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Category: Weed Identification

link to Prostrate Knotweed: How to Identify It and Get Rid of It in Your Lawn for Good

Prostrate Knotweed: How to Identify It and Get Rid of It in Your Lawn for Good

Prostrate knotweed is a wiry, mat-forming summer annual that signals compacted soil. Learn to identify it, why late fall is the key pre-emergent window, which herbicides work, and how to stop it...

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link to Plantain Weed: How to Identify It and Get Rid of It in Your Lawn for Good

Plantain Weed: How to Identify It and Get Rid of It in Your Lawn for Good

Plantain weed hides under your mower blade and thrives in compacted, hungry soil. Here's how to identify broadleaf, blackseed and buckhorn plantain, when to spray, and how to fix the lawn so it...

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link to Lawn Weeds with Runners: How to Identify 9 Creeping Weeds and Stop Them Spreading

Lawn Weeds with Runners: How to Identify 9 Creeping Weeds and Stop Them Spreading

Creeping Charlie, bermudagrass, nimblewill and other lawn weeds with runners regrow from every stolon or rhizome you miss. Here's how to identify each one and when to treat it so it doesn't come back.

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link to Japanese Stiltgrass: How to Identify It and Get Rid of It in Your Lawn (Before Spring)

Japanese Stiltgrass: How to Identify It and Get Rid of It in Your Lawn (Before Spring)

Japanese stiltgrass is an invasive annual grass that comes up weeks before crabgrass. Here's how to identify it, when to apply pre-emergent, and which herbicides actually work in lawns.

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link to Kudzu Control: How to Get Rid of Kudzu for Good (Root Crowns, Timing and Safe Herbicides)

Kudzu Control: How to Get Rid of Kudzu for Good (Root Crowns, Timing and Safe Herbicides)

Kudzu control works when you kill the root crowns, not the vines. Here is how to find them, which homeowner herbicides and rates to use, and a season-by-season plan to finish the job.

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link to Japanese Knotweed Removal: How to Get Rid of It for Good (Without Spreading It)

Japanese Knotweed Removal: How to Get Rid of It for Good (Without Spreading It)

Japanese knotweed removal works best with late-season glyphosate or stem injection plus three seasons of follow-up. Here's how to identify it, choose a method, time it to the month and dispose of it...

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