About 42 years ago, Paul Weiss spent days on his knees installing a lawn he hoped would last forever — several hundred Zoysia plugs he ordered for about $17 from a magazine ad.Within no time ...

Always remember that the best control against weeds in a lawn is having a thick, healthy turf. If there are bare spots and sunlight can hit the ground, weed seeds will germinate.

A thick zoysia lawn does resist weeds but some can still sneak in. Luckily the grass is resistant to most weed-control products and when invaders are noted they can be quickly treated and removed.

Bermuda or Zoysia in a bluegrass or tall fescue lawn is an issue. These grasses are best controlled now with the glyphosate (Roundup) herbicides. The ideal control window is late July through ...

If weeds are gaining the upper hand, more stringent control methods might be necessary. It is important to know the weed variety before utilizing non-organic control measures.

Daffodil weed control begins after foliage fadesQ: I have a small zoysia grass bed I use as a source of plugs for replacing my fescue. I want to put out pre-emergent to cut down on goosegrass and ...

In the lawn, competition means the appropriate turf selection and regular management of turf health. For example, under shady conditions, St. Augustine grass or zoysia are the best choice.

Finally, if your lawn is more than 50% weeds (i.e., common bermudagrass, crabgrass, broadleaf weeds), a complete renovation next spring or fall, rather than a single herbicide treatment, is likely ...

For this year, the best way to deal with burweed and other winter annual weeds is to spray a herbicide on your lawn during a week daily high temperatures are expected to be at least in the low 50s ...

I've been thinking of planting zoysia or Bermuda grass on it, thinking that it would control erosion, stay low, be easy to walk on, prevent most weeds from growing through it and require only ...