How to Use crabgrass in a Sentence

crabgrass

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• The crabgrass that is in the lawn now will die out naturally later in the fall.
  — Tim Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 23 Oct. 2019
• This product will keep weed seeds like crabgrass from growing in the spring.
  — Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 4 Nov. 2022
• Remove the crabgrass, then add new sod or plugs to grow during the cooler months.
  — Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 27 Nov. 2021
• Spring is also the best time to tackle crabgrass and other lawn weeds.
  — Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 21 Mar. 2023
• Not regular green, as my neighbor’s pristine lawn, but more of a neon green, thanks to the crabgrass.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 7 May 2021
• Large crabgrass can spread rapidly by tillering or from sprouts at the base of the plant, which rapidly increases the width of the crabgrass clump.
  — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 30 July 2023
• The best way to prevent crabgrass is to maintain a healthy, thick lawn that outcompetes and excludes crabgrass.
  — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 30 July 2023
• The preemergent crabgrass controls will give some degree of help.
  — Dick Crum, Indianapolis Star, 18 Aug. 2017
• The term was coined for land next to the road where nothing will grow, except perhaps undesirables such as crabgrass and poison ivy.
  — Tovah Martin, Washington Post, 12 July 2023
• As for crabgrass, the best products for use in urban landscapes are Halts, Balan or Dimension.
  — Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, 18 Feb. 2022
• Quicker-growing crabgrass will have a harder time outcompeting the rest of your lawn.
  — Jean Nick, Good Housekeeping, 25 June 2018
• But that focuses on plants other than cannabis, such as crabgrass, clover and dandelions.
  — Lisa M. Krieger, The Cannifornian, 2 Feb. 2017
• Finally, if your grass is riddled with crabgrass and other weeds, a colorant won't solve your lawn's problems.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful, 6 June 2023
• Pre-emergent herbicides are available to deal with crabgrass and Japanese stiltgrass, but the best way to minimize lawn weeds is to have a thick stand of turf.
  — Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2021
• Nowadays, several of the world’s key crop plants are C4, including corn, millet, and sorghum, and so are several of the world’s key weeds, like crabgrass and tumbleweed.
  — Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2021
• But goodness keeps bouncing back like crabgrass and cockroaches.
  — Doug MacCash, NOLA.com, 27 Oct. 2017
• There are many different types of weeds that can spoil a lush, green lawn: crabgrass, dandelions, white clover, quack grass, wood sorrel, bindweed, broad-leaf plantain, cinquefoil and creeping charley to name a few.
  — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 19 Apr. 2019
• Prune roses and apply crabgrass pre-emergent treatment to lawn when forsythia blooms.
  — idahostatesman, 21 Mar. 2018
• If grassburs and crabgrass have been hallmarks of your lawn in past summers, prevent them by applying Team, Dimension or Halts granules now.
  — Neil Sperry, star-telegram, 9 Mar. 2018
• Banish weeds with these tools that tackle everything from dandelions to crabgrass.
  — Andrea Wurzburger, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Sep. 2023
• In the spring, apply the pre-emergents for crabgrass, grassburs and other summer grassy annuals about two weeks prior to the average date of your last killing freeze for your part of the state, with a follow-up treatment 90 days later.
  — Neil Sperry, ExpressNews.com, 6 Sep. 2019
• What is likely present in the soil are invasive weed seeds–think Canada and musk thistle, as well as aggressive annual weeds like crabgrass–that will provide few resources for wildlife.
  — Benjamin Vogt, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 June 2023
• Desirable grass may yellow but usually regreens and continues growth where the crabgrass turns brown.
  — Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 5 Oct. 2019
• Post-emergents attack crabgrass that has already sprouted.
  — Molly Miller, House Beautiful, 12 June 2023
• Preemergence herbicides often used to control crabgrass can keep the runners from rooting down.
  — Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 16 Oct. 2021
• Autumn provides the right combination of sun and water to quickly germinate grass seed and the cooler temperatures help to kill off crabgrass and other weeds.
  — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 30 May 2017
• Autumn provides the right combination of sun and water to quickly germinate grass seed and the cooler temperatures help to kill off crabgrass and other weeds.
  — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 12 Mar. 2018
• There are two common species referred to as crabgrass — smooth or small crabgrass (Digitaria ischaemum) and hairy or large crabgrass (Digitaria sanguinalis).
  — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 30 July 2023
• Researchers at Michigan State University have found that mulching leaves for just three years produces a nearly 100 percent decrease in dandelion and crabgrass growth.
  — cleveland, 15 Oct. 2021
• Kentucky bluegrass, crabgrass, and other species common to the American lawn—few of them native to the Americas—become one, the melting pot combining with the salad bowl to make a green averse to history.
  — Gillian Osborne, Harper's Magazine, 22 June 2021

Last Updated: 13 Oct 2024