You’ve probably come across any number of different types in your fight against weeds. Not to mention that it is also highly possible that you went straight for the herbicide, or started pulling them up as soon as you saw them. But believe it or not, if you want to keep your lawn green and healthy, then there are some things that look like weeds can actually help be helpful to keeping your lawn green and healthy. There’s also the fact that things that look like flowers and add color to your lawn could be hurting it.

There’s good

A plant that most lawn owners immediately think of as a weed that needs to be killed are clovers. But first, consider the fact that it may be helping your lawn before you start digging up or spraying your clover patches. Unlike most other weeds, it’s a fact that clovers can actually add nutrients to your lawn, and even help to keep other weeds at bay. Clover takes up space on your lawn that could otherwise be occupied by malicious weeds which means that they can promote a healthy yard. It has the added bonus of looking nice as well. The next time that you do see clover on your lawn, think about its benefits to your lawn first before you start immediately pulling it up.

There’s bad

Dandelions are to most people, a nice looking plant. Aside from adding a bit of color to the lawn, they can also be eaten. But they are actually a weed, a bad weed as a matter of fact. Your lawn has a problem, either with the soil or the grass itself, if ever you find any dandelions there. Dandelions are deep rooted and take up a lot of space that should be used by your grasses roots which is why you need to remove them as soon as you see them. Also, they take up more than a fair share of nutrients and water as well which makes it harder for nearby grass to grow the way it should. After pulling or killing the dandelions, be sure to check the soil and maybe add some fertilizer to it to ensure your neighboring grasses grow in strong.

Ugly weeds

It may not be technically a weed but still, when different species of grass start growing on the same lawn the effect can be unattractive. Try to picture a whole lawn of perfect Bermuda grass, with spots of wild growing meadow grass. It throws off the whole look of your yard. It is risky to kill the intruding grass with herbicides, because it can kill your existing lawn as well. The grass can easily grow back which is why you need to make sure that you get the whole root pulled up. When you are able to get the grass out, then you need to make sure that your soil has the appropriate nutrients and plant the type of grass that is in the rest of your lawn. You also need to keep an eye out for intruding grass, because you may not consider it as a weed.

As we can see, not all weeds are created equal. While others can actually help your lawn stay healthy like clover, there are some that are malicious, such as dandelions. There are also those that can make your lawn look unattractive even though they are not really weeds. Whatever the case, be sure to be constantly checking and maintaining your lawn and weeds won’t sneak up on you.

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