What can you do about it?

Pull the emergency brake early

Always keep a close eye on the composition of the plants in your lawn eye, even if you do not value a pure grass area without any herbs. After the summer Heyday The numerous sorrel seeds are distributed by birds or by adhering to the soles of shoes. You can usually recognize the sorrel relatively easily on the lawn by its lanceolate leaves that grow out of the earth like rosettes. If you wait too long to clear it up, not just seeds will allow the plant to continue spreading. With prolonged growth in one location, the roots also form an underground fertility reservoir that can hardly be removed later.

Be careful when fighting with chemical agents

Various chemical weed killers such as Roundup or Weedex can also be used to get rid of sorrel. This approach is tempting in view of the lower effort involved, but it is used here even if it is only applied selectively and in a targeted manner, other parts of the lawn are also destroyed. When it comes to weed killers, always follow all the manufacturer's safety instructions in order to avoid any risk to health through inhalation. You must also be aware that parts of plants in the garden contaminated with these agents are usually no longer suitable for human consumption or feeding to horses or rabbits. A corresponding distance to the vegetable patch and to the feeding areas of pets should therefore be strictly observed.

The mechanical control of sorrel in the lawn

Sorrel can also be fought without toxins, even if this means some work. The important thing is:

• the regular inspection of the lawn
• the prevention of self-sowing
• the correct pricking out of the roots

The sorrel does not tolerate a low cutting height as well as most Types of lawn. So mow your lawn as short as possible to a cutting height of 3 to 5 centimeters in order to fundamentally weaken the sorrel population. It is essential to remove the plants before flowering so that the seeds cannot spread further in the garden. Sorrel's young leaves are also great for Herb saladsif they are not contaminated by pesticides or other pollution. When cutting out, you should make sure that the roots are completely removed, as root remains in the soil can always produce new plants.

Tips & Tricks

If the sorrel on one Location has already gained a foothold for a long time, roots that are extremely regenerative can reach a depth of 150 centimeters. Easier than with one spade can be used with a so-called Dock picker remove from gardening retailers.

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