Neck pain and spasms (involuntary muscle contractions) can occur anywhere from the back of your head, down toward your shoulders and along the sides of your neck, or toward the center of your neck (Figure 1).
Summer annuals germinate in the spring and grow during the summer and die with frost. One of the most pesky winter annual weeds is common chickweed. Homeowners tend to overlook its germination in the fall and only notice its presence in the spring when it begins to grow vigorously in thin and bare spots of the lawn.By June, chickweed is on the down hill side of its life span and will die out when the days become hot.We are a very reactive society, however, and when we notice the chickweed, we have an overwhelming desire to do something right now.tâs too late this year to go with pre-emergent herbicides. Chickweed and other winter annuals are already up and growing. Post-emergent herbicides should be applied after the weed is up and actively growing. The target application time should be from October to early March.
My front and backyard are pretty weed free. My side yard has a lot of mouse-ear chickweed. I am not keen on using weed killers like Weed-Be-Gone anymore. I am hoping that one day my cultural practices will lead to a lawn that will choke out weeds.I also don't need a trophy lawn and will tolerate some weeds. had a thick infestation in a renovated area of KBG. After the KBG woke up and started to grow, it overtook the chickweed really fast. However, I did use weed-be-gone on those weeds so I couldn't say that cultural practices alone took my chickweed out.