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Crabgrass is the mostcommon weed in Ken-tucky lawns. “Crabgrassis an annual weed thatout competes desirablegrassesandthendiesinthefall,leavingbarespotsinyardsforwinterweedsto fill in,” said Gregg Mun-shaw,Extensionturfspe-cialistintheUniversityofKentucky College of Ag-

riculture,FoodandEnvi-ronment.“Thecyclekeepsrepeating itselfuntil theturfstandgetspoorerandpoorer.” Munshaw said the best way to control summerannualgrassyweeds,in-cluding crabgrass, is toapply a pre-emergentherbicidebeforetheweedgerminates. Make you plansnow.“April15hastraditionallyisthelatestdate to apply pre-emer-gent herbicides in Cen-tral Kentucky,” Munshaw said.“WesternKentucky’sdeadlineisusuallyafewdaysearlier,andEasternKentucky’s time frameusually ends a few dayslater.” This year, we seem tobeaheadofschedule. Forsythiaisafairlyre-liable indicator of when

crabgrasswillgerminate.Individuals should ap-ply pre-emergent herbi-cidesbeforetheforsythiablooms begin to drop.“Forsythia buds usuallymeanyouhave10to14daystoapplyapre-emer-gent herbicide,” Munshaw said. Individualswantingtouseherbicideshouldlookfor products containingtheactiveingredientsdi-thiopyr, pendemethalin,prodiamine and bensu-lide. “Weed and feed” productsandotherscon-taining nitrogen are notrecommendedforlawnswithcool-seasongrasses,such as tall fescue andKentuckybluegrass,dur-ingthespringorsummer.“Nitrogen encouragesthe growth of perennial

andannualwarm-seasonweedstofurtheroutcom-petecool-seasongrasses,as theygrowreallywellduringthehottestpartofthe year,” Munshaw said. “Allfertilizeroncool-sea-sonlawnsshouldbeap-plied in the fall.” Formore informationcontacttheEstillCountyCooperative ExtensionService at 723-4557.PleasevisitourFacebookpagebysearchingEstill-CountyKYCooperative-Extension or go to ourwebpageathttp://estill.ca.uky.edu/ Educational programs of the Coop-erative Extension Service serve all people regardless of economic or social status and will not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ethnic origin, national origin, creed, religion, political belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender ex-pressions, pregnancy, marital status, ge-netic information, age, veteran status, or physical or mental disability.

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FirstcametheweeklypodcastandradioshowonWRFL88.1,“FromtheWoods Kentucky,” and now,buildingonitssuc-cess, UK Forestry andNaturalResourcesExten-sion is offering relevantinformationaboutwood-lands in a weekly, livevideo.“FromtheWoodsToday,” will be available each Wednesday at 11a.m.EDT,beginningApril8 on the online, socialconferencing platform,“Zoom”. UKspecialistswillleadthebriefweeklysessions,

hosted by Billy ThomasandReneéWilliams,UKextension forester andinformationspecialist,re-spectively. “We’re providing thisnewversionof‘FromtheWoods,’becausea lotofpeople are looking forthingstodowhilefollow-ingsafesocialdistancingguidelinesduetoCOVID-19,” Williams said. “A lot ofwoodlandownersaregoingtobeoutontheirproperty,thinkingaboutwhatthey’llneedtodoforpropermanagementthisyearorjusthikinganden-

joyingthewoods.So,wethoughtthiswouldbeaperfect time to offer this.” The series will covera variety of topics thatwoodland owners willfind both helpful and enjoyable, including in-vasive species, wildflow-ers,wildlife,pruningandgrafting. The link to the Zoomsessionsandalistoftop-icsareavailableathttp://www.FromTheWoodsTo-day.com.Participantswillreceive a prompt to in-stallZoomiftheyhaven’talready done it. When

asked for an identification number,signinasaguest.Anyonecanjoinasession,regardlessof their loca-tion. Space is limited tothe first 300 people. The UK CooperativeExtensionServiceispartoftheCollegeofAgricul-ture,FoodandEnviron-ment.Withitsland-grantpartner, Kentucky StateUniversity, UK Coopera-tiveExtensionbringstheuniversity to thepeoplein their local communi-ties,addressingissuesofimportance to all Ken-tuckians.

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