Carpet Type Weeds

Mulch garden areas in spring to prevent weeds.

Carpet type weeds.

It does best in damp sandy soil and is traditionally found in tropical climates. Carpetweed is a summer annual with a short tap root. Here is a handy photo identification page to help you determine the most common weeds that you might find in your gardens. Carpet grass can crowd out bermuda grass and weeds.

The best defense against carpetweed in lawns is a healthy well maintained turf. This garden weed has light green leaves that look like clover and cup shape yellow flowers in summer and fall. Choose a type of lawn grass that grows well in your area and maintain it according to the needs of the specific type of grass. Once the seeds have sprouted however it grows rapidly in the summer heat.

The term weed is used in a variety of senses generally centering around a plant that is not desired within a certain context. Veins in the leaves are often net like. But you can be assured. Irrigate the lawn when there is less than 1 5 inches of rain in a week and fertilize regularly.

The term weed is a subjective one as the old saying goes one person s weed is another s wildflower. Seeds lie dormant over the winter then sprout slowly in the spring. As their name suggests they have broad leaves that are wide and flat and set up on a stem much like a flower. Broadleaf weeds are some of the most common and those with which we are most familiar.

Although it withstands high foot and pet traffic it is not drought tolerant and can be invasive. Pull oxalis weeds by hand or spray weeds with a postemergence herbicide in spring or fall. To 20 inches tall where it grows.