Noticing tiny green seedlings in your lawn or beds? They may be henbit and chickweed.
University of Illinois Extension explains that these winter annual weeds sprout in fall and flower and set seed in spring. Cool-season weed seedlings are germinating in Champaign-Urbana yards now, and they're easiest to handle while small.
Tip: hand-pull or hoe small seedlings in beds and thicken the mulch. If you use any herbicide, follow the label, and skip preemergents where you've overseeded, since they affect lawn seed.
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Source: University of Illinois Extension, https://extension.illinois.edu/lawns/managing-weeds-lawns