samedi 17 janvier 2015

What Is An Organic Lawn Weed Killer?

By Enid Hinton


Weed is known to create an everlasting problem to lawn owners. It tends to invade in ecosystems of other plants. It reaches a point that it replaces the native plant species. The aesthetic value of the front and back yards is diminished after commencement of the shrub encroachment. Luckily, every problem has a solution and in this case there is an organic lawn weed killer that aids in dealing with the problem.

Intrusive shrubs like any other plant requires moisture and sunlight to grow. It can grow just about anywhere as long as there is space and the two components. Nevertheless, there are conditions that might activate its development. For example, wet grasses and improper or not applying fertilizers. These two conditions would weaken the plants and grasses in the front or back yard hence creating space for its growth. To prevent such, a proper management yard program should be installed that would guide on maintaining a healthy yard.

There are different methods yard owners could use to rid their problem. One may choose to use their bare hands to uproot the weeds. The negative side of such a method is, it uses a lot of effort and time. To avoid time wastage and quicker results, chemical control technique is used. This method should be done at the right time to achieve quality and effective outcomes.

In general, the best time to apply these killers is during the summer months. At this time of the year the species is usually emerging vigorously making it the ideal time. Additionally, it is advised to smear nitrogen fertilizer about 10 days before the operation begins.

Some of the pesticides used include:

Acetic acid. It effective in causing dryness to plants hence their death. The limitation of vinegar is that, it is non-selective. This means it kills both invasive and normal plants. As a result, one should be very careful when applying it. To be specific, using a brush to paint the acid would be best.

Herbicidal soaps. They are also non- selective like vinegar. When applied, the soap destroys the protective coating in plant leaves thus causing dryness and death. The negative side of the soaps is that, it works successfully on newly developing weeds. For fully matured ones, the herbicidal soaps only destroys the leaves and not roots.

Corn gluten meal. It is most effective in specific environmental conditions and on weed saplings.

Special instructions are to be followed during the chemical application. First, when the chemical is in liquid form, the weather condition should be partly sunny, cloudy and not raining. This assures the chemical remains intact. If using granular products, water should be smeared when application process ends.

It is very important that a yard owner should ensure the problem would not re- emerge. One should for instance use the right mowing techniques to ensure it does not create bare patches which would attract more intrusive species. Also, a yard owner should use the correct fertilizers which would encourage strong growth and discouraging invading plants.

To summarize, it is important to have preventive ways to protect yards from being invaded by weeds over and over again. This saves on time and money.




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