Annoying FL Weeds that Stick To Your Pets Fur

Pulling Bur weeds from your dog's fur is a daunting task especially on long haired pets. They are often called hitch hikers,Carpet Bur weeds & thrive in Florida lawns.They pose a serious problem for dogs and cats because the spikes can penetrate the pet's ears and eye sockets.Stick-tights or beggar's-ticks break into small, one-seeded joints covered with tiny barbed hairs. The individual joints are so flat that they are exceedingly difficult to remove from your socks. Like little flat ticks, you must individually pull off each one. This can be exasperating when your dog's or even your socks are covered with them. These hitchhiking lawn weeds are native to the eastern United States. These weeds are very painful to your pet's paws & barefoot humans.

To get rid of these painful Bur Weeds from FL lawns they need to be hoed NOT pulled during the cool season. It is important that this type of weed gets removed from the grass before the warm weather in Florida arrives. This is when the seeds drop into the ground & produce more sticky weeds in the lawn.Pre-emergent herbicides sometimes aren't effective on this weed as other species are wiped out allowing the bur weed to thrive in the lawn. Ideally, these type of weeds should be removed before they mature & they are easier to manage.

Steps To Prevent Weeds in Your Lawn:

A HEALTHY lawn prevents this issue of pesky weeds. Lawns in SWFL should be Fertilized  in March, May and September but NEVER during summer months. The proper fertilizer used by your lawn care company in Naples,FL should be 15-0-15, Nitrogen, Phosphorous, Potassium to maintain balance.

Lawns should be watered ideally between 6am & 10am no more than 1" of water. To be sure that your lawn is getting the proper amount of water irrigation should be ran for about 20 minutes. Measure the amount of water in a container it should measure between 1/3-1". 

Remember to remove the weeds before they mature next season. September is the best time of the year to remove Bur Weeds in Naples,FL. Apply herbicide mostly on dead grass where these types of weeds thrive. It's best not to apply chemicals directly to healthy grass because it may kill the green areas of lawn. Use chemicals only during late winter early spring. You can buy spray to kill Crabgrass which will also kill the weeds at your local garden center in Naples,FL. Don't spray Round Up as it will kill everything green along with the weeds.

If you have any questions about lawn care in Naples,FL or SWFL call Extreme Services Lawn & Landscapes,Inc. 239-537-1901

Take High-Quality Garden Photos and Videos

Watch your SW Florida plants grow in fast-forward with the Timelapse PlantCam. The PlantCam is rugged and weatherproof, and automatically takes photos and videos at set time intervals.Perfect gift for Hobby gardeners! This garden video camera automatically stitches the garden photos together & creates FAST videos. Post your videos showing your garden designs on Youtube.  Movies that you create with this lawn & garden camera display a  speedier view of processes that are usually too slow to see.Connects easily to your TV or PC.

Naples residents start a new & fun hobby to spend  some free time tracking your flowers and plants growth.


Unique hobby for our SWFL children. Helpful learning tool that will be more interesting for homeschoolers  & students studying botany.

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