There’s a lot more to lawn care than just mowing your lawn—especially when surprise intruders like crabgrass show up. If ...

Here, we explain what crabgrass is, what it looks like, and why it is bad for your lawn, giving you all the tips to help you keep your grass weed-free. You may like 7 tips to banish weeds from ...

As New Jersey summers get hotter, crabgrass is proving to be a hardy alternative for lawns, thriving where native grasses ...

Mow your lawn at 3 to 3 1/2 inches to promote a deep root system in your grass that will enable it to better withstand stress and remain dense to help shade out weeds like crabgrass. Thin areas of ...

People tell me they have been working on their lawn to make it look perfect. Everything looks great except for that ugly crabgrass. No matter what you do it comes back every year. It appears in ...

New, green grass appeared in my backyard this last week, right on schedule. Not only does that tell me spring has come to my cold garden, it also tells me it’s time to think about spring lawn care.

Crabgrass is a low, fast-creeping, grass-like weed that’s also a prolific seeder, ... One is dead crabgrass from last year. If it isn’t already ... This is what a patch of it looks like now.

Crabgrass is an invasive warm-season grass that can spread in favorable conditions. There are 12 varieties of warm weather annual grass. The most well-known variety is Digitaria sanguinalis.

The best defense against crabgrass is to maintain a healthy and dense turf. Ensure that your lawn is mowed to the proper height, usually around 3-4 inches, to promote thick grass and shade the ...

Crabgrass preventers/killers are available that don't interfere with grass seed germination. But if you're using a "regular" crabgrass preventer, the rule of thumb is to wait at least three or ...