When weeds grow in your yard, one you want to avoid is nutsedge, an invasive weed that can take over your lawn quickly if not properly handled. Luckily, you can catch nutsedge early before it spreads by knowing how to identify it, taking preventive measures and having professional help. Protect your lawn so it stays lush and green with professional service from OrganicLawns.

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How to Protect Your Lawn Against Nutsedge

Nutsedge is a perennial weed that’s part of the sedge family. It is a grass-like weed that thrives in hot weather and moist, poorly drained sections of lawns. Finding and removing nutsedge can help you keep your property safe from harm.

Identification Tips and Tricks

While you can confuse nutsedge for regular grass, it has distinct features. A fundamental way to identify nutsedge is by its stems. Nutsedge has triangular stems, and the leaves have a prominent center rib that forms a V-shape. You can also distinguish between nutsedge and grass by rolling the stems of each between your fingers. Nutsedge has edges while grass has round stems.

If left to grow, nutsedge also produces spiky purple and yellow flower clusters. The leaves’ colors are different for each weed. Yellow nutsedge has a yellow-green or lime color, while purple nutsedge’s leaves are dark green.

While you can make adjustments to your yard to stop nutsedge from spreading, hiring a professional lawn care company will help you get rid of the weed for good. Professionals have the equipment and products needed to exterminate nutsedge properly.

Prevention Measures

Nutsedge grows through tubers underground that form deep roots, making the weed challenging to remove. A couple of preventive measures you can do to prevent nutsedge from growing out of control include:

Regularly feeding your lawn: Nutsedge can’t grow without space. When you regularly feed your lawn, you encourage grass growth. A well-fed lawn has thick grass and spreads out more, preventing nutsedge from growing.
Mowing your lawn high: You can also prevent nutsedge from growing by changing how you mow your lawn. Keeping your lawn at a proper height, usually using one of the highest settings on your mower, lets grass continue growing in sparse spaces, leaving no room for weeds.

What to Do If You Have Nutsedge

If you have nutsedge, it could be because of poor drainage and moist areas in your yard. The best way to combat the spread of nutsedge is by growing and maintaining healthy, dense turf to takeover space before nutsedge can. You also may want to rearrange your watering schedule or install new drains to prevent water from gathering.

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When you need help getting rid of nutsedge, OrganicLawns can help. Our lawn care services provide environmentally friendly ways to remove nutsedge and take preventive measures to ensure it stays away. Contact us to learn more about our services or request a free estimate today!

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