Do you have grasses and other weeds colonizing your groundcovers and perennial beds?

Whatever you do, DON”T PULL THEM!  Most colonizing weeds grow by Rhizomes, and pulling them is not effective unless you get every root and rhizome.  It will cost you a lot of time, and yield poor results.

Instead, “Hand Wipe” the weeds in the following manner:

1.  Put on a pair of new, intact rubber gloves.

2.  Cover the rubber glove on your good hand with a normal cotton work glove.  The rubber gloves will protect you from the chemical that will soak into the cotton glove.  Be sure the rubber glove comes farther up your arm than the cotton glove.

3.  Dip the cotton glove directly into your weed control mix (obviously this only applies to round-up or other light duty non-restricted herbicides).

4.  Wipe the grass blades or weed foliage with the moist glove.  This places the chemical directly onto the leaves of the plant you are eliminating, while leaving your good plants unharmed.

This method will not eliminate every weed the first time around.  Our goal is 80% of the grass or weeds with each application.  In a few applications, done a couple of weeks apart, you can have your unsightly weed problem largely under control.

And of course, remember that Paragon is here to serve you in the Indianapolis, Wawasee, Fort Wayne, and Angola areas!  Please call for a free estimate at 260-627-8342.