The yarrow is known in botany as a so-called cosmopolitan because it occurs almost around the globe. However, this plant not only grows on many roadsides, but also often unwanted in the lawn of your own garden.
How to control yarrow in the lawn?
To effectively combat yarrow in the lawn, you should quickly plant bare areas with grass seeds, use densely growing sports turf, mow the lawn frequently and deeply and possibly use targeted weed killers that do not damage the lawn itself.
Weigh the advantages and disadvantages of yarrow
Many hobby gardeners want to maintain their own garden as perfectly as a golf lawn in order to meet aesthetic requirements. Scaffolds, similar to dandelions, are quite common on fertilized lawns because they rely on a permeable subsoil and a relatively good supply of nutrients. However, yarrow is a very useful medicinal plant that has been specifically cultivated and harvested in monastery gardens for centuries due to the essential oils it contains. If you have pets such as rabbits and guinea pigs, the leaves and flowers of yarrow make an interesting and he althy dietary supplement for these animals. Last but not least, the edible yarrow from an unfertilized natural lawn can also be used in the kitchen.
Fighting yarrow chemically
If you absolutely want to eradicate yarrow from your lawn, specialist retailers offer various means of doing so. However, active ingredients must be chosen that do not attack the lawn itself. These are usually substances that act as growth accelerators on the lawn and at the same time “starve” the yarrow. Please remember that after using these chemical weed killers, you should not walk on the lawn for a while and the first grass clippings should be composted at a place out of reach of children.
Take gentle action against yarrow
As a rule, yarrow can only settle where there are already bare spots in the lawn. Therefore, always keep an eye out for bare spots and re-green them with lawn seeds as quickly as possible. The following factors are also helpful:
- use densely growing sports turf
- mow the lawn frequently so that it grows thickly
- Mow the lawn as low as possible so that the yarrow cannot seed itself
In order to prevent yarrow from blooming in the lawn, it must be mown well below the height of 8 centimeters.
Tip
Yarrow is a valuable plant with a sweet scent from its delicate flowers. This means that it is more of an enrichment to the lawn than a real disruptive factor.
