5 Different Weeds Growing in Your Garden – Part 2
Have you noticed grassy weeds in your lawn?
Happy Friday! On Wednesday, we discovered how to recognize and control 2 types of weeds that may be growing in your garden or landscape in 5 Different Weeds Growing in Your Garden-Part 1. Those weeds were Crabgrass and Dandelions. Today we are going to be looking at 3 more weeds you may find in your garden.
Nutsedge
This is a weed, similar to crabgrass, is another grassy perennial and can grow 1 foot wide and 2 feet tall! Nutsedge finds its home in your lawn, garden, landscape and where ever there are areas of moist soil in sun or shade. It can be identified according to Better Homes and Gardens by,
“Shiny, grassy leaves; nutlike tubers on the root system.”
How to Control Nutsedge
To start, we recommend pulling it by hand and spraying it with a post-emergency herbicide with MSMA. To prevent it, in the spring time mulch your garden.
Plantain
A broadleaf perennial, this weed can grow up to 8 inches tall and 12 inches wide. Plantain loves to grown in your moist lawn and in sun or shaded areas of your garden. You know that it is plantain when it is has flat, broad leaves around a low rose like bud.
How to Control Plantain
If you’ve noticed a tread, than you are already a head of the game. Similar to nutsedge, you can prevent plantain by mulching. You can eliminate this weed by pulling it by hand and using a post-emergency herbicide on your lawn.
Poison Ivy
For some people, looking at poison ivy will cause them to be suddenly covered in it. This is a plant that you want to control and rid your land of. Poison Ivy, not to be mistaken with the 1997 Batman & Robin’s Uma Thurman, is a broadleaf perennial that can grow 15 feet tall and 15 feet wide. This weed gets comfortable in sunny or shady areas of your garden or landscape. You can spot it according to Better Homes and Gardens,
“Vine, shrub, or groundcover with leaves divided into three leaflets; clusters of green berries.”
How to Control Poison Ivy
According to the Mayo Clinic, around 50% of people have sensitivity to this plant and can develop a rash. Start by preventing it with mulching. If you find it in your lawn, spot treat it with an herbicide.
Would you like to know some tips about growing a garden without weeds? Come back for Herb Monday. Herb Monday is a series about growing herbs in doors.
