One of the best weapons against weeds is to create a healthy
plant. In almost every case, weeds, insects and disease seek plants that are in stress. If a grass is growing in a
healthy, balanced soil, if it is mowed
correctly and watered properly it will be able to withstand
almost anything that comes it's way. If it is deficient in any of these categories, it can
be taken over or killed quit easily.
If chemicals are needed, first
identify the weed. This section will help you. After you have succeeded this, then you can
come to our herbicide page. This will help you decide which chemical will be best suited for your needs.
Weeds are the number one pest problem in lawns, golf courses and
athletic fields. A weed is any undesirable or unwanted plant. For instance bermuda is a turfgrass, but if you have a fescue lawn and bermuda begins to
creep in, the bermuda now becomes a weed.
Weeds come from animals, people, wind and tubers.
Weeds are unwanted because they are nuisances, cause extra mowing and obstruct water flow
in drainage ditches. They also harbor insects and diseases that may attack turf and other
plants.
Poison ivy causes skin irritation and stinging nettle (bull
nettle) causes a skin rash. Cool season weeds reduce the vigor of most turf by competing
for moisture, nutrients & light.
Effective chemical weed control requires proper identification of
the weed. Effective control also requires accurate timing of applications, proper rate of
application and proper uniformity of application. Follow all label recommendations.
Identify the season - Cool season weeds – germinate in fall
& die in heat. Warm season weeds– germinate in spring & die in cold.
This list is for helping you identify the specific weed. No
chemical recomendations are given.
A-B |
Annual Bluegrass / Annual
Fleabane / Asiatic Dayflower /
Barnyardgrass / Bermudagrass /
Bigroot Morning-glory / Bitter Sneezeweed /
Blackberry / Black Nightshade /
Blessed Thistle / Blue Vervain / Bracted Plantain /
Bristly Starbur / Broadleaf Dock
/ Broadleaf Plantain / Broadleaf Signalgrass /
Broomsedge / Buckhorn Plantain /
Burcucumber / Buttercup / Butterfly Milkweed |
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C-D |
Camphorweed / Carolina
Falsedandelion / Carolina Geranium / Carpetweed /
Citronmelon / Common Chickweed /
Common Cocklebur / Common Lambsquarters /
Common Mullein / Common Pokeweed
/ Common Purslane / Common Ragweed /
Common Yarrow / Corn Cockle /
Cornflower / Crowfootgrass / Cudweed
Curly Dock / Cutleaf
Eveningprimrose / Cypressvine Morning-glory /
Dandelion / Dichondra / Dodder /
Dogfennel |
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E-H |
Eastern Brackenfern / Eclipta
/
Field Bindweed / Field Sandbur /
Florida Beggarweed / Florida Betony
Florida Pusley / Foxtail /
Giant Ragweed / Goldenrod /
Goosegrass / Groundsel /
Hairy Galinsoga / Heartleaf
Drymary / Hemp Dogbane / Hemp Sesbania /
Henbit / Honeyvine Milkweed /
Horsenettle / Horseweed |
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I-P |
Japanese Honeysuckle /
Jimsonweed / Johnsongrass /
Knotweed / Kudzu /
Large Crabgrass / Little Barley /
Maypop Passionflower / Mayweed
Chamomile / Mouseear Chickweed
Partidgepea / Pennsylvania
Smartweed / Peppervine / Poison-Ivy / Poorjoe /
Prickly Lettuce / Pricklypear /
Prickly Sida / Prostrate Vervain / Purple Nutsedge |
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Q-S |
Redroot Pigweed / Red Sorrel
/ Redstem Filaree / Redvine / Roundleaf Greenbriar /
Shepherdspurse / Showy Crotalaria
/ Sicklepod / Silverleaf Nightshade /
Smallflower Morning-glory /
Smooth Groundcherry / Smutgrass / Snowthistle /
Spanishneedles / Spiny Amaranth /
Spotted Spruge / Swinecress |
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T-Z |
Morning-glory /
Texas Panicum / Torpedograss /
Tropic Croton / Trumpetcreeper
Vaseygrass / Virginia Copperleaf
/ Virginia Pepperweed /
White Heath Aster / Wild Carrot /
Wild Cucumber / Wild Garlic / Wild Mustard /
Winter Vetch / Witchweed / Woolly
Croton /
Yellow Nutsedge / Yellow
Woodsorrel |
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