Pesticide Free Program- Sweet Beet

Pesticide Free Program- Sweet Beet

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Sweet Beet Organic Weed Management Program

Nature's Feed 18-0-5 contains sugar beet extracts and other food grade organic matter such as beneficial organisms, humic acids, soil conditioners and root stimulants. This beet juice will feed your lawn and improve the soil. This product will give you a healthy lawn that will crowd out and reduce broadleaf weeds. Both young emerging weeds as well as older established weeds may be affected by a healthier lawn as a result of the Sweet Beet application. Results will vary depending on timing and weather. Emerged weeds will require several treatments to be controlled.

People and pets may walk on the lawn immediately following application. However, due to stickiness of product, feet should be wiped before going indoors. Watering should be avoided for 6 hours after an application as the chlorine in city water will reduce its effectiveness. After an application of sugar beet extract the leaves of both the weeds and lawn may be spotted and brown on the edges. The turfgrass, however, rapidly recovers. Do not apply if the lawn is newly seeded.

THINGS YOU CAN DO

It is important to do all you can to maintain a healthy lawn.

These are the first steps to creating a thick, green and healthy lawn.

1.    Watering - Water deeply. Light watering encourages shallow rooting which makes for weaker grass and thatch formation. Water about once a week on average. The lawn needs about 1" of water per week. Check your sprinkler by placing a tin can on the lawn to see how long it takes to get 1" of water on your lawn.

2.    Mow right away. Don't allow the grass to get too long between mowings. If you cut off too much at once, the grass will go brown. Removing more than 1/3 of the plant is very hard on the roots. Keep your blade sharp.

3.    Mow high. Keep your mowing height at 3" for most of the season. A higher cut will provide more shade and keep the soil cooler and moister. The extra shade also discourages weeds, crabgrass and insect pests. Mow shorter near the end of the season, especially the last cut.

4.    Thatch - Excessive thatch favours disease development and will harbour insects. Aerations are the first step to reducing thatch. Rake the lawn in the spring to dislodge surface thatch.

5.    Fill in bare or thin areas with new grass. Weeds and crabgrass are less likely to get started in your lawn if you can get grass growing first. Grass seed will grow fairly early in the year before crabgrass or many weeds are active, but will sprout at any time if kept constantly moist. Fall is the best time to seed (Late August through September). Use an 'endophytic' perennial rye seed turf-type grass seed that naturally resists insects.

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