Manage your fertilizer, water and mowing so the turf grows thickly and naturally crowds out the competition. The better it will resist not only weeds but insects, diseases, freeze damage and droughts as well. Pre-emergence herbicides containing the active ingredients, benefin, oryzalin, bensulide, pendimethalin and isoxaben are broadcast as granules the last week of January. Pre-emergence herbicides control both broadleaf and grassy weeds. Post-emergence herbicides are applied as liquids through pressurized sprayers.
Weeds are easiest to kill when young, so periodical spot spraying is most effective.
Formulations for St. Augustine, Bermuda grass and tall fescue very in concentration, so check the product label. Whether you are landscaping a new home or renovation an existing landscape, this school will help you achieve the greatest return on your landscape dollar. Students will receive all the materials and instruction necessary to design a landscape that will improve as it matures and increase the value of your property as the years go by.