Why Do Weeds Come Back After Spraying?
You Killed the Weed. You Did Not Change Why It Was There.
Spraying takes out what is standing in the yard today. It does not touch the seed sitting in your soil, the tubers under it, or the thin spots that let the weed in to start with.
So the weeds brown up, you feel good about it for two weeks, and then a fresh batch comes up in the same place. This is the call we take more than any other, and it usually comes down to one of these six.
Six Reasons They Keep Coming Back
Most of the time this is not a product problem. It is timing, or it is the lawn itself.
Nothing Underneath It
Post-emergent kills what is up. It leaves nothing behind to stop the next round of seed. Without a pre-emergent barrier you are just killing weeds forever instead of preventing them.
It Was Never an Annual
Dallisgrass and nutsedge grow back from the same crown and the same tubers every year. Burning off the top buys you two clean weeks.
Wrong Product for the Weed
Nutsedge is not a grass and standard broadleaf killer runs right off it. Works the other way too. If nothing even browned, the product and the weed did not match.
The Lawn Is Too Thin
Weeds do not beat healthy bermuda. They fill in where bermuda is not. Shade, hard ground, scalping and being underfed all open those gaps, and no amount of spraying closes them.
Sprayed at a Bad Time
Put down in 95 degree heat, on a lawn that is already dry, or an hour before a storm, and it either burns the grass, never gets taken up, or washes off. Looks like it worked. Then the weed comes right back.
There Is a Lot of Seed Down There
One crabgrass plant drops thousands of seeds and they stay good in the soil for years. One clean season does not empty that out. Staying on it across seasons is what finally wears it down.
What Fixes It
Fertilization & Weed Control
Pre-emergent and post-emergent on a schedule, plus feeding that thickens the turf so the next weed has nowhere to land.
Core Aeration
Loosens up the packed ground that keeps bermuda thin and weeds happy, especially on new construction lots.
Free Service Calls
Something breaks through between visits, call us and we come back out. No charge for the trip.
Why Choose Lawn Jox?
Free Service Calls
Our job is to make sure your lawn is beautiful all season long. If you think there is something wrong with your lawn, call us. The inspection is free.
Right Size Equipment
Lawn Jox started with push mowers and we still have them. We use the right sized equipment for the right job, optimizing our time and lowering your cost.
Professional, Uniformed Crews
Just like your lawn, we have standards with our appearance as well. All of our lawn care technicians are uniformed and professional.
Fully Licensed & Insured
As a fully licensed & insured lawn care company in the state of Mississippi, Tennessee, and Arkansas, we make sure your assets are protected while on your property.
Electronic Quotes & Invoicing
We save on paper and make it easy to pay. With our electronic system, you’ll receive quotes and invoices on your devices so you can accept bids and pay invoices all online.
No Contracts
Nothing to sign and no minimum term. Your program carries over each year so the spring pre-emergent is never missed, and you can stop any time by calling or texting the office.