Take a walk around your yard, and look for young weeds. “Ideally, you want to find them before they take off,” says Waltz.

With winter on the horizon, many homeowners often hone in on lawn care and focus on fertilizers and leaf management before ...

Dormant lawn seeding is a good method if you want new grass to establish quickly come spring. However, some mistakes can make ...

It is an annual weed that is very small in size, usually fitting beneath the blades of the mower without barely being touched each time the lawn is mowed. It normally acts as a winter annual. This ...

Annual poa has been called by many different names, sometimes referred to by its botanical name Poa annua, or simply poa, or names such as winter grass, annual blue grass and annual meadow grass. It ...

Genomic advances reveal how similar weeds can dominate wheat fields that are geographically separated by more than 5,000 ...

This can hinder drainage and encourages weeds and turf diseases ... of leaves will smother a lawn and weaken the grass, and it also provides winter shelter for unwelcome garden pests.

If you need to water your lawn in winter, midmorning is the best time ... which will invite weeds later in the spring," says Elworthy. Excessive moisture can cause root rot and fungal diseases ...

When the winter months are in full swing and ... Early spring is a secondary option, though expect more weed competitio. Warm-Season Grass (Bermuda, Zoysia, St. Augustine): Late spring to early ...

Weed & Feed products are being sold in big box stores right now. These are popular because they contain both fertilizer and weed killer. While warm-season lawns that are dormant certainly won't take ...