Valentine’s Day is a key date on the calendar for gardening projects. Chief among them is applying pre-emergent weed control. Miss this date and you may find yourself battling more weeds the ...

Pre-emergent herbicides are truly the unsung heroes of weed prevention because they form an invisible barrier in the soil that stops weed seeds from sprouting. Gardeners and landscapers alike use them ...

If weeds were a major concern in your lawn last summer, the coming weeks are the time to apply a pre-emergence herbicide to prevent their emergence again this year. Timing of a pre-emergence herbicide ...

The weather just seems to get more and more unpredictable. From the extreme winter storm a year ago to the warm December we just had, unusual weather can make gardening even more challenging than it ...

We are quickly approaching the window of opportunity to use a pre-emergence herbicide in lawns. But not every lawn needs an application of pre-emergence herbicide – only those lawns that have a ...

In most cases, herbicide application should not be considered as a first option for weed control. Hand weeding, hoeing, and mulching are tedious but effective methods of weed control. Sometimes, ...

Seeing that the calendar is about to hit September (it's hard to believe two-thirds of the year is already gone), it's time to start mentioning pre-emergent again. Keeping in mind that as a tree guy, ...

I’m not a turfgrass specialist, but I sure get asked lots of question about weeds and lawn. Believe it or not, spring is just around the corner, which means that summer weeds can’t be too far behind.

Did I apply too early? Am I applying too late? Just when do I need to apply crabgrass pre-emergent? Don’t let crabgrass prevention make you crabby. And with the current unexplained weather patterns it ...

Although growers have already planted grain sorghum in parts of Texas, growers in much of the Plains and other regions of the country will be planting sorghum over the next few weeks. To successfully ...

For lawns that have experienced crabgrass problems in the past, the best approach for control of this annual weed in the coming year is the timely application of a crabgrass prevention herbicide. In ...