Is Pre-Emergent Weed Control Really Worth it?

As we approach the warmer months of the year in Illinois, your grass will emerge from winter dormancy and start soaking up nutrients and resources to grow strong and healthy. However, as your grass starts to grow, so will weeds. When these weeds sprout and infest lawns, they will become increasingly difficult to handle, even with post-emergent weed control. This is why it's important to start using pre-emergent weed control as soon as possible, so you can make weed control easier on yourself by targeting weeds before they even have the chance to emerge from your soil. By using pre-emergent weed control early on, you can reduce the number of chemicals needed to protect your lawn from weeds, and it has the added benefit of working on many different types of common weeds!

How does pre-emergent weed control work?

Before answering whether pre-emergent weed control is worth it, we need to first explain how it works and how it's applied to your lawn. Pre-emergent weed control prevents germinated seedlings from establishing themselves in your soil. It does this by creating a barrier on your soil that newly germinated weeds can't penetrate. When weeds come into contact with this barrier, they will die, and you'll never even see them! To be effective, pre-emergent weed control treatments should be applied before seed germination and then watered into your soil shortly afterward. After its application, it should remain in your soil for several months and prevent many common weeds from breaking through your soil.

Pre-emergent weed control will decrease the number of chemicals needed to maintain your lawn.

One reason you should consider applying pre-emergent weed control is that it greatly reduces the number of chemicals needed to suppress weeds and maintain your lawn. When pre-emergent weed control is not used, then multiple applications of post-emergent weed control may be required to properly deal with any weeds appearing on your lawn. However, by investing in a pre-emergent treatment before any weeds start growing on your lawn, then you'd only need to apply post-emergent weed control on any weeds that somehow managed to bypass the pre-emergent weed control.

Pre-emergent weed control will work against many types of common weeds.

Illinois is home to many weeds that can take over your lawn if they are not properly dealt with. Luckily, pre-emergent weed control doesn't just target a single type of weed, but rather, it targets many of the common weeds that are prone to infest lawns in our area of Illinois.

For example, some of the common weeds we see in Illinois are black medics, dandelions, and chickweed. These are all stubborn weeds that can take multiple applications of post-emergent treatment before they're eradicated from your lawn. Pre-emergent weed control will go a long way to keep these pesky weeds and more from invading your lawn, giving you one less thing to worry about as you care for and maintain your lawn throughout the year.

Call us to sign up for our weed control service today!

Now is a great time to use pre-emergent control to protect your lawn from weeds before they have a chance to infest your property. At Element Turf & Outdoor Solutions, LLC, we use a combination of both pre-emergent and post-emergent weed control treatments to regularly suppress weeds. Pre-emergent control treatments will help keep those weeds from sprouting, while post-emergent treatments will target any of the weeds that managed to break through your soil. We service properties in Alton, Godfrey, Edwardsville, Glen Carbon, Maryville and nearby areas in Illinois. Give us a call today at (618) 467-7047 to sign up for our weed control service!