Yes, it's definitely crabgrass. Will be re-seeding that part of the
yard this fall and using corn gluten to keep that nasty stuff from
coming up early next spring. By the way you can get 50 pound bags of
corn gluten at THS Feeds in North Raleigh. I posted that here some
time time ago:
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=co...gle.com&rnum=3
I just didn't use it on that area of the yard, naturally. It has
worked very well at keeping stilt grass down in the back areas,
though.
And have been using grass killer in the few spots where the stilt
grass managed to break through.


Roxjohn wrote in message ...
Definitely crabgrass. If you use a weed & feed in the spring, about
mid-march (a good one, like Scotts) it will keep the crabgrass from
sprouting for about 3 months. Then you can either apply again to keep
the crabgrass down (or use one with less nitrogen for mid-summer), or
something that just keeps seeds from sprouting (I've read corn gluten
will work, which I think can be purchased online or from a garden supply
like Southern States). We used a weed & feed this spring and don't have
NEAR the crabgrass we had last year and didn't even apply a second time,
so it really helps!