"BeamGuy" wrote in message
s.com...
I will admit I'm pretty much a beginner, and I have sinned. I reseeded a
patch of my lawn
with the wrong type grass seed, and now I have a bright, almost lime green
island of stuff
that I would swear is crab-grass in the middle of the rest of my dark
green lawn with tiny
little blades that stand straight up. Assuming grass was grass I used
several bags of
different seed, I'm not even sure which bag contains the offending seed.

I've searched the web, and found some seed companies that have photos, but
those photos
are just a little larger than a postage stamp on my monitor and usually
are taken from about
6 feet up, with no scale... not much help. Is there a good site that has
large photos, close
up, with scales so that I can identify both the culprit and the desired
species?

Thanks...


Identifying different grass types is not an easy job for the amateur. Many
of the pros out there have problems once you get beyond the most common
varieties. Simply looking at the photo of the grass type will often not be
enough. You have to consider the root type, shape and type of blade etc. I
have a excellent book on the subject, but nothing online.

I do have a couple of suggestions though. Feed the leftover seed to the
birds and the next time you buy seed be sure to purchase it at a reputable
garden center and not a " hardware store".

Another consideration is that you will have a variety of different grasses
in most seed mixes. Most contain a nursegrass, which is simply there to
germinate early and give the other seeds time to germinate. Once the lawn is
established the nursegrass is crowded out and dies. What you are seeing may
just be the nursegrass and the new seed may blend in given enough time.

Peter H