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Pests and Weeds
November 4, 2008
Pests and Plants Plaguing Your Lawn
Caring for a lawn can be a wonderful and fun hobby to have but it can also be a chore for some people, especially when it comes to dealing with the various pests and plants that can plague the look of your lawn. Not all plants growing on your lawn or in your garden are nice to look at or are good for the rest of the growth there. Some plants, like crabgrass, can hurt a lawn.
Pests
There are a variety of different pests; insects that can plague a lawn at any given time of the year. It doesn’t matter how hot or cold the temperatures are, if there is grass to be eaten or destroyed you can bet that these pests will do just that.
-Any type of worm
-Billbugs
-Grubs
-Lawn moths
Aside from insects like the ones mentioned above, pets and other animals can do damage to your lawn. Dog urine has acid in it that will kill the area of the lawn it is on, making it brown and discolored. Other animals such as deer, if you live near the woods, will affect the growth of your lawn. Deer will eat your grass until there is nothing left and they have to move on to someone else’s lawn for nourishment. Another pesky animal affecting lawns today is the mole. A mole will dig holes all over your lawn that are easily noticeable and should be filled in as soon as you see them.
Weeds and Crabgrass
There are different types of weeds that can plague one’s lawn and of course there is the favorite grass of them all, crabgrass. There are a variety of weeds growing throughout the United States that can affect the look and growth of your lawn:
-Dandelion
-Sumac
-Goldenrod
-Burdock
-Bindweed
-Ragweed
-Poison Ivy
-Sorrel
-Creeping Charlie
-Wild Carrot
-Japanese Knotweed
Crabgrass usually grows in a lawn that is lightly watered, is not fertilized enough, is poorly drained and is growing thinly.
Lawn Care Professionals
A lawn care professional can help just about anyone with their lawn problems today. All you need to do is make a phone call. Most lawn care professionals will spray pesticides on the lawn once or twice a year, usually in the spring and in the fall, to kill any weeds that are already there and to stop any weeds that were going to grow on the lawn. Some lawn care professionals can even help with the removal of animals like moles and will be able to treat the lawn with fertilizer to spruce up areas killed by your pet.
All of these problems plaguing your lawn can not necessarily be avoided but can be treated and removed once they develop. It just takes time and effort to grow a beautiful lawn and it takes time and effort to keep it beautiful.
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