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Chickweed

This low-spreading weed, commonly known as common chickweed or winter weed, is found in most lawns but is easy to control.

How to Identify
Chickweed

You’ll find chickweed sprouting from fall until late spring in the damp or cool areas of your lawn, preferring recently disturbed soil. 

You’ll be able to identify chickweed by its tiny, green and oval-shaped leaves that end with a tip and white, five-petaled flowers.

chickweed with small, green oval-shaped leaves and tiny white petal flowers beginning to bloom at the ends of the brownish, green stems
Chickweed plant

Control Chickweed
In Your Lawn

If chickweed is already present in your yard, start with pulling out the weeds to expose the soil. Next, the soil should be aerated. Then, you’ll apply a fertilizer and weed killer combination. This process, along with watering daily, will create new grass to kill off any leftover weeds. A last resort should be applying post-emergent herbicide in the spring and pre-emergent herbicide in the fall.

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