Fall pre-emergent time

Weaver Plant Nursery Newsletter

Volume 18, Week 35

August 27, 2025

www.weaverplantnursery.com

Apply Pre-Emergents Now

Nothing is more noticeable than a sprinkling of winter grasses throughout an otherwise dormant lawn in January. Now is the only chance you will get to prevent this. From now through early September (first 10 days), an application of Dimension herbicide will stop grassy weeds from germinating this fall. If broadleaf weeds are also a problem, an application of Gallery herbicide will prevent those from coming up. With any pre-emergent herbicide, watering the product in is required to activate it. Come in and we can explain the products and their applications. Be sure to know the area of your lawn (not the lot size) when you come. Google Earth Pro is an excellent tool for measuring the area of your lawn if you are uncertain of its size.

Our first batch of garden mums arrived last week. Plants are budded and look excellent. Enjoy mums for outstanding fall color, but don't forget other winners such as Dragon's Breath celosia, ornamental grasses, marigolds, and crotons.

Additional garden seed arrived on Tuesday and our first shipment of cool season vegetable transplants arrives on Wednesday--all just in time for planting. Late August through early September is the time to plant cool season fall vegetables. Enjoy a fall garden filled with broccoli, cabbage, kale, lettuce, Brussel's sprouts, greens, spinach, turnip, carrot, radish, Swiss chard, and more. Plant now and harvest before winter arrives. Vegetable transplants are coming in regularly now.

This week's new arrivals

Vegetables

Shade trees

Celosia

Dianthus

Crotons

Purple Fountain Grass

Mums

Marigolds

Ornamental Grasses

and much more!

This week's featured product

Bonide Crabgrass & Weed Preventer

This granular pre-emergent contains Dimension herbicide and that's is what you need for stopping poa annua and other cool season grassy weeds. Each bag covers 5,000 square feet and is labeled for use in turf and most ornamental beds. The time for application is now. Don't delay.

Lawn Jobs

The end of August through first week of September is the time to make the fall application of pre-emergent. Applications made later than September 10th will result in diminished effectiveness and poor weed control. Lawns that have not been fertilized in the last eight weeks should be fertilized in early September. Continue mowing at the correct height for your type of lawn and irrigate as required. Click the links below for care guides by lawn grass type.

Bermuda --- St. Augustine --- Zoysia

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