How to Get Rid of Weeds
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Photo: David Cavagnaro
Believe it or not, there really is a way to pull out even stubborn dandelions so they don't come back.
Photo: David Cavagnaro
The best way to control dandelions and other weeds in your yard is to grow a thick, vigorous lawn.
Photo: David Cavagnaro
Post-emergence herbicides, like the one shown here, kill weeds that are actively growing. Pre-emergence herbicides kill germinating seeds before they sprout.
Illustration by Susan Johnston Carlson
Crabgrass
Illustration by Susan Johnston Carlson
Dandelion
Illustration by Susan Johnston Carlson
White clover
Illustration by Susan Johnston Carlson
Ground ivy
Illustration by Susan Johnston Carlson
Yellow woodsorrel
Illustration by Susan Johnston Carlson
Quackgrass
Illustration by Susan Johnston Carlson
Yellow nutsedge
Illustration by Susan Johnston Carlson
Spotted spurge
Illustrations by by Susan Johnston Carlson
Pulling Weeds Permanently
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AgrEvo Environmental Health
(Product: Weed Warrior)
95 Chestnut Ridge Rd.
Montvale, NJ 07645
800-331-2867
Fertrell (Products: WeedzSTOP and organic controlled-release fertilizers)
Box 265
Bainbridge, PA 17502
717-367-1566
Garden's Alive! (Products: WOW! and WOW! Plus controlled-release fertilizers)
5100 Schenley Pl.
Lawrenceburg, IN 47025
812-537-8650
Monsanto Corp., The Solaris Group (Products: Herbicides, including Roundup and weed-and-feed products)
Box 5006
San Ramone, CA 94583
800-225-2883
Necessary Organics, Inc. (Products: Concern Weed Prevention Plus controlled-release fertilizer and other products)
Box 305
New Castle, VA 24127
800-447-5354
Ringer (Safer brand items) (Products: Weed-Away lawn weed killer and controlled-release lawn fertilizer)
9555 James Ave. S,
Minneapolis, MN 55431
612-703-3300
Scotts Company (Lawn care products)
14111 Scottslawn Rd.
Marysville, OH 43041
800-543-8873
Scotts Company
Pursell Industries, Inc. (Products: Stay-Green controlled-release fertilizers)
Box 540
Sylacauga, AL 35150
800-874-8892
Pursell Industries, Inc.
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