The Lucknow Sentinel, 1963-05-29, Page 5•
wEpNEDA.Y, MAY 29th, $6a.
By JOHN BRADSHAW
WEED . CONTROL ,
]lN THE .LAWN
At this. time of tike year even;
the poorer '],awns in ..Southern
Ontario; • look reasonablygood.
The igtass AS green and (it seems'
to. need :'cutting every •three or 1
four days..L'm certain- that this
leads' ':many ..people to neglect
some of ,the vital .care that , is
needed . during • this 'period 6f,;
the growing season; They say to
theinselves, why do .1. need to
give Itihe lawn any , more care?
It seems rto me that .they° : are
behaving dike 'the. traditional'
ostrich,; only in , this case they
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alio burying : their. `head • in 'the.
grass instead of the sand.
Dt pite the lush growth • of
early spring, . it is most- +import-
ant to realize 'that it won',t be'
lociuntil the - crab .,grass is
germinating; Although .on" an
average.. ((season •the seeds 'start
to germ inate'• around- the .ertd. of
May, you don't rea'l'ize that your
lawn 'is. infested until .early
August. Lt is then that the' fin-
ger ;,shaped, purple .heads of the
grass plants begin to take
over the lawn. With .the cool;,
damp' weather of this spring,
it's probable. that many •crab•
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minate until around :the lOth' of ▪ '" ■
June so there—is still time , to !`
kill them with preventive treat- i.
merit during the next ;few days.
I have 'mentioned 'before that
.crab grass is. an annual and; only
survives from year to year in
your lawn because it reseeds
itself, 'Thais is a comparatively
easy task for this ' pes.ky grass
because singie, well-developed
pians .have been' known to pro-
duce as many: as 100,000' seeds,.
• If your lawn. Was infested with
crab grass ,last year or in pre-
vious ones, let me .urge you to
treat your lawn; during the next
few days. • Our PLant,-scientiists
have developed wonderful ,new
_products, ' known .as pre-erner-•
gence killers tthat, really work
and are' safe !ib (the presence sof
animals, birds and . 'humans
They lti'ill the seeds as they ger
minate, ' •
While in holland this spring,
I visited !the daffodil •f ields ' of
Matthew Zandbengen,' of Sas-
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M�■■■muimans■hniuinn■■ unmidu■m■�.uu■ummil ■ ill■
senlheim.• He's one of the, great.
daffodil experts of ' the ` wor'ld
and •is the.• only :foreign .niem'ber.
of ' the 'Royal Horticulrtural
ciety's Daffodil Oomanittee;
Hee been using . pre -emergence
weed killers for the :' past • nine
years ..and he'll' .give .:you'' a guar-
ter .for every .weed • you can . find
in' his thirty . `acres of •daffodils:
Despite . Several visits I 'was tint'
able to earn...One • quarter„
you •can expect •the same 're
sults With your .lawn; 'One `ap=
plication in. the nett few days:
wial .protest'. your !awn . from
crab • grass• for an entire. season:
Some . -of These • pre -emergent.
'crab grass . killers :also • con-
tain a fen ilizer •'for .girving yyoui
lawn a •muoh needed second
!feeding. and • an:, insecticide,. that'
' will kill white grubs and otlher
iaisects that 'infes•t the 'lawn:
:Yoti .also get, some very. ; im-
:portant pluses • When: you e : ` us
Rw these:. pre emergence weeti kat
lers, because a 'number of them
will also • kill the; seeds of an
nual ° grasses as •,they --.germinate
It .may be :my imagination,.
@tit • it 'seems •to , me that this
Year's Cropof dandelions is.the,
biggest ever. •• This mewls- that
our: : lawns will • receive :an un-
usually. large number . of 'seeds.,
Even . •if -yourlawn., • at " ipr.esent
does not Contain a single .dan;,
delion ,the odds are •that it will
become. infested from ' other.
lawris or 'fields .neanby.'. •I've just
learned that: several of 'the pre-'.
emergence crab .grass. 'killers
will .also kill rthe•. seeds •of dan-
delion's
an
delion' .as they, -Igerrnn:inato. 'How-
ever, ; not all ' 'of ..`hose ori the
Market will ao this kind oof job•.A
Those that • contain- chemicals
like Trifluralin or Zy,'troii. are
Of this type 'and so F . yo'u• •use
them ,now you'll not 'only 'con-
tro'1. the ,crab . grass :as it ,ger
Minates, but you . will also : keep
:the dandelions '..un t r . Control for
the rbalance' of this seas•on. •
M'any n-ewcemers to .garden-
ing quite` ofteii confuse the'!per-
ennial .grass. called quack, tw'itc'h
or couch, with crab' .grass, We
used to ' thirik "that it spread
'mainly. in the' lawn by means
of i.ts• • long white: •underground
roots; .,bilt recent • research, has:
shown' Ptiha.t the main cause' of
spi«eading is 'by` •seeds. You will
be happy to know that the pre
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emergence . crab +grass killers also
kill • these seeds .,as they germin-
ate, This •c:ombined with regular
mowing should soon eliminate
twitch grass from. the lawn.
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William . Arnold, ' Mrs.' George',
H rkness, Miss Margaret 'Robert
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ford Mackay, :Mrs. 'Donald .,Gil=