1. Hand pull Thankfully, crab grass is pretty easy to pull by hand. In the spring or early summer, on a day when the ground is moist from a good rain, grab your favorite weeding tool and head out ...

Crabgrass germinates when soil temperatures reach 55°F for a few days. Depending on the temperatures in your area, you may see crabgrass as early as March in some years, says Waltz.

Frost kills crabgrass, so your lawn in late winter should be free of the weed. A pre-emergent herbicide prevents crabgrass from growing in the first place, but it often relies on water to work.

This is not the time to prune flowering shrubs that bloom on “old” wood – i.e. the ones whose flower buds form in late summer or fall of the year before. If you cut them now, you’ll cut ...

Send your questions to [email protected]. Q: I have had an increasing amount of crabgrass in my lawn so I applied a crabgrass preventer this spring, but the crabgrass returned late this summer.

Make sure any lawn-care company you hire applies pre-emergent crabgrass weed control at the correct time, late February to early March — ideally when the forsythia is in full bloom March 5-10 ...

This protection can be removed in early spring. • You may see crabgrass in your lawn now, especially if the grass has been neglected. This annual weedy grass seeds readily in the fall.

Tom MacCubbin/Orlando Sentinel Crabgrass growth may be affected by frosts and freezes By Tom MacCubbin PUBLISHED: November 3, 2018 at 12:00 p.m. | UPDATED: April 24, 2019 at 2:31 a.m.

Make sure any lawn-care company you hire applies pre-emergent crabgrass weed control at the correct time, late February to early March — ideally when the forsythia is in full bloom March 5-10 ...

Tom MacCubbin/Orlando Sentinel Crabgrass growth may be affected by frosts and freezes By Tom MacCubbin UPDATED: April 24, 2019 at 2:31 a.m.