Hand-pulling is the best bet to get rid of small patches of spurge. Use a small trowel or hand fork to carefully lever the ...

(Tribune File Photo) Weeds, like crabgrass, could be plentiful this spring in Salt Lake City, which was named one of the 10 worst cites in the nation for weeds and lawn disease in 2018.

Extension Master Gardeners can help you identify weed samples so you can determine how to rid your lawn of them.

How to purge your lawn of a scourge of spurge Plus: Master Gardener Laura Simpson gives advice on when to cut back overgrown dietes. Subscribers are entitled to 10 gift sharing articles each month.

Spotted spurge is a creeping weed that germinates later in the summer than most weeds. It can be both prevented (with good timing of a weed preventer) or pulled or killed with an herbicide after ...

Maybe a healthier lawn would crowd them out? A: A healthier lawn would be the best thing to prevent spurge and other weeds from becoming established and that begins with good fertility for the grass.

A: Spurge is a lowgrowing, broadleafed, hotweather annual weed that is fairly easily controlled with a broadleafed weedkiller spray containing 2,4-D. There really is no need to dig it out.

Spurge grows best in dry, open areas and takes advantage of bare garden soil and dry lawn edges. In the garden or landscape, pull or dig up to control spurge.

Mulches applied to the proper depth will help reduce problems with annual weeds that grow from seeds, such as chamberbitter, spurge, annual bluegrass and chickweed.

Another pre-emergent herbicide labeled for lawn use that is more effective against broadleaf weeds such as spurge and black medic includes isoxabin (Gallery, Galleria).