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• Steps
• Tips
• Warnings

The best way to prevent crabgrass is to provide such good growth conditions that it has no chance of growing through the turf.

Steps

1. 1 When using herbicides, be sure to read the instructions for use carefully. This is important as it contains information on when to use and precautions.
2. 2 It is best to get rid of the crabgrass before it germinates. You can do this with herbicides that prevent the seeds from germinating. Apply a similar herbicide in late winter or early spring, when the soil temperature at a depth of 10 cm is about 13 degrees Celsius. This should match the forsythia flowering.
3. 3 If the crabgrass does sprout, apply a different type of herbicide in the summer. They also kill grass, so only use them if you have more crabgrass than grass or focus on specific areas.
4. 4 In summer, trim your crabgrass to discourage flowering and sowing. This should help reduce next year's harvest. In the fall, re-sow the lawn or only particularly damaged areas.
5. 5 If you have a small amount of crabgrass, you can weed it by hand. After a good rain, just pull it up with the root out of the ground.

Tips

• Remember, a good lawn is the best prevention.
• Use synthetic herbicides in moderation, as they often contain chemicals that are harmful to humans, pets, lawn dwellers you want to keep (such as earthworms), and other parts of the ecosystem.
• Seek advice from your local horticultural society.
• Corn gluten is a safe, effective, natural alternative to synthetic herbicides that keep the seeds from sprouting.
• If you have a crabgrass, mow your lawn as often as possible. This will prevent the crabgrass from blooming and sowing seeds, and the lawn grass will easily displace all the weeds over time.
• If the crabgrass has sprouted despite the herbicides applied, remove all the sprouts with pliers. This herb grows from a central root, spreading tendrils like a crab. Pulling it out with your fingers is quite difficult, so for effective work you need pliers, given the fact that the amount of sprouted crabgrass is small. Do this as quickly as possible, as the crabgrass grows rapidly and will soon become unmanageable, until the first frost will kill it.

Warnings

• Do not use herbicides that keep the seeds from sprouting too late in the spring, as they will not help. The dewdrop begins to grow when the dogwood blooms, and such herbicides cannot do anything to an already germinated plant.