Brazoria - Fort Bend Counties MUD No. 3 (BFB MUD 3) wants residents to understand how to protect their yards against clover.
For residents that had clover, the freeze took most of it out, but it will rebound quickly. March is forecasted to kick off with days in the 70-degree range. The nights will still be cool, limiting the major seasonal shift from winter to spring in our lawns and landscape. However, don’t be surprised to see some color return to your brown dormant lawn this month. The steps below will give residents a strong start to the year.
Dark green patches are clover.
Treatment:
Treating while your grass is dormant is preferred; it is dormant right now and will be for at least the first few weeks of March. When your turf grass breaks dormancy as the temperatures warm, it is under much stress, and adding a herbicide will add more stress. Cleaning up the clover now will improve the uniformity of your lawn in the spring, as the turf grass has less variability of sunlight and soil warming.
Residents need to use different chemicals depending on what lawn grass you have.
Saint Augustine
Treat Saint Augustine with Spectracide Weedstop for St. Augustine lawns – Purple Label
Bermuda Grass
Bermuda & Zoysia grass- fall into the same chemical families to be used. Spectracide Weed Stop -Yellow Top or Ortho Weed Clear- Orange top
Residents can use hose-end sprayers (the most straightforward method) or mix in a pump-up sprayer to treat. Now is the time to treat your clover. You need a 4-hour window without rain and preferably some sun. Don’t be surprised to see signs of plant stress in under 24 hours after treatment. The links provided are to products at Lowe’s Hardware, but they can be found in many other stores.
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