How to Kill Clover in My Yard
As a child, you may have spent plenty of time looking for the elusive four-leafed clover. Though the four leafed clover is a well known good luck charm, clover patches in general can mean bad news for your lawn. Clover is actually a broad-leafed weed, and as like other weeds, it will compete with grass and other plants in your yard. Clover can grow thick very quickly, and will suffocate the grass where it grows. It is not terribly difficult to kill clover in your lawn, and it does not require much time. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
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Water your lawn less frequently. Clover thrives in moist conditions, and does not tolerate periods of little rainfall very well. This will help kill the clover, as well as slow down its growth rate and prevent it from spreading as rapidly.
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Mow your lawn frequently. Set the blade height to two inches, and mow at least once a week. The clover will not grow well once the broad leaves at the top of the weed are cut off, and much of it will die.
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Pull out the clover by hand. This works well for small patches of clover, but can be time consuming if you have large areas of clover in your yard. If you do decide to pull the clover, try to pull out the root system by grasping the stem as close to ground as you can before pulling upwards.
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Spray the clover with a selective broad-leaf herbicide. Selective herbicides will not kill your grass, but will target the weeds your specifically want to eradicate from your lawn. Broad-leaf herbicides target clover. Spray the clover patches as recommended by the product instructions.
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Spread grass seed and fertilizer on your lawn. Apply grass fertilizer as recommended by the product directions on your lawn at the beginning of spring. The fertilizer will help promote quicker grass growth. Thick, healthy grass is much less susceptible to clover infiltration, and can snuff out existing clover.
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