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Your lawn is your achievement, your safe haven, the shining green jewel of your home. At least, that is, until you venture out into your lush turf and stick your foot right into a sandbur, coming away with enough prickly pods to bring tears to your eyes. Sand spurs are an insidious and all-too-common lawn infiltrator, but they aren’t impossible to eradicate, which is why we’ve compiled a list of 12 simple strategies to ward off these wily weeds.
Things You Should Know
- Mow over sand spurs with a bag attachment, or drag an old blanket over your lawn to collect and dispose of mature sandbur pods.
- Use a post-emergence herbicide to fight mature sandburs, and a pre-emergence herbicide to prevent them early in the season.
- Water, fertilize, and grow native grasses to promote a healthy lawn that stifles and outcompetes weeds.
Steps
Expert Q&A
Tips
References
- ↑ https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/AG373
- ↑ https://apps.extension.umn.edu/garden/diagnose/weed/grass/longspinesandbur.html
- ↑ https://richmond.ces.ncsu.edu/2014/08/take-the-sting-out-of-sandspurs/
- ↑ https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/AG373
- ↑ https://cals.arizona.edu/cochise/mg/faq-57
- ↑ https://www.lcsun-news.com/story/life/sunlife/2019/02/10/timing-everything-when-trying-control-goatheads-and-sandburs/2807176002/
- ↑ https://extension.umd.edu/resource/flaming-weed-management-tool
- ↑ https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/AG373
- ↑ https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/AG373
- ↑ https://hgic.clemson.edu/factsheet/zoysiagrass-maintenance-calendar/
- ↑ https://www.popularmechanics.com/home/lawn-garden/how-to/g237/the-quick-and-easy-guide-to-fertilizing-your-lawn/
- ↑ https://midwestgrowsgreen.org/corn-gluten-meal-the-dos-and-donts/
- ↑ https://weedcut.ipm.ucanr.edu/management-practices/competitive-planting/#gsc.tab=0
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