Pre-Emergent: The Andersons Barricade

Where do you get it? #

The Andersons Pro Turf Barricade Granular Pre-Emergent Weed Control up to 5,800 sq ft. (18 lb)

Why should you buy it? #

Barricade DG granular pre-emergent is the key piece of your weed control strategy. You use this to prevent weeds from happening at all if you follow the guide. It can be used for crabgrass, clovers, dandelions, and other weed seeds we commonly see in Texas Bermuda grass lawns.

One 18 lb bag of this can do 5,800 sq ft at a regular rate but remember you are doing a light spread of this through most of the guide.  So if you have an average size 4,500 sq ft. lawn this is all you need right now.  You can also choose to buy the larger 50 lb bag if you can store it in a cool dry place. If it gets wet it will be ruined and dissolve/clump so it must be in a dry place for storage.

What’s in it? #

The active ingredient is Prodiamine which acts as a pre-emergent herbicide only. Prodiamine inhibits the formation of microtubules in weeds that it targets. It was created by Sandoz AG in 1987 and is now owned by Syngenta. Barricade is the retail version of the generic Prodiamine made by Syngenta. The bag will arrive from Amazon in a black bag with a label like this and contains 0.48% Barricade in the DG Pro granules:

Here is a closeup of the label:

How do you use it? #

Follow our annual calendar guide to put it down at the right times of year. Here are spreader settings to lay it down properly and effectively: