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f summer's high temperatures and drought-like conditions
have forced you to put weed control on hold, don't panic. You
still have time to take aim at weeds. In fact, for certain broad-
leaf weed herbicide applications, later is greater.
"Fall is a much better time to control some of the hardiest
and most durable perennial broadleaf weeds because they are
actively growing in cool-season turfgrasses," says Ken Hutto,
Ph.D., technical service manager for FMC Professional Solutions.
It's the active growing that promotes the spread of the herbicide
throughout the weed plant.
Targeting these weeds in the fall not only boosts herbicide
chemical care
The Rise
and Fall of Weeds
Fall herbicide
applications
provide the latest
– and greatest –
in broadleaf
weed control.
BY CINDY RATCLIFF
PHOTO
COURTESY
OF
OHIO
STATE
WEED
LAB
ARCHIVE,
THE
OHIO
STATE
UNIVERSITY,
BUGWOOD.ORG
