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Dean A. Markley wrote:
OK, first I am in SE PA if that means anything. My lawn is a blend of
bluegrass and fescues with the latter dominating. Lately, I've been
getting these clumps of yellow/green grass. They are individual shoots
with somewhat larger blades than fescues. The stuff grows faster than
the rest of the lawn. That is I can mow and two days later, this weird
grass is already two inches higher than the lawn. It's somewhat easy to
pull if you grasp it by the crown. However, there is enough that I am
losing the pulling war.

Any thoughts? Suggestions?

Dean

You left out the part about getting lots of rain recently, which
occurred in your area. Lots of water plus high temps combined with
your description and I'd say what you have is nutsedge. Basagran and
Manage are effective. Conventional broadleaf weedkiller won't do
anything.


I agree that this would be nutsedge. I have this scourge in west central NJ
and it is indeed the enemy. It seems to have come in over the last couple
of years. The theory ( :-] ) in our neighborhood is that someone has sowed
the area with this only to wait for it to fully take and then come out with
the specific antidote and make a fortune.
Tomes