Weed control treatments should be a crucial part of your lawn care routine every year. In the spring, you should never forget to apply these treatments to maintain the pristine appearance and tip-top health of your lawn in Tennessee. Weeds, when left to their own devices, can make your lawn look messy and drag down your property's curb appeal. They are also notorious competitors with your grass for essential nutrients, and letting them take over your turf can weaken its health. Without enough nutrients, your lawn becomes more susceptible to diseases and pests. To effectively keep weeds away from your lawn, you'll want to use both pre- and post-emergent weed control treatments in the spring.

Weeds can take over your lawn in the spring and drag down your curb appeal.

Weeds on a lawn in Memphis, TN.

Keeping your lawn lush and green is a great way to boost your curb appeal, but weeds can quickly drag it down! When you let weeds take over your turf, it can start looking messy and poorly maintained. They will look out of place amongst the lush, neatly trimmed grass that you have been maintaining, making your lawn unappealing. Because of this, it's crucial to never skip out on weed control treatments every year, especially during the spring season. Applying weed control treatments on your lawn will get rid of these unwanted plants and get your lawn looking its best again.

Weeds can steal nutrients and resources from your grass and make it weaker.

One of the best reasons why you should apply weed control treatments on your lawn in the spring is to keep it growing strong and healthy. Weeds are invasive plants and survive by stealing nutrients from your grass. When you don't administer weed control treatments in the spring, they can take over your lawn and become detrimental to its health. Weeds can easily outcompete your grass for nutrients, depriving it of the vital resources that it needs to thrive.

When your lawn does not receive essential nutrients, it will become weaker and vulnerable to diseases and pests. Weeds have to be removed first if you want to strengthen your lawn. When you try to fertilize your grass to replenish its nutrient supply, the weeds will only steal the nutrients and the cycle happens again.

What type of weed control should you use?

Worker applying a weed control treatment.

For effective weed control, you'll want to use pre- and post-emergent treatments. These two weed control treatments will provide well-rounded protection against any weeds trying to take over your lawn. Pre-emergent treatments are best applied in the spring because they create a barrier on the ground that targets newly germinated weed seeds and keeps them from sprouting on your lawn. This ensures that weeds don't ever become an issue for your turf in the first place.

To tackle weeds that have already sprouted on your lawn, you'll need post-emergent treatments. This type of weed control will eliminate existing weeds on your turf, so it should be applied multiple times throughout the growing season, including in the spring, to continuously tackle them.

Never pull weeds out by hand because you might leave the roots behind and trigger more growth on your lawn!

Call us today to sign up for our weed control service!

Our team at Herbi-Systems offers a weed control service to commercial and residential properties, as well as HOAs, in Memphis, Collierville, Germantown, TN, and surrounding communities. When you sign up for this service, we will visit your property multiple times from spring to fall to administer pre- and post-emergent weed control treatments to help you get a weed-free lawn. This program also includes fertilizer treatments and a lime treatment to promote healthy and strong grass growth. Give us a call today at (901) 382-5296 to sign up for our weed control service.