Violets – in beds, on the side of the path and under trees. But on the lawn? A few violets are beautiful, but many meticulous gardeners find them annoying. It would be unthinkable if they became an entire sea. How do you get rid of them?
How do I get rid of violets in the lawn?
To get rid of violets in the lawn, you can mow and scarify regularly, pull out and dig up, or use chemical controls such as herbicides. Repeat the measures several times to achieve lasting results.
Frequent scarifying of the lawn
To get rid of edible violets without chemical agents, it is advisable to mow the lawn regularly. Ideally it should be shortened every 5 days to a height of between 4 and 8 cm.
Dethatching also constantly shortens the violets and robs them of their strength. At the same time, the lawn should be supplied with lawn fertilizer and plenty of water. This strengthens him so that he can displace competitors like violets.
Pulling out and digging up violets
In addition to regular lawn cutting, you can fight the violets directly. On the one hand you can pull out Viola and on the other hand you can dig it up.
- pulling young specimens out of the ground
- Soil should be moist
- Grab the main shoots on the ground and pull them upwards
- It is better to dig up older specimens (they break easily when pulled out)
- Use a spade or digging fork to dig out
- dig up all roots
Controlling violets with chemistry
If all biological control agents do not help, chemistry may be the method of choice. Whether forest violets, horned violets, scented violets, etc. - they can all be destroyed with herbicides against lawn weeds. The active ingredients dicamba and quinclorac, for example, have proven successful. These active ingredients are specifically aimed at broadleaf weeds. The grass is not damaged by them. Use such products according to the manufacturer's instructions!
Further tips for combating
Destroy the violets before they bloom! Otherwise, they produce seeds and self-seeding is near. It is also important that you carry out the fight several times. As a rule, violets cannot be removed in a one-time procedure.
Tips & Tricks
Grass harmonizes well with violets. While grass prefers to grow in the sun, violets prefer to grow in the shade.
