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Help managing weeds in lawn
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We've just got our first house and with it came a lot of new challenges in the shape of gardening.
One issue I have not managed to solve is weeds in our lawn.
I have been ripping these things out of the lawn a lot (see pic in post) but I feel like I can't win. There are big patches where you can hardly see the grass.
I know not everyone want the perfect grassy lawn, and I don't need perfection. But these things are growing and spreading at an alarming rate. I need to do something about them.
Where we are at now, I feel like we are past the point of ripping them up one by one. We need some wider, more effective solution.
What are these and how do I fight them in scale?
Extra pic:
You can fry them, they're pretty good.
Weeds are opportunistic. They're outcompeting the grass because that environment is not good for the grass (for whatever reason), but is apparently good for the weeds.
Seed the lawn with native mixes for your region, maybe fertilize, and then maybe the new grass will outcompete the weeds.
Personally, IDC about lawns and let whatever grow. If "weeds" can outcompete the grass, then that's fine by me. Green is better than brown or dirt.