Weed Control & Prevention

A healthy lawn is naturally preventative to weed growth. The thick root system helps choke out unwanted weeds from growing and will greatly limit the frequency of weed development. Proper fertilization and watering will, in turn, help achieve this. However, this is usually not going to prevent all weeds even in the healthiest of lawns.

There are many types of post emergent weed controls with varying effects. A favorable weed control can effectively control and kill weeds without damaging existing turf. Many have seen the unsightly effects of products like Roundup that kill the weeds but also destroy everything around it, leaving brown marks surrounding the dead weeds. This makes the lawn look even worse then the weed did alive and is not recommended for the health and beauty of your turf. These products should only be used in areas that don’t contain existing vegetation, as on sidewalks. A quality lawn care company, like Green Tee, will typically blend a tank with a mix of selective herbicides that are safe for grass but tough on weeds. These selective herbicides target all of the common lawn weeds including dandelions, clover, ground ivy (creeping charlie), and wild violets. The gentle, yet effective, herbicide will begin impacting weeds in 24 hours. Over the course of 7-10 days, the weeds will begin to shrivel and die.