A beautiful, green lawn is the dream of almost every landlord. A well-groomed lawn is the hallmark of any home, but over time weeds may appear on it, which will spoil the overall picture. Read about how to get rid of unwanted vegetation on the lawn and what methods to use for this.

Causes of weed growth on the lawn

Sooner or later, crops will begin to grow in any area, which will become an obstacle to the development of lawn grass. The emergence of weeds is a natural process, because their seeds can be in the upper layers of the soil or deeper, and when digging, they will sprout along with other plantings.

Also, the seeds of some plants, such as dandelion, spread downwind. Therefore, their appearance can be observed every year.

How to deal with weeds

A variety of weeds can appear on the lawn, which will differ in appearance, type of structure and the presence of flowers. But, all these plants are united by one fact that they interfere with the development of cultivated plants. Therefore, every gardener needs to know at least the most common types of weed grass and remove it in time.

Important! Weed grass on the site can not only spoil the appearance of the landscape, but also completely displace cultivated plant species, because it is more hardy and consumes all the nutrients entering the soil.

Crops that clog the lawn can be:

• perennial, living more than 2 years;
• annuals, their development cycle is 1 year;
• parasitic.

Dandelion - perennial herbaceous plant whose seeds spread in the wind. It is most often found on lawns with a rare landing. The control of such a weed can be mechanical or chemical, depending on the degree of danger to cultural plantings.

Plantainalso applies to perennials; it spreads rapidly on compacted soils. To get rid of this plant, it is required to saturate the soil with oxygen and make it less dense, for which work is done to pierce the ground with a pitchfork and make sand.

Mary may be an annual or perennial plant that has good frost resistance and spreads rapidly. Its height can reach up to 1.5 m.

To overcome this weed, you must dig it out with the root before the flowering period.

Dodder refers to the genus of parasitic plants that do not have a root system and leaves, it is attached to the culture and sucks nutrients from it. As a rule, this weed is removed along with the affected crops.

Buttercups and lichens may appear on soils that have an excess of moisture. To combat such plants, enrich the soil with oxygen and reduce the amount of lawn irrigation.

Chemicals

Chemical treatment is carried out if manual removal of weed grass is not effective and there is a threat of complete crowding out of the cultivated plants from the lawn. The so-called weeding with herbicides will help against undesirable vegetation in the garden.

It involves the use of continuous or selective chemicals.

To carry out measures to eliminate weeds, it is necessary to strictly observe the instructions for the drug and observe safety precautions when working with hazardous substances.

General recommendations for the use of herbicides on the site:

1. Prepare overalls for the person who will be processing: gloves, pants and a jacket made of thick material, a respirator.
2. Dilute the chemical solution according to the attached instructions and pour it into the sprayer.
3. Spray the prepared preparation on the lawn.

It is better to treat the area with herbicides in the morning hours on those days when the weather is calm and dry.

Important! When working with chemicals, one should refrain from eating food immediately at the time of processing, and it is strictly forbidden to smoke, due to the possibility of ignition.

Folk methods

Alternative methods of combating unwanted vegetation on the site are very effective and environmentally friendly for humans and animals. Weed can be removed with alkali and acid. To do this, prepare solutions from: vinegar, soda or soap.

Recipes for weed remedies:

1. Mix 9% vinegar and water in a 1: 1 ratio. Add 30 g of citric acid and 30 g of ethyl alcohol to the resulting solution.
2. Dissolve 1.5 tablespoons of baking soda and 50 g of grated soap in 2 l of water.
3. Mix 1 liter of 20% vinegar with 150 g of salt and 20 g of soap.

Each of the above recipes must be used locally, i.e. it is applied exclusively to those plants that clog the lawn.

Agrotechnical control measures

You can deal with unwanted vegetation on the lawn without resorting to the use of pesticides and alkalis. As weeds grow, they immediately tear out the hands so that no rhizome is left in the soil. Also, frequent weeding of cultivated plants is effective, during which all wild crops are removed.

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To remove weed grass, it is necessary to divide mowing on the site. After 2 procedures, the number of wild plants will decrease. In order to prevent the re-distribution of weeds, you should not only clean the territory that is reserved for the lawn, but also the areas adjacent to it. Such manipulations will avoid the spread of seeds in the wind.

Weed Control With Herbicides

Herbicides are pesticides used to control unwanted vegetation.

By the nature of the action, they can affect:

• solid - complete destruction of all vegetation;
• selective - damages only weed crops.

Selective action

Selective herbicides are used to control perennial and annual weed crops that spoil the appearance of the lawn. The use of this type of drug is safe for both humans and animals. Selective herbicides do not lose their effectiveness, even if it rains after their use. It is noteworthy that having absorbed such chemicals into the soil, they do not harm the surrounding plants.

Selective Herbicides:

1. Targa Super is a chemical selective agent, it leads to a violation of the synthesis of fatty acids, as a result of which the culture perishes. It is used in an amount of 10 ml per 10 m².
2. Gezagard selective herbicide used in an amount of 20 ml per 10 m².

Continuous action

When using these types of chemicals, you should be extremely careful, because they can destroy not only unwanted vegetation, but also burn out the entire lawn. Therefore, when using them, you should carefully read the instructions and apply the solution only to those crops that need to be destroyed.

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These types of herbicides include:

1. "Glifovit" - a continuous chemical for the destruction of perennial and annual plants. The drug is most effective when used in the period before flowering weeds. The tool is used in an amount of 10 ml per 10 m².
2. Datonite Gold - the mechanism of action is to block the growth processes of the cells of the culture, which leads to a slowdown, and then to a complete halt to the development of weed. The rate of use of the drug is 60 ml per 10 m² area.

The problem of the appearance of unwanted vegetation on the lawn is easily solved if you deal with it in time. At the first stages of weed germination, you can use the manual method of control and simply tear the crop out of the soil, in more advanced cases, use selective and continuous chemicals.