Use care in controlling broadleaf weeds

Thursday, May 24, 2012

Homeowners should avoid applying herbicides if temperatures exceed 90°F. Read and follow all label directions for safe and effective applications. The optimum time to apply herbicides for perennial broadleaf weeds like dandelions is during fall when plants will translocate herbicide throughout the plant to increase long term control. The second most effective period to apply herbicides is just at or after a plant blooms. During spring, plants tend to be moving storage products from roots to crowns for leaf and flower growth. Thus, herbicides applied in spring tend to remain in leaves; not being translocated throughout the plant.

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