{"id":324,"date":"2023-05-25T04:27:10","date_gmt":"2023-05-25T04:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/versicolor.ca\/urbanlandscapesns.ca\/?p=324"},"modified":"2023-05-25T13:14:22","modified_gmt":"2023-05-25T13:14:22","slug":"weed-tolerance-survey-may-25-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/urbanlandscapesns.ca\/2023\/05\/25\/weed-tolerance-survey-may-25-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawn Weed Tolerance Survey, Halifax, 25 May 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I conducted my sometimes annual lawn ecology survey yesterday (May 25), results shown in the image at right.<\/p>\n

The Ratio of Weed Intolerant to Weed Tolerant (& pollinator-friendly) front lawns is similar to that I have found in past years (going back to circa 2010) when surveys were were conducted on older neighbourhoods on peninsular Halifax. This was the first off-peninsula\/newer neighbourhood survey.<\/p>\n

On one street, all lawns were Weed Intolerant, on another most were Weed Tolerant. All properties were of similar size,\u00a0 house type\/class, probably circa 30 years old, 3-4 BR, 2-story, garage.<\/p>\n

Overall, my impression is that “Weed Tolerance” was by choice, e.g.in relation to No-Mow-May<\/a>, not by neglect.<\/p>\n

A resident was pulling weeds by hand on one of the Weed Intolerant Lawns. On one lawn there was a Weed Control Service sign.\u00a0 Most of the Weed Intolerant lawns were likely maintained by lawn services such as Weed Man, Nutri-Lawn, Turf Medic. Only one lawn looked like it was managed as a “clover lawn”; I have seen more of those in older neighbourhoods on the Peninsula.<\/p>\n

– JackPine22<\/em><\/p>\n

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Back to the Perfect Lawn<\/strong> In 2011, Halifax modified its once highly progressive Pesticide By-law to allow use of Fiesta, a “harmless” herbicide. Why these now “perfect lawns” are not so “eco-friendly” (as often advertised) is explained at right.<\/p><\/div>\n

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2020 Lawn Weed Survey<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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2015 Eco-Streetscape Survey<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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