Snapshot Pre-Emergent
February 18, 2025
Snapshot® specialty herbicide delivers season-long control of more than 120 broadleaf and grassy weeds and can be applied in a variety of settings to more than 600 ornamentals without harming them. Snapshot can be applied in early spring, late summer to early fall, or immediately after cultivation.
Snapshot works by disrupting weed seed development as seeds germinate; seedings gradually die before breaking the soil surface. Snapshot bonds tightly with soil particles and is low in water solubility, so it won't move out of the application zone.
They stop those weed seeds that have been waiting idly in the ground throughout winter from growing when conditions are perfect. To apply your pre-emergent at just the right time, you'll need a way to determine when this will be. The correct application time can often vary from year to year and depends very much on the current year's general climatic conditions. So, to make sure you get it right, there's one clever test you can do to be sure you're applying your pre-emergent at the optimum time, and that is to check and monitor the temperature of your soil.Pre-emergents work by killing young weeds just as the seeds start to germinate. When the tiny roots come in contact with the herbicide, they will simply die, and the weed won't get a chance to grow. So, as you can see, the timing is crucial. And, this is where it gets tricky because you have to pre-empt seed germination for the herbicide to do its job effectively.
