Crabgrass: Tiny Plant, Big Problem

• kmiller4350
• Mar 23
• 1 min read

Just when your lawn starts looking good, crabgrass shows up uninvited.

This coarse, light-green weed thrives in hot, dry, compacted soil and spreads fast with its crab-like stems that root as they grow. By late summer, it produces finger-like seed heads, each dropping thousands of seeds to guarantee a comeback next year.

Crabgrass is a summer annual. It germinates in spring, takes over through summer, and dies with the first hard frost, often leaving bare patches behind.

Why Crabgrass Is Trouble

🌱 Crowds out healthy turf

🌱 Steals water and nutrients

🌱 Leaves thin, unattractive spots

🌱 Returns stronger if not prevented

Once mature, it’s tough to control. Prevention is key.

Stop It Before It Starts

Community Lawn Care offers Spread It & Forget It Fertilizer with Crabgrass Control, a season-long pre-emergent combined with controlled-release fertilizer. Applied from late April through June, it:

🌱 Prevents crabgrass before it germinates

🌱 Feeds your lawn steadily with polymer-coated technology

🌱 Boosts color with added iron

🌱 Improves soil health with humic conditioning*

*The application of humic acid (a natural, nutrient-rich byproduct of decomposed organic matter) to soil to improve its structure, fertility, and microbial activity.

Keep crabgrass from taking over your lawn this summer, because even tiny plants can be a big problem. Contact our Community Lawn Care Team today!