Measures to combat brown castles
- Pulling brown elf by hand
- Mow the lawn before flowering
- Scarify the lawn in spring
- Shade the lawn
- use chemical agents
Fight brown elf mechanically
If you discover Braunelle in the lawn, you should not hesitate long, but tear up the plant as soon as possible. Check whether the Braunelle has already formed runners above ground and pull them out as well. Proceed carefully, because even small residues left in the soil can sprout new plants.
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Fight brown ella through correct lawn care
The Braunelle blooms from June to August. Mow the lawn before flowering and regularly after it to prevent seeds from forming.
Keep the lawn short. You should immediately replace any light spots with new ones Lawn seeds sow so that the brown elk is displaced.
Scarify the lawn in spring
Braunelle feels particularly comfortable on compacted surfaces. Thoroughly scarify the lawn in the spring by laying the surface horizontally and vertically with the
Scarifier(€ 98.00 at Amazon *) to edit. In doing so, you pull out the brown elk and its runners.Shade the lawn
Like almost all wild herbs, the brown elk needs one Location with lots of light. If the lawn is largely infested with brown elk, cover it with an opaque film. Let the foil sit for a few weeks.
The lawn also suffers from this treatment, but it recovers much faster than the brown elk and other lawn weeds.
Use chemical agents sparingly
With some wild herbs, only the use of chemical weed killers helps with all the negative consequences for nature.
With Braunelle you should refrain from doing this. The plant can be controlled quite easily, so that the use of chemical agents is usually not necessary.
Tips
Braunelle grows best on slightly calcareous soils. Regular liming of the lawn is therefore particularly good for the plant. You should therefore not initially lime the lawn after you have combated brown flukes.