Weed Control

Sun Lakes Pest Control Weed Control service will help you fight back against weeds with a targeted weed control service. Don’t let unsightly weeds take over your yard.

Weed Control

Pre-Emergent Weed control is like insurance for your yard! You know the weeds will come, it is just a question of when and how bad will they be this season. Chandler and other cities of the Southeast Valley are known to be hit with winter weed annuals after the winter rains and summer weed annuals during Monsoon season. The goal is to prevent the seeds and spores of weeds that travel by wind and other animals from taking root in your yard.

At Sun Lakes Pest Control we use an odorless, colorless herbicide that will not stain your house stucco, walkways, driveways, patios and landscaping rocks. Treating the rocks and crevices where weeds pop up while leaving no damage to the lawn or existing shrubs and trees. We recommend a Pre-Emergent Weed Control be applied every six months to control weeds in your yard.

Improve your chances for a weed free yard and a successful treatment by preparing your yard to be free of large existing weeds and leaf debris. We do not pull or clean up weeds as dead weeds are the responsibility of the customer to remove. Existing weeds which are visible are treated and could take 7-10 days to die. We cannot guarantee that weeds over 5 inches tall will die upon initial treatment.

Fear not!

Weed seedlings which are in the final phase of germination are very resistant to the chemical and will be retreated in the 4-6 week follow up treatment.

Sun Lakes Pest Control treats with high quality concentrated Gallery or Dimension herbicide, typical treatment area is 5,000 sq ft.

Spurge

Germinate in late summer and fall, small leaves during our short mild winter then flourish in the spring or the months of March and April in Chandler and Sun Lakes, AZ. It is best to apply a pre-emergent weed control herbicide from February thru April.

Common winter weeds include:

Spurges (Euphorbia spp) spotted spurge, ground spurge and creeping spurge typically have prostrate stems up to about ½ meter in length. Typically considered a summer annual, Arizona’s warm climate keeps this weed active year round.

London rocket (Sisymbrium trio) Flowering December to May growing up to 36” tall with yellow flowers.

Nettleleaf (goosefoot Chenopodium murale) Coarse bushy annual with a strong unpleasant odor, 1 to 3 feet high, December to June.

Silversheath Knotweed (Polygonum argyrocoleon)

Spiny Sowthistle (Sonchus asper)

Wild Oat (Avena fatua)

Shepherdspurse (Capsella bursa-pastoris)

Tumbleweed

In Chandler and Sun Lakes, AZ, they germinate in the spring, mature and produce seeds during the summer, and die in the fall or winter when frost occurs.

Common summer weeds include:

Russian Tumbleweed (Salsola kali var. tenuifolia) The classic Arizona tumbleweed.

Junglegrass (Echinochloa colonum)

Spurge (Euphorbia esula L.)Active August through November growing in a flat mat shape with little leaves and spread throughout landscaping rocks. Contain white, sticky milky juice which may cause skin inflammation, all the more reason to not pull your own weeds!

Red Sprangletop (Leptochloa filiformis)

Palmer Amaranth (Amaranthus pallmeri)

Puncturevine (Tribulus terrestris)

Large Crabgrass (Digitaria sanguinalis)

Bermuda Weed

This troublesome weed is very hard to eradicate when it becomes established in undesired areas around Chandler and Sun Lakes, AZ. Bermuda pollen is one of the most serious sources of hay fever in the state. However, it is the most common summer lawn grass in southern Arizona. It cannot stand freezing temperatures, shade, or frequent cultivation, but can tolerate indefinite periods of drought.