On Jul 4, 5:04*pm, brooklyn1 wrote:
On Sun, 4 Jul 2010 14:00:56 -0700 (PDT), "hr(bob) "

wrote:
I have the invasive grass/weed shown in the picture in many places in
my lawn. *The spots of weeds *pop up with no apparent source. *They do
no respond to weed killer, and they crowd out regular lawn grass. *I
am in the Chicago suburbs. *Can anyone tell me what the grayish green
grass/weed is and how to get rid of it?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bobhofmann/4761771580/

Thanks,

Bob Hofmann

Your weed is lush and green, actually looks much better than your
struggling to live puny grass. *If you put more effort into your lawn
you wouldn't have weeds... regular watering and mowing will do
wonders.

The problem is that the "weed grass" turns brown very early in the
Fall while the "real grass" stays green for another 6 weeks at least.
I'll try some crabgrass killer and see if it has any effect. It is
not crabgrass in the traditional sense.

As to the posters who suggested more or less water and fertilizer, I
do fertilize my grass lightly, and have not needed to water so far
this Spring/Summer. With a 100 x 200 ft property, either in house or
lawn, getting down on my hands and knees to pull this stuff out is not
realistic. And we don't have any hungry teenagers in the neighborhood
who will pull weeds for $$$.