Lawn weeds don?t weaken your lawn but it would take root if your lawn is weak. In other words, if you see weeds, it is a sign your lawn health is not as good as you think.

So, the best way of controlling lawn weeds is to properly maintained and cared for your lawn. You would not have to face the problem of lawn weeds but that does not mean in any way that you should not pay attention to controlling lawn weeds.

Here are some suggestions about controlling lawn weeds.

1) Mowing your lawn properly can prove quite efficient in controlling lawn weeds. You would do well to mow your lawn at about three inches. It would help in controlling lawn weeds and would also allow your grass to grow thicker.

And when it comes to mowing, you should always use fresh blades or you should use sharpened blades. Blunt blades would uproot the grass and that is the last thing you want for your lawn.

2) All the weak spots of your lawn are the most susceptible to weeds. The areas adjacent to the pavement and other more used areas are the most vulnerable to lawn weeds and you would have to take special care of these areas for controlling lawn weeds.

Most of the times lawn weeds take root in these areas and if you don?t do anything regarding controlling lawn weeds there, it would spread to other parts of the lawn. So, you must be conscious of it and should take essential steps in controlling lawn weeds.

3) Most of people think that just uprooting the weeds at the root level would solve the problem of weeds but it is not so. Most of the experts believe that if the soil remains compact, it would again become the breeding ground for weeds.

You would have to reduce the compaction of the soil and then go on reseeding the area. Similarly, there are some types of weeds which are easy to control but there are some obstinate ones. And for them you would have to take some extra care.

One of the best ways of controlling lawn weeds is by stuffing that patch with excess of grass. Grass would fight the weeds for space and that would help in controlling lawn weeds to some extent.

4) If everything fails, you can always enlist the help of herbicides or weed killers. Herbicides prove very effective in fighting weeds and can take care of any kind of weeds. On the basis of their application, herbicides are of three kinds.

The first one is pre-emergent which are applied to the lawn before weeds have actually taken hold of your lawn. It works best on crabgrass.

The second type of herbicides is the post-emergent herbicides which are used for weeds which have already taken hold in your lawn. It works best on perennial broad leaf weeds.

And the third one is the non-selective herbicides. These kill plants indiscriminately-plants, weeds and everything else. So, you should be very careful before using it.

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