The Best Way To Control Weeds In West Palm Beach

There are many things that can threaten your West Palm Beach-area lawn. Rainy periods can cause over-saturation and drown your grass roots. Drought can cause your lawn to wilt and die. Over-fertilization and under-fertilization each have their pitfalls. Reliable lawn care in West Palm Beach is a must.

Pests can invade and chew on the blades of your turfgrass or eat the roots. But one of the worst threats to your lawn in our West Palm Beach service area is a threat that often goes unnoticed, at first. As you can probably guess, that threat is weeds.

The Nature Of The Problem

Why do weeds go unnoticed? Because weeds may not look so bad at first. Some weeds have pretty flowers and you might even think they add color to your lawn. Unfortunately, those pretty weeds can take over and steal valuable nutrients from your turfgrass.

Some weeds like carpetgrass can blend in, but before you know it, they've taken over. And when one weed takes root, it isn't long before other weeds move in and your lawn stops looking beautiful and even, and starts looking like an eyesore.

Your First Move

When you start to become bothered by weeds developing in your yard, you may turn to over-the-counter weed killers. While these products can sometimes be effective, they're difficult to apply properly. If you use the wrong product, it won't kill any weeds or worse, it'll kill your lawn. If you use the right product in the wrong way, you may also not kill any weeds and may kill your lawn.

First you need to know exactly the type of weeds you're trying to get rid of and what products work best for that type of weed. And it is important to know when you don't have to apply any products.

Temperatures in the West Palm Beach area often get above 85 degrees, which is a temperature at which many herbicide products can damage or kill your turf.

The Role Of Weed Killer

Weed management isn't a simple matter of carpet bombing your lawn with chemicals. Proper weed management takes finesse. It is possible to add too much weed killer or not enough. You have to know how to identify the weeds and how to select the right products and methods to address them.

What You're Up Against

Everything grows well in Florida, including weeds. This can make it difficult to deal with weed problems. As you throw different products at your issue, you can start to feel overwhelmed when things don't go quite as you planned. When you add to this that some unwanted lawn vegetation isn't even weeds, it can make your head spin.

What do we mean? Crabgrass can be as frustrating to deal with as weeds, and more difficult to address. You can't just throw a weed control product at crabgrass. You need to apply a process that gives your turfgrass what it needs, while stunting the growth of the crabgrass.