{"id":397,"date":"2024-02-02T11:30:58","date_gmt":"2024-02-02T16:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/gmanr\/?p=397"},"modified":"2024-07-12T14:45:06","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T18:45:06","slug":"treat-for-summer-weeds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/gmanr\/2024\/02\/treat-for-summer-weeds\/","title":{"rendered":"Treat for Summer Weeds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Summer weeds? Already? Yes, even though it is February, now is the best time to think about treating for weeds you see in the summer. At this time of year, we will apply Pre-emergent herbicides. For some vocabulary:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pre-emergent<\/strong>: applied prior to weed seed germination and emergence<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Post emergent<\/strong>: applied as spot treatment directly to the weed infestation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many people love to take good care of their lawns and here, in Coastal Georgia, our warm-season turf is king. This means that those pesky summer weeds can be a major headache. Unfortunately, we don’t think about how annoying they are to work with until they are popping up in the lawn. Treating with a pre-emergent herbicide will give you a leg up in tackling this issue in your summer lawn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Yellow Nutsedge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Crabgrass<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Lawn Burweed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Mat of lawn burweed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It is especially important to treat for those extra hardy (and annoying) weeds such as crabgrass, goosegrass, nutsedges, and burweeds. We recommend appling herbicides to control summer annual weedsprior to soil temperatures reaching 55\u00b0 F. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can view our UGA Weather Stations<\/a> to track the soil temperatures. Some of our local stations are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n