weeds will love you for it and will grow. March is the time to get the pre-emergent weed control out, not fertilizer. Make sure you know what type of lawn you have, what type of weeds you have or want to prevent. You will want to prevent crabgrass.
If you want to know what chemical to use check out this link about Mississippi weed control. Always read and follow the labels. You can also check in with your local Garden Center. I am finding fewer and fewer people want to take on spraying the lawn themselves. That is one of the great parts about attending the Boot Camp. You get to meet the professionals I use to take care of headaches and make the lawn beautiful. Let me know how your lawn is looking this spring.
Planting to Grow,
Jeff
P.S. I am going to be doing a free pruning class on campus in April or May after the azaleas finish blooming. Thanks to all of you for responding and letting me know you would like to attend! Stay tuned for date and time.
Hi Jeff — I wish you would do a video on sharpening hand pruners, such as Felco like yours, which I have. Also, I would like to know what to put on liriope or monkey grass to treat the black spot (fungus?) on it.
I trim mine back each year, but this trouble always reappears. thanks, Julia (a Master Gardener)
Jeff, I just found out that my grass is Zoysia! I had told you at Taylor that I had centipede! I am getting a lawn service to do my yard because for the first time I have fescue and rye grass coming up in my yard. Yes, I would llike to come to the pruning class in April or May. Thanks for all the info you send me. Ernestine
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