There has been a lot of talk about pre emergents for your turf, but what about your flower beds?
When it comes to flowerbed pre emergents, there are three basic things you need to know:
- Only use a granular pre emergent, do NOT use a liquid. This is the opposite of what we tell you for turf…but its true. You do not want liquid pre emergent all over the plants in your landscape. That could cause damage, especially in new growth this Spring. Granular pre emergent will not sit on the foliage of your plants, they will roll off and make their way to the soil below.
- DO NOT spread pre emergent in any areas where seasonal color is planted, or an area where you have plans to plant seasonal color. If you do, your seasonal color will die. No reason to expound not that, its just a simple fact.
- Set proper expectations for results. There is no way for a pre emergent to be 100% effective in flower beds. Pre emergents will greatly reduce the number of weeds that come up over the course of the year, and will make manual maintenance easier and faster. BUT…you will have to do some manual maintenance throughout the course of the year, there is now way around it.
Those are the three basic things you need to know about flower bed pre emergents. While it is not a cure all for weeds in your beds, it is a very quick and easy application to do. So there is really no reason not to do it, you will notice a difference if you do!
