There are a number of ways to keep a lawn weed free. A new lawn will probably contain thousands of weeds and the only way to eradicate them once the lawn is established, is to use a selective weed killer. Selective weed killers, which kill broad leaf plants and not grass, can also be used on lawns where the weeds are too numerous to be taken out manually.

Where there is only the odd weed here and there, you can either dig them out with a sharp knife, or use a spot weed killer. With this you “paint” the centre of the weed with the weed killer which contains a growth hormone. Thereupon, the weed grows like mad and burns itself out after about a week.

More and more people today are using a combined weed and feed mixture, some mixtures also containing a moss killer. The best time to apply this is a damp day in June or July using a lawn feeder.