{"id":147,"date":"2023-01-05T10:34:47","date_gmt":"2023-01-05T15:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/barrowanr\/?p=147"},"modified":"2023-01-05T10:54:08","modified_gmt":"2023-01-05T15:54:08","slug":"now-is-the-time-to-prevent-summer-stickers-in-your-yard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/barrowanr\/2023\/01\/now-is-the-time-to-prevent-summer-stickers-in-your-yard\/","title":{"rendered":"Now is the time to prevent summer “stickers” in your lawn"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Walking barefoot through soft grass is one of life\u2019s greatest joys; the warmth of the ground, the tickly touch of blades of grass on your feet, toes wriggling free from the confinement of shoes, it is just spectacular. In the summer. In the midst of winter after the combination of below-zero temperatures followed by flooding rains it sounds miserable, BUT, if you are looking forward to that summer experience, you may need to prepare your lawn now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year I had a burweed week. Almost everyone that called the office that week wanted to know what to do for \u201cstickers\u201d in the yard that were making playing barefoot in the lawn uncomfortable for kids and pets. Unfortunately, by the time strolling barefoot becomes a joy, it is too late to control burweed. Burweed is a winter weed, and the \u201csticker\u201d that hurts your foot is the already-developed seed. You can apply herbicide to the plant, but as summer begins its life cycle will end regardless; once the bur is developed though, it is there to pester you until next year.  If you had this problem in your lawn last year, treat for burweed now, and kill the plant before the bur develops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Herbicides with 2,4 D or 2,4-D+MCPP+dicamba (check the active ingredients label on the front of the bottle) will provide good control for bermuda, zoysia, and tall fescue, but you may have to re-treat. Atrazine will provide excellent control for centipede, zoysia, and dormant bermuda. January and February are ideal times to treat burweed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If you had burs in your lawn summer, that is a good indicator that you need to treat<\/em> for burweed. Some weeds may need to be treated more than once for complete control. Learn to identify burweed so you will know if your treatment was effective, or if it needs to be repeated.<\/em> photos by Harry Rose<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Now is not the time for sun-drenched picnics on your lawn, but it is just around the corner. If you are looking forward to spending time outdoors this spring and summer, take a moment to ensure your moment of bare-footed bliss, undisturbed by stabbing burs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By the time strolling barefoot becomes a nuisance instead of a joy, it is too late to control burweed. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":217,"featured_media":149,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[33,29,32,31,30,18],"class_list":["post-147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lawn","tag-burs","tag-burweed","tag-lawn-maintenance","tag-lawn-weeds","tag-stickers","tag-weeds"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/barrowanr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/barrowanr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/barrowanr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/barrowanr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/217"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/barrowanr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/barrowanr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":156,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/barrowanr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147\/revisions\/156"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/barrowanr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/barrowanr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/barrowanr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/barrowanr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}