Protecting Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina Lawns with Pleasant Landscape's Weed Control Services

Weeds aren't just ugly. They can choke out your carefully selected plants and grass. Weeds propagate rapidly by taking water and nutrients away from other plants in your garden. Broadleaf weeds, like clover and spurge, can also steal sunlight away from the grass under its leaves.

Severe weed infestations can leave your lawn pocketed with brown patches and holes in the grassy coverage if they've been left to grow too long. Our lawn maintenance specialists know how to spot the first signs of local weeds. By controlling the problem early on, we can:

• Stop weeds from expanding into your lawn,
• Protect impacted plants, and
• Treat the soil with preventative herbicides.

Kick Out the Crabgrass

One of the most prevalent weeds is crabgrass, which is a tough and aggressive weed that strikes in the spring. Because it can thrive in even dry, rocky soil, every inch of your lawn is a tempting target for crabgrass. We can help you keep it out of your yard by:

• Applying pre-emergent herbicides. If crabgrass is given a chance to grow, it can spread thousands of seeds across your lawn. We treat your landscaping for it in the early spring so it never gets a chance to disrupt your yard.
• Keeping the grass thick and healthy. Nature abhors a vacuum, and crabgrass loves to grow in the gaps between healthy sections of grass. If your grass stays thick, well-hydrated, and healthy, there aren't seams for the crabgrass to dig into. Our weed control services combined with general lawn maintenance can overpower the weed.
• Carefully timing herbicide and fertilizer treatments. When you want a thick, fast-growing lawn without fast-growing weeds, it can be tricky to balance fertilizing and weed control on your own or through two different services. That's why our lawn maintenance services include both fertilizing services and weed control. We can test your soil, balance the competing treatments, and ensure the weeds don't get fertilized.

Crabgrass is one of the major weed types that homeowners in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, and the surrounding suburbs hate. But they aren't the only weeds in the area.

What Other Weeds Should You Be on the Lookout For?

Because of South Carolina's climate, it's home to several winter and summer weed varieties. While summer weeds may be the first type you think of, clover and poa annua can dig into your landscaping when the grass dies back for the winter.

There are also two major categories of weeds: grassy weeds like dallisgrass and sandbur, and broadleaf weeds, such as asters. These weeds act differently, and they can always appear in different sections of your yard.