Unwelcome crabgrass' spring return calls for herbicide

The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL | March 7, 2009| | Copyright

The arrival of spring also signals the return of crabgrass, a warm-season annual weed commonly found in Midwestern lawns. The ideal control of crabgrass is a thick blanket of turfgrass; however, if you have crabgrass, you probably don't have that defense and will need to rely on herbicides.

Crabgrass starts germinating when soil temperatures are about 60 degrees at the quarter-inch level for five to seven consecutive days. Germination continues until the soil becomes too warm - around 95 degrees. Pre-emergent herbicides prevent grass development from germinating crabgrass seeds and other ...

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