Chick weed

[mowerknower]

Allright guys, Im a tech not a lawn guy so I need you help, hopefully I have helped some of you with tech questions so you will be willing to help me with lawn questions.
What is the best way to get rid of chickweed in my lawn, I never ever had a problem before, but last summer and fall I mowed with a reel mower. I got it so nice and short, it looked awesome, but this year I have a ton of chick weed. Its really pissing me off, I am not going to mow with a reel this year due to time constraints but I really want to get rid of this crap. Help me out. Thanks

[mngrassguy]

Any good 3-way should work. Weed-b-gone is labeled for Chickweed. Always read and follow the label

[Grandview]

Threeway should do it. Octane or quicksilver would help also. That short mowing allowed that chickweed to come through. It germinates early and you removed the competition.

[Think Green]

mowerknower
There is nothing wrong with using your reel type mower. Some people still, and love to cut their lawns short. Certain types of turf is suitable for close cutting. The only draw back is, most times, the soil is exposed-allowing the seeds to germinate during the fall and winter months. Before the fall and winter months, try to allow your lawn to grow taller at 2 inches: depending on your turf type and it will help to control winter weeds.
Just as the other panel of members have stated-use weed-b-gone since the temps are warming up. Once the weed starts flowering, it is seeding, so it will be a little harder to kill. Those seeds will fall and you will have more next season unless you mow and bag the weed-seed matter up and compost or discard it.
Superintendants and golf course managers use reel type mowers on the greens, but they are using preemerge chemicals, top dressing, and sand mixtures to shade the soils and add organic mixtures to increase the health of the soil and restrict weed growth.
There are other inexpensive chems on the market that are accessible to homeowners but need to be applied efficiently. You can look into granular herbicides like pendimethalin and dimension combined with fertilizers. Try to seek out a local distributor and talk to them about their products. If you have a small lawn, lowe's will handle some scott's products that are effective but are a little more expensive. Look into applying a preemerge product on the inset of fall and again before the green up period to control winter weeds.