• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
Gardenerdy

Gardenerdy

  • Home
  • About
  • Contact
  • Articles

How to Kill Weeds in Your Lawn

Home / Gardening Problems / How to Kill Weeds in Your Lawn

For as long as humans have grown our own plants, we have struggled with weeds. Weeds are invasive plants that steal resources and space from our more valuable crops. They can take over the grass in our lawns and make it difficult for our food, flowers, and foliage to grow. On top of that, weeds are often unsightly.

Learning how to kill weeds in your lawn is important if you want to stay in control. If you don’t stop them, these weeds are going to continue to encroach upon your beautifully manicured lawn.

So what’s a lawn-owner to do?

How to Kill Weeds in Your Lawn With Chemicals

Would you like to write for us? Well, we're looking for good writers who want to spread the word. Get in touch with us and we'll talk...

Let's Work Together!

You can start by heading down to your local home hardware store or gardening shop and picking up some weed killer. 

When wondering how to kill weeds in your lawn, a weed killer is most people’s go-to. There are different types of weed killers, but they all focus on the same thing: giving you an easy and effective way to kill weeds in your lawn.

Getting weed killer for a lawn is a bit different than getting weed killer for a driveway or for cracks in the sidewalk. The main reason being that you (most likely) don’t want to kill your grass. This means that you need to look for a weed killer that’s made just to kill weeds, one that you can avoid exposing your lawn to.

You can also make your own weed killer using vinegar and water or some other natural ingredients. However, this stuff won’t be nearly as strong as a chemical weed killer and it’s only good for killing very small or very young weeds.

How to Kill Weeds in Your Lawn by Hand

The simplest way to kill weeds is also the most time-consuming: pulling them out by hand.

If you don’t have a ton of weeds, then this is a fine option. You won’t have to spend any money, you’ll get to spend time in nature, and you’ll be able to build a stronger relationship with your land.

Make sure that you pull out weeds by the root. Some weeds, like dandelions, will continue to return again and again until they’re uprooted.

How to Kill Weeds in Your Lawn with Planning

If you’re a thinker rather than a doer, then you’ll be happy to hear that you can simply think your weeds away! Or, so we’d like to say. More realistically, you can apply planning and knowledge to make your lawn a less hospitable place for weeds.

  • Using mulch around the edges of your yard prevents weeds from growing.
  • Preparing for a healthy lawn by ensuring that you have strong, healthy grass reduces the chances of weed infestations.  Some recommend using products like Root Maximizer.
  • In some cases, keeping your grass kept short can prevent weeds from seeding (should they get this far in their growth cycle).
  • Keeping the pH of your lawn around 6.5 is ideal for grass but may make it difficult for weeds to grow

Would you like to write for us? Well, we're looking for good writers who want to spread the word. Get in touch with us and we'll talk...

Let's Work Together!

These tips, as well as the more manual recommendations of pulling weeds and using chemicals, will help you keep your yard weed-free for the years to come.

Like it? Share it!

  • Share
  • Tweet
  • LinkedIn
  • Email
« Previous Post
Next Post »

Category iconGardening Problems Tag iconkill weeds,  lawn weeds,  weed killing,  yard weeds

Get Updates Right to Your Inbox

Sign up to receive the latest and greatest articles from our site automatically each week (give or take)...right to your inbox.
Blog Updates

Further Insights

close up of grass
What’s the Best Way to Get Rid of Nut Grass Weeds?
January 17, 2021
patch of green grass
What’s the Best Weed Killer for Bermuda Grass?
December 12, 2020
man weed whacking
Tips and Tricks for Weed Whacking Like a Pro
December 8, 2020

Primary Sidebar

Search

Categories

  • Edible Gardening
  • Flower Gardening
  • Gardening Problems
  • Gardening Supplies & Tips
  • General Gardening
  • Landscaping

Latest Articles

close up of grass

What’s the Best Way to Get Rid of Nut Grass Weeds?

picture of beautiful lawn and garden

Best Methods & Types of Natural Weed Killer for Lawns

pile of salt and berries

How Effective Is a Natural Weed Killer With Epsom Salt?

Healthy plants

Should I Purchase or Make My Own Eco Friendly Weed Killer?

Exploring the website?

Our site includes quite a bit of content, so if you're having an issue finding what you're looking for, go on ahead and use that search feature there!

Footer

We hope you are enjoying Gardenerdy! We provide informative articles about gardening, lawn care and landscaping that you can come back to again and again when you have questions or want to learn more!
  • Facebook
  • RSS

Copyright © Gardenerdy & Buzzle.com, Inc.
6789 Quail Hill Pkwy, Suite 211 Irvine CA 92603

  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use
  • Contact Us
This website uses cookies to improve your experience. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish. Cookie settingsAccept
Privacy & Cookies Policy

Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience.
Necessary
Always Enabled

Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information.

Non-necessary

Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.