Here's how to permanently remove the beautiful weeds

Determine honorary award

• Plant family: Plantain family
• Other names: Allerweltsheil, Veronica, Grindheil, Wundheilkraut
• Location: Sunny, preferably in places sheltered from the wind.
• Soil requirements: rich in nutrients and clay, low in lime
• Growth habit: creeping, up to 15 centimeters high
• Leaves: Conspicuously hairy and relatively broad
• Leaf color: elliptical, greenish gray.
• Flowering period: March to June
• Flower color: delicate violet-blue

Fight Veronica

You can easily create individual plants weeding by hand. If this creates holes in the lawn, you should re-sow specifically so that these gaps close quickly.

Spreads Honorary award in the lawn, regular mowing weakens the weeds. However, new plants can develop from stem parts, so you should definitely use a grass catcher.

prevention

The number one cause of lawn weeds spread is nutrient deficiency. In contrast to weeds such as veronica, grass has a very high nutritional requirement, the

must be covered by fertilization. If the living carpet has weak points, speedwell can establish itself and over time gain the upper hand.

Veronica prefers lime poor soils. The additional supply of the green with preparations such as Algae lime prevents further spread.

Chemical weed killers

These products, which are available in liquid or granular form, should only be used if you cannot otherwise get hold of the weeds that have settled in the lawn.

The preparations should only be used when the soil is warm and moist. Do not mow the grass for a few days so that the leaf mass of the weeds is as large as possible, because the active ingredients of the Herbicides are mainly absorbed by the plants through the leaves.

Give lawn weeds their own corner

It makes ecological sense not to completely ban wild plants from the garden. Honorary award is a valuable one Bee pasture and provides food for many insects.