Two things to address today.
Number one, a follow up on my crab grass treatment, as requested in the comments section of that
video.
And number two, touch on a problem that's started to rear it's ugly head in my yard.
But first, let's do a follow up.
For the most part, that first treatment, pretty successful!
It probably would have been better had I used a surfactant and it didn't unexpectedly rain
later that day, but it is what it is.
Overall pretty happy with the way it turned out.
Now it's not completely gone.
I still have clusters of it throughout this little area.
But here's the thing about crab grass, is once it's germinated it's really difficult
to control.
But one day...one day I will have it eradicated from this area.
Now on to my next problem.
While maintaining my big beautiful green luscious lawn, I've noticed...well let me just show
you.
This little guy right here.
And here.
Right there, there and there.
All up in my magnolia tree's business right along here.
And along the front of my disgusting looking hostesses and what will eventually be a nice
pretty little garden bed.
The problem is, at the time, I had no idea how to identify those weeds.
So I reached out to the customer service staff to get their expert advice and here's how
they broke it down to identify those weeds.
First thing to know, is it a broad leaf or a grassy weed?
Broad leaf weeds are going to be tough and aggressive.
They're going to pounce and thrive on the weak areas of your lawn.
They can easily be identified in the yard because they look nothing like grass.
Unlike grassy weeds which are undesirable grasses that germinate and grow in the lawn.
The problem here is they do not have the turf quality, appearance, characteristics, or growth
habits to produce a nice healthy looking lawn.
Once we've figured out if it's broad leaf or grassy weed, we now have to start to look
at the very distinct characteristics of that weed to really pinpoint and lock down what
it is.
Here are some of the things to take a look at and consider when trying to identify weeds.
The leaf shape, margins and branching pattern of the leaf veins.
Over all leaf structure.
Arrangement of leafs on the stem.
The presence or absence of little tiny hairs on the leaves or other parts of the plant.
Take a look at the root structure if you can.
Also know it's life cycle.
Is it annual, biannual, or perennial.
How does the plant grow?
Plant height and lateral spread.
The degree of branching or the arrangement of branches on the main stem.
Overall leaf size.
Leaf and stem coloration.
Stem holiness.
The presence of spines, thorns, prickle or stinging hairs.
And if there is a milky juice or sap if the stem or the leaves are cut.
Now those are just some of the few things you need to know to try and identify the weeds
in your yard.
But if that's too much and it's a little bit daunting to try and do that yourself, simply
grab your phone.
Take as many detailed pictures as you can.
Email it to our customer service staff and they'll try to identify it.
Got it, crab grass!
And surprise surprise, it's a specious of crab grass!
I've said it once and I'll say it again, I don't know what I'm doing, I don't know how
to identify this stuff, so I'm glad I got the customer service staff to help figure
it out for me.
High five to them!
So per their recommendation, I'm going to use a product that's got a little bit more
of a punch that what I used the last time and is safe to use in my established, beautiful
looking lawn.
Main difference between this product and the last product, this has Quinclorac, 2,4-D,
and some Dicamba mixed in it.
And because I'm just going to be doing a spot treatment, I'm going to throw in some marking
dye so that I can keep track and see what I'm doing.
I got my PPE on, we're mixed up, we're ready to spray!
So there we go!
We'll see what kind of dent that makes into our little problem we've got going on in our
beautiful yard.
And I'll most certainly do a follow up video on our spot treatment today to see how well
we did.
In a nutshell, that's how you identify the different kinds of weeds that you have in