4 Reasons Why Your Herbicide Failed To Work

Whether your attempting residential weed control or making an honest effort towards clearing out weeds at your office or business, there are a few things of which you should make yourself aware; this is especially the case if you have found that your herbicides are not properly killing weeds. Throughout the course of this brief guide, you will learn of a few reasons why your herbicide is failing to work.

Your Soil Already Had Weeds

Many residential weed control herbicides are not designed to kill already existing weeds. Rather, it will create conditions that do not allow weeds to grow in the first place. These herbicides will prevent root growth, generally, but even small weeds that are pre-existing can have a large and well grown taproot. It is recommended that you apply an herbicide as a preventative measure. This is to say, apply it while you are planting or after you have sufficiently weeded your soil.

You Are Using Improperly Calibrated Equipment

Before you use your sprayer on any weeds or soil, make sure that it is properly calibrated. When your sprayer is not properly calibrated, you will not truly know the rates and volume of herbicide that you are applying to your soil. It is also important that you make sure that the nozzle is clean, so that the proper amount of herbicide is ejected from it.

Improper Weed Spectrum

There is no panacea for killing all types of weeds. This is to say that you will have to use an herbicide, or combination of herbicides, that will ensure that the different types of weeds that have populated your soil will be killed. For example, there are some herbicides that are incredibly effective at controlling the population of grasses, but are not particularly good at preventing broadleaf weeds from germinating. It is recommended that you use at least two herbicides on the offending weed-laden soil: one that is good at controlling broadleaf varieties, and yet another that is good at controlling the population of grasses.

Overwatering Plants

Simply put, if you have applied herbicide to your plants, watering them as often as you normally do will impede the herbicide's efficacy and dilute its power. Although it is difficult to say how often you should water your plants after applying herbicide, simply due to the contingencies revolving around the type and amount of foliage, consider reducing the amount that you water your plants by 25%.

Herbicides can be an incredibly effective way of controlling weed growth and population. Hopefully, you have learned why your application of herbicide has not been as effective as it should be.

For residential weed control, contact a business such as Snyder's Weed Control.


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