Lawn care is a constant battle between getting rid of plants you don’t want and maintaining the plants you do. While spraying your entire lawn with herbicide might seem like the easiest way to get rid of weeds, it could take out the rest of your plants, too. At Cataldo Landscape & Masonry, we can help you with lawn care in Weston, MA, so you can remove the weeds and keep your plants.
In addition to our professional services, we have weed removal tips to help you with your lawn care in Weston, MA.
Pull or Dig Them Up
You definitely already knew this one, but there’s more than one way to go about it. Some plants are easy to pull up by hand and bring the roots up with them. However, there are other weeds that take a little more effort. For example, dandelions have deep roots that you’ll have to dig up with a trowel to ensure you get the whole root. If dandelions are a big problem in your garden, you can get a specialized tool called a dandelion puller.
Crowd Them Out
There’s only so much space for plants to grow, so if you take up all the space with grass and plants you like, there will be no room for weeds. To encourage grass to grow, you can aerate or dethatch your lawn to allow air and water to flow through the roots.
You should also mow your lawn regularly and mow high. By keeping up a mowing routine, you cut down the weeds before they can drop seeds and propagate more plants. By mowing high, you allow your grass to block the sunlight to the weeds and prevent their growth.
Deliberately Apply Weed Killer
Whether you use organic weed killers or opt for chemical herbicides, you need to apply them strategically and deliberately. Selective herbicides only act on certain types of plants, and you can apply them just in areas where there are a lot of weeds. Annual herbs like crabgrass require pre-emergent herbicides. These weed killers take out the weeds in their early stages before they start to grow.
Cataldo Landscape & Masonry | Lawn Care in Weston, MA
No matter your lawn care needs, our team at Cataldo Landscape & Masonry is ready to tackle them. From regular mowing to planning new beds, our team handles it all.