On 7/4/10 2:00 PM, 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

Looks like crab grass. If it is, note the following --

Crab grass generally indicates a lawn that is getting too much water too
often. If the summer rains are not sufficient, irrigate deeply and
infrequently. Try irrigating only once in 3 or 4 days. When you do
irrigate, cut the time in half and then irrigate twice with an hour
between; more water will soak into the soil instead of running off.
Adjust the duration such that, on the day before you irrigate, the lawn
(other than the crab grass) is not wilting.

There are various brands of lawn food that contain a herbicide that is
specific to crab grass. The herbicide can be toxic to animals,
including humans, if too much is applied to your lawn. Thus, avoid
using too much at a time; and don't use it at all if the amount of crab
grass is minor.

--
David E. Ross
Climate: California Mediterranean
Sunset Zone: 21 -- interior Santa Monica Mountains with some ocean
influence (USDA 10a, very close to Sunset Zone 19)
Gardening diary at http://www.rossde.com/garden/diary

On Sun, 04 Jul 2010 17:05:27 -0700, "David E. Ross"
wrote:

On 7/4/10 2:00 PM, 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

Looks like crab grass. If it is, note the following --

Crab grass generally indicates a lawn that is getting too much water too
often. If the summer rains are not sufficient, irrigate deeply and
infrequently. Try irrigating only once in 3 or 4 days. When you do
irrigate, cut the time in half and then irrigate twice with an hour
between; more water will soak into the soil instead of running off.
Adjust the duration such that, on the day before you irrigate, the lawn
(other than the crab grass) is not wilting.

There are various brands of lawn food that contain a herbicide that is
specific to crab grass. The herbicide can be toxic to animals,
including humans, if too much is applied to your lawn. Thus, avoid
using too much at a time; and don't use it at all if the amount of crab
grass is minor.

Damn, you know nothing about crab grass. First of all that's not crab
grass. Crab grass flourishes in dry hot conditions. And there's no
specific crab grass killer... best one can do is to use a preemergent,
but once it germinates all one can do is bit by bit attempt to dig it
up, fruitless. Any defolient that will kill crab grass will kill
everything else. But that's not crab grass, looks nothing like crab
grass.

Crab grass about indicates a backyard that is accepting too abundant baptize too often. If the summer rains are not sufficient, adulterate acutely and infrequently. Try irrigating alone already in 3 or 4 days. When you do irrigate, cut the time in bisected and again adulterate alert with an hour between; added baptize will absorb into the clay instead of active off.