Burweeds Suck!

W.L.C. July Newsletter

Spotting Burweeds

The Spring and Summertime are seasons of swimming, blue skies and STICKER WEEDS or Soliva pterosperma! Oh, how we loathe them! But how can we spot them to handle them before they end up in our pet’s fur, stuck to our gardening gloves and stuck on our little ones feet?

How to Spot It!
Here are 3 main ways:

1. It starts forming in cold months and comes in clusters
2. Its leaves are bright green, at first, and star shaped
3. Each stem has several leaves that have the potential to grow into full-blown stickers

Tip: If they get to the full-blown prickly phase, several applications of commercial grade weed killer will only partially help. A preemergent herbicide applied in the winter is the best way to prevent these bad boys.

Here are some more sources for facts on common burweeds:

https://hgic.clemson.edu/factsheet/lawn-burweed/

http://nwdistrict.ifas.ufl.edu/hort/2019/11/08/controlling-lawn-burweed-the-spring-lawn-sticker/

What is Goosegrass?

W.L.C. June Newsletter

What is Goosegrass?

Spring and summer months mean big bad WEEDS! Some of the worst ones in these seasons are burweeds (Soliva pterosperma), crab grass and goosegrass.
We’ll tackle one topic each month and June’s subject is goosegrass (Eleusine Indica).
Goosegrass loves the heat and only sprouts when temperatures reach 60 degrees or hotter, hence the spring and summer emergence.

Step Out On Faith

Since his 1st summer job cutting grass with his uncle at the age of 15, D’Andre has had a love for lawn care.

D’Andre began West Lawn Care in 2017 with the vision to make lawn maintenance affordable to businesses and home owners. “Everyone does not have the time or ability to get their property where they want it,” the owner and operator says, “But I treat my customer’s lawns with care as if I’m servicing my own house. That’s where the Your Lawn is My Lawn comes from.”

This entrepreneur is a husband and father of 3 young kids who he says are his reasons for working as hard as he does. “I want to leave my kids with a legacy and eventually hope to have West Lawn fund their future education!”