Carpet Type Weeds

Seeds lie dormant over the winter then sprout slowly in the spring.

Carpet type weeds. The term weed is a subjective one as the old saying goes one person s weed is another s wildflower. The term weed is used in a variety of senses generally centering around a plant that is not desired within a certain context. To 20 inches tall where it grows. Irrigate the lawn when there is less than 1 5 inches of rain in a week and fertilize regularly.

Some examples are dandelions ground ivy white clover chick weed carpet weed and violets. The best defense against carpetweed in lawns is a healthy well maintained turf. Carpet grass is a warm season perennial grass that grows well in areas where other types of grass will not grow. It does best in damp sandy soil and is traditionally found in tropical climates.

This garden weed has light green leaves that look like clover and cup shape yellow flowers in summer and fall. Carpetweed is a summer annual with a short tap root. Pull oxalis weeds by hand or spray weeds with a postemergence herbicide in spring or fall. Mulch garden areas in spring to prevent weeds.

Veins in the leaves are often net like. Choose a type of lawn grass that grows well in your area and maintain it according to the needs of the specific type of grass. Carpet grass can crowd out bermuda grass and weeds. Once the seeds have sprouted however it grows rapidly in the summer heat.

But you can be assured. Broadleaf weeds are some of the most common and those with which we are most familiar. Although it withstands high foot and pet traffic it is not drought tolerant and can be invasive.