Recommended Products
Every product recommendation is vetted by the lawn care community. We highlight the consensus top picks so you can skip the research and buy with confidence.
Pre-Emergent Herbicides
Stop weeds before they start. Apply based on soil temperature and growing degree days (GDD).
6 products reviewedPost-Emergent Herbicides
Kill weeds that have already emerged. Selective formulas safe for your turf.
7 products reviewedFertilizers
Feed your lawn with the right nutrients at the right time.
3 products reviewedOrganic Amendments
Humic acid, kelp, mycorrhizae — build soil biology naturally.
3 products reviewedGrub Control
Preventive and curative treatments for white grubs and lawn-damaging insects.
2 products reviewedInsecticides
Target surface-feeding insects and lawn pests.
3 products reviewedSpreaders & Sprayers
Broadcast spreaders and backpack sprayers — the tools you need to apply everything else.
5 products reviewedAll Products
= Community Gold — top community-vetted pick in its category
Pre-Emergent Herbicides
The Andersons Barricade Granular (0.48% Prodiamine)
Prodiamine 0.48%
Scotts Halts Crabgrass Preventer
Pendimethalin
Scotts Turf Builder Starter Food + Weed Preventer
Mesotrione (granular) + starter fertilizer
Dimension 2EW (Dithiopyr)
Dithiopyr 24%
Mesotrione (Tenacity / Torocity / MESO 4SC)
Mesotrione 40%
Quali-Pro Prodiamine 65 WDG
Prodiamine 65%
Post-Emergent Herbicides
Celsius WG (Thiencarbazone + Iodosulfuron + Dicamba)
Thiencarbazone-methyl + Iodosulfuron-methyl-sodium + Dicamba
Image Kills Nutsedge (Imazaquin)
Imazaquin
Quinclorac (Drive XLR8 / Quintessential)
Quinclorac
Sedgehammer / Empero (Halosulfuron-methyl)
Halosulfuron-methyl
Spectracide Weed Stop for Lawns + Crabgrass (Atrazine)
Atrazine
Triclopyr (Crossbow / Ortho Weed B Gon Chickweed, Clover & Oxalis Killer)
Triclopyr
Trimec / Triad Select (3-Way Broadleaf Herbicide)
2,4-D + Dicamba + Mecoprop
Fertilizers
Organic Amendments
Grub Control
Insecticides