Landscape Management, Weed Watch 2014
WEEDWATCH STANDING SENTINEL TO PROTECT PLANT HEALTH RED CLOVER Trifolium pratense For more information regarding these and other turf weeds and related control technologies and tips please visit www DowProvesIt com or call 800 255 3726 BROUGHT TO YOU BY PHOTOS JEFF HOWARD FAR LEFT SANJA565658 WIKIMEDIA COMMONS Recommended Dow AgroSciences solution Defendor specialty herbicide CONTROL TIPS As with any turfgrass weed proper cultural maintenance of the lawn will greatly reduce the prevalence and presence of this weed Properly mow fertilize and water lawns to encourage healthy turf When red clover is actively growing apply a postemergent systemic herbicide that will move from the treated foliage throughout the plant and into the extensive root system to completely control this weed roots and all State restrictions on the sale and use of Defendor apply IDENTIFICATION TIPS This perennial overwinters as a small rosette of leaves Seedlings grow from a taproot and begin to emerge in early spring when soil temperatures reach 50 degrees F Solitary bright yellow blossoms grow on the end of lealess hollow stalks that emit a white milky sap when broken It produces a puffball seedhead shortly after mowing and seeds are easily dispersed by wind Dandelions prefer moist conditions and soils but thrive in weak thin turf CONTROL TIPS For early season control of weeds that overwintered apply a labeled postemergent herbicide to turf early in the spring when temperatures are still cool Properly mow water and fertilize lawns to encourage healthy growth and minimize thin turf Florasulam can be applied when the rst fertilizer and liquid preemergent applications of the season are made IDENTIFICATION TIPS This cool season perennial legume grows from a brous root system and is found across the U S Stiff hairy stems root at the nodes causing this weed to grow erect Each leaf consists of three elliptical lealets with a light green or white V shaped watermark Round pink to purple lower heads made up of many small lowers grow on lower stalks COMMON DANDELION Taraxacum oficinale Recommended Dow AgroSciences solution Defendor specialty herbicide 39 JANUARY 2013 LANDSCAPEMANAGEMENT NET
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